Sensitivity and Specificity of an Executive Function Screener at Identifying Children With ADHD and Reading Disability

Justin E. Karr; Michelle Y. Kibby; Audreyana C. Jagger-Rickels; Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera

doi:10.1177/1087054718763878

Sensitivity and Specificity of an Executive Function Screener at Identifying Children With ADHD and Reading Disability

Justin E. Karr, Michelle Y. Kibby, Audreyana C. Jagger-Rickels, Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera

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Abstract

Objective: This study evaluated the sensitivity/specificity of a global sum score (GSS) from the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition, Executive Function screener (BASC-2-EF) at classifying children with/without ADHD and/or reading disability (RD). Method: The BASC-2 Teacher/Parent Rating Scales (TRS/PRS) were completed for children (8-12 years old; 43.1% female) with no diagnosis (n = 53), RD (n = 34), ADHD (n = 85), co-morbid RD/ADHD (n = 36), and other diagnoses (n = 15). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses evaluated the sensitivity/specificity of the BASC-2-EF GSS at discriminating between children with/without ADHD or RD. Results: Area under the curve (AUC) scores indicated the sensitivity/specificity of the BASC-2-EF GSS at discriminating between children with/without ADHD (TRS: AUC =.831, p <.001; PRS: AUC =.919, p <.001), with/without RD (TRS: AUC =.724, p =.001; PRS: AUC =.615, p =.101), and with ADHD or RD through post hoc analysis (TRS: AUC =.674, p =.006; PRS: AUC =.819, p <.001). Conclusion: The findings support utilizing the BASC-2-EF GSS when differentiating ADHD from RD and typical development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	134-140
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Attention Disorders
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054718763878
State	Published - Jan 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Justin E. Karr is a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar and thanks the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their support of his graduate studies. Data collection for this study was funded in part by grants awarded to Dr. Kibby from NIH/NICHD (R03 HD048752, R15 HD065627).

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Keywords

ADHD
BASC-2
executive function
factor analysis
psychometrics

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Clinical Psychology

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