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Measurement of parental executive function in early childhood settings: Instrument reliability and validity in community‐led research projects
Author(s) -
Black Caroline F. D.,
Barker Tyson V.,
Fisher Philip
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22413
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , exploratory factor analysis , internal consistency , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , sample (material) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , statistics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , biology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , chemistry , mathematics , geometry
Abstract A growing number of early childhood (EC) parenting programs target adult executive function (EF) to build responsive parenting behaviors and to promote positive child development. Although measurement of EF is well understood in academic research, little work has examined EF measurement in community settings. The present study examined psychometric properties of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function—Adult Version among 203 parents whose children were enrolled in EC programs serving under‐resourced communities. We calculated Cronbach's α and mean‐item correlations to test internal consistency reliability. To test factor structure, we conducted exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analyses. Results suggest adequate internal consistency and that factor structures, beyond the original proposed, are appropriate for our community sample. Together, findings indicate that self‐report measures of adult EF may perform differently for families experiencing adversity, raising questions about the acceptability of clinical EF tools in in underserved communities.