An Analysis of the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale in a College Population: Does It Predict Symptoms of ADHD Better Than a Visual-Search Task?

Dehili, Vincent; Prevatt, Frances; Coffman, Theodora Passinos

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“…This absence of a strong correlation between ratings and tests reflects a lack of ecological validity of neuropsychological tests. Other studies using the BDEFS English Version have shown similar results [17][18][19][20]24,25 . For example, as found by Vasconcelos et al 26 the BIS 11 Brazilian Portuguese Version presents almost non-significant correlations with the Iowa Gambling Task, which support the theoretical and statistical difference between these types of neuropsychological methods.…”

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“…Dehili et al 20 analyzed the capacity of BDEFS to predict symptoms of ADHD in comparison to a visual-search task in a college population. The results showed that the BDEFS is more predictive of ADHD than the task.…”

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“…The respondents have to select the best option based in a four-point Likert type-scale to describe the frequency of certain behaviors and situations linked with impulsivity. The BIS-11 has three subscales: attentional impulsivity (items 6,5,9,11,20,24,26,28), motor impulsivity (items 2,3,4,16,17,19,21,22,23,25,30) and non-planning impulsivity (items 1,7,8,10,12,13,14,15,18,27,29). Furthermore, the BIS-11 has a total score ranges from 30 to 120 points.…”

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“…In this context, Barkley created the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS), which consists of a self-reported questionnaire that assesses different components of executive functioning related to daily-life impairments of psychiatric patients 16 . Since the publication of BDEFS, this scale has accumulated evidence of validity 17,18 , as well as utility in clinical practice for the assessment of psychiatric patients 19,20 . The present work presents the adaptation of the BDEFS to Brazilian Portuguese, and provides evidence of its reliability and construct validity in a non-clinical community sample of Brazilian adults.…”

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Brazilian Portuguese transcultural adaptation of Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS)

Godoy¹,

Mata²,

Conde³

et al. 2015

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Background: Considering the importance of Executive Functions to clinical and nonclinical situations, Barkley proposed a new theory of executive functioning based on an evolutionary neuropsychological perspective and clinical research using large samples of clinical and community identified adults and children as well as children with ADHD followed to adulthood. Objective: The present study aims to adapt the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functions Scales (BDEFS) to Brazilian Portuguese and also assess its construct validity in a sample of normal Brazilian adults. Methods: The original version of scale was adapted to Brazilian Portuguese according to the guideline from the ISPOR Task Force. To assess the semantic equivalence between the original and adapted version, both of them were applied into a sample of 25 Brazilian bilingual adults. Finally, 60 Brazilian adults completed the BDEFS and the Brazilian versions of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and Adult Self-Report Scale (ASRS-18) to assess convergent validity. Results: The BDEFS Brazilian Portuguese version has semantic correspondence with the original version indicating that the adaptation procedure was successful. The BDEFS correlated significantly with the impulsivity and attention scores from the BIS-11 and ASRS-18 supporting its construct validity. Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.961) indicated that the BDEFS translated version has satisfactory internal consistency. Discussion: Together, these findings indicate the successful adaptation of the BDEFS to Brazilian Portuguese and support its utility in that population.

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Section: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale -Eleventh Edition Brazilian Vermentioning

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Brazilian Portuguese transcultural adaptation of Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS)

Godoy¹,

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Conde³

et al. 2015

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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“…Given the very strong cross-national gradient and the plausibility of this possibility, it would be valuable to carry out a cross-national comparative analysis that used objective performance-based neurocognitive tests to evaluate prevalence of the cognitive deficits underlying adult ADHD rather than relying only on self-report assessments. It is noteworthy in this regard that performance-based neurocognitive tests have been used in a number of recent studies of adult ADHD (e.g., Dehili et al 2013; Micoulaud-Franchi et al 2016; Surman et al 2015) and could be used in parallel in community surveys using recently developed technology for administering such tests in web-based surveys (www.manybrains.net). It is important to note in this regard, though, that the neurocognitive tests studied in adult ADHD up to now have been heterogeneous, in many cases only weakly correlated with each other, and non-specific for adult ADHD, making it unclear whether this line of research has yet progressed sufficiently to warrant implementing such tests in large-scale cross-national community epidemiological surveys.…”

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The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Fayyad

Sampson

Hwang

et al. 2016

ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord

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We previously reported on the cross-national epidemiology of ADHD from the first 10 countries in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. The current report expands those previous findings to the 20 nationally or regionally representative WMH surveys that have now collected data on adult ADHD. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was administered to 26,744 respondents in these surveys in high-, upper-middle-, and low-/lower-middle-income countries (68.5% mean response rate). Current DSM-IV/CIDI adult ADHD prevalence averaged 2.8% across surveys and was higher in high (3.6%)- and upper-middle (3.0%)- than low-/lower-middle (1.4%)-income countries. Conditional prevalence of current ADHD averaged 57.0% among childhood cases and 41.1% among childhood subthreshold cases. Adult ADHD was significantly related to being male, previously married, and low education. Adult ADHD was highly comorbid with DSM-IV/CIDI anxiety, mood, behavior, and substance disorders and significantly associated with role impairments (days out of role, impaired cognition, and social interactions) when controlling for comorbidities. Treatment seeking was low in all countries and targeted largely to comorbid conditions rather than to ADHD. These results show that adult ADHD is prevalent, seriously impairing, and highly comorbid but vastly under-recognized and undertreated across countries and cultures.

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The structure of adult ADHD

Adler

Faraone

Spencer

et al. 2017

Int J Methods Psych Res

101

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Although DSM-5 stipulates that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are the same for adults as children, clinical observations suggest that adults have more diverse deficits than children in higher-level executive functioning and emotional control. Previous psychometric analyses to evaluate these observations have been limited in ways addressed in the current study, which analyzes the structure of an expanded set of adult ADHD symptoms in 3 pooled U.S. samples: a national household sample, a sample of health plan members, and a sample of adults referred for evaluation at an adult ADHD clinic. Exploratory factor analysis found 4 factors representing executive dysfunction/inattention (including, but not limited to, all the DSM-5 inattentive symptoms, with non-DSM symptoms having factor loadings comparable to those of DSM symptoms), hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dyscontrol. Empirically-derived multivariate symptom profiles were broadly consistent with the DSM-5 inattentive-only, hyperactive/impulsive-only, and combined presentations, but with inattention including executive dysfunction/inattention and hyperactivity-only limited to hyperactivity without high symptoms of HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript Author Manuscriptimpulsivity. These results show that executive dysfunction is as central as DSM-5 symptoms to adult ADHD, while emotional dyscontrol is more distinct but prominent resent in the combined presentation of adult ADHD. Keywordsadults; ADHD; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; epidemiology Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a commonly-occurring childhood-onset disorder that often persists into adulthood (Kessler et al., 2006). Although DSM-5 requires fewer symptoms among adults than children (American Psychiatric Association., 2013), the symptoms are stipulated to be the same for adults as children despite the fact that clinical observations suggest that the frank hyperactivity of childhood ADHD manifests more as a sense of internal restlessness among adults (Adler and Cohen, 2004) and that adults have a more diverse set of deficits than children in higher-level executive functioning and emotional control (Barkley et al., 2008; Faraone et al., 2010;Surman et al., 2011;Ward et al., 1993).A number of researchers have attempted to confirm these clinical observations by developing expanded assessments that include deficits in executive functioning and in emotional control along with the DSM symptoms of inattention (AD) and hyperactivityimpulsivity (HD) and carrying out exploratory factor analyses of this expanded symptom set among patients with ADHD and controls (Amador-Campos et al., 2014;Christiansen et al., 2011;Conners et al., 1999; Kessler et al., 2010; Marchant et al., 2013; Marchant et al., 2015). These studies have found a 2-factor structure in studies of the clinician-administered Wender-Reimherr Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Scale (WRAADDS) (Marchant et al., 2013) and the self-report ...

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An Analysis of the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale in a College Population: Does It Predict Symptoms of ADHD Better Than a Visual-Search Task?

Abstract: This study provides evidence of validity for the BDEFS in a college sample.

Cited by 21 publications

References 44 publications

Brazilian Portuguese transcultural adaptation of Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS)

Brazilian Portuguese transcultural adaptation of Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS)

The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

The structure of adult ADHD

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