Executive Skills Questionnaire: preliminary study of psychometric properties in a spanish sample

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Published: Sep 1, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n1.v5.1635
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executive functions validity reliability psychometric properties

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Esperanza Bausela Herreras
Universidad Pública de Navarra

Abstract

Introduction. The executive functions are a set of cognitive processes of a higher order that
direct our behavior and cognition, being at the service of a goal that we have previously set.
Objective and research hypothesis. In this context we propose to analyze the psychometric properties of the Executive Skills Questionnaire - teen version (Dawson, and Gaure, 2010), in a Spanish sample - reliability: (internal consistency) and validity - internal structure (factorial analysis). The research hypothesis that underlies it is that Executive Skills Questionnaire - teen version adapted to Spanish presents adequate psychometric properties to be applied in professional practice.
Results There is a clear independence in the adult age of the dimensions: working memory, inhibition of automatic responses and sustained attention. The results indicate that the dimensions that configure executive functioning - regardless of the number of factors - can be grouped in relation to two large areas - cold versus hot - depending on the involvement or not of emotional processing; On the other hand, there is a clear independence of
working memory and inhibition of automatic responses.
Conclusions. The results obtained from this preliminary study allow us to affirm that Executive Skills Questionnaire - teen version is a valid and reliable instrument in the evaluation of executive functions, nevertheless, to insist that it cannot be used to diagnose deficits independently and / or isolated.

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Bausela Herreras, E. (2019). Executive Skills Questionnaire: preliminary study of psychometric properties in a spanish sample. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 5(1), 529–540. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n1.v5.1635
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Esperanza Bausela Herreras, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud
Área de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación

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