Abstract
This study involved a psychometric evaluation of the Short Executive Function Scale (SEFS), a new 15-item self-report questionnaire measuring five constructs: Planning, Inhibition, Working Memory, Shifting, and Emotional Control. Participants included 717 U.S. undergraduate students (M = 18.9 years old, SD = 1.9; 78.8% cisgender female, 81.7% White) who completed the SEFS. A subset of 156 participants (M = 18.8 years old, SD = 0.9; 79.5% cisgender female, 83.3% White) completed the SEFS again at 2- to 3-month retest along with the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult (BRIEF-A) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8). The five-factor model fit well (CFI = 0.941, RMSEA = 0.079) and each scale had acceptable internal consistency (ω range:.68–.81) and test–retest reliability (ICC range:.75–.89). Apart from Shifting, all SEFS scales had significantly larger convergent validity coefficients with their respective BRIEF-A scales (r range: −.25 to −.70) than discriminant validity coefficients with the PHQ-8 (r range: −.06 to −.28). These findings provide preliminary psychometric support for the SEFS.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1430-1441 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Assessment |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2024.
Funding
The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported, in part, by a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) grant (#K12-DA035150) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funders | Funder number |
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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health | 12-DA035150 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
Keywords
- behavior rating scale
- executive function
- psychological tests
- psychometrics
- self-report
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Applied Psychology