Russian version of BRIEF2 Teacher Forms: validation study in typically developing children aged 5 to 7 years old

Margarita Gavrilova; Margarita Aslanova; Kristina Tarasova; Yuri Zinchenko

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1260107

Russian version of BRIEF2 Teacher Forms: validation study in typically developing children aged 5 to 7 years old

Front Psychol. 2023 Nov 21:14:1260107. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1260107. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Margarita Gavrilova¹, Margarita Aslanova¹, Kristina Tarasova¹, Yuri Zinchenko¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Russian version of the Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function^®, Second Edition (BRIEF2) Teacher Forms and investigate its dimensional structure. The sample consisted of 178 typically developing children aged 5 to 7 years. Internal reliability analysis indicated high reliability (from 0.87 to 0.95) for the three composite indices and the Global Executive Composite across all age groups. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the dimensional structure of the Russian version of BRIEF2 was different among children aged 5 and 6 years compared to children aged 7 years, which is probably because, in Russia, the transition from kindergarten to school takes place upon reaching the age of 7. The results confirm that the Russian version of the BRIEF2 Teacher Form can be used as a valid tool to assess EF in 5- and 6-year-old children, provided that the three BRIEF2 indices are used for clinical interpretation. For 7-year-old children, the BRIEF2 was found to be an insufficiently valid tool to assess executive function.

Keywords: BRIEF2; Russian version of BRIEF2; confirmatory factor analysis; executive function; higher mental functions; typically developing children.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (number 23-78-30005).