Validation of the Spanish version of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) in 4-5 year-old children

Background: The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) was designed to identify EF deficits in daily life contexts. The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish version of the CHEXI in 4-5-year-old children. Method: Parents’ ratings of the CHEXI and labora-tory tests of EF wer...

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Autores: Giménez, Almudena, López Zamora, Miguel, Vila, Oscar, Sánchez, Auxiliadora, Thorell, Lisa B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/125311
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.453171
http://hdl.handle.net/10201/125311
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inventario de FE. FE en niños de prescolar
Asociación entre las puntuaciones de FE en inventarios y pruebas conductuales
EF inventory EF in preschool children
EF ratings and EF tests associations
CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología
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Sumario:Background: The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) was designed to identify EF deficits in daily life contexts. The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish version of the CHEXI in 4-5-year-old children. Method: Parents’ ratings of the CHEXI and labora-tory tests of EF were investigated in two large samples of 445 children aged 4 years (196 girls, 249 boys) and 459 children aged 5 years (208 girls, 251 boys). CHEXI ratings were collected again after one-year. Results: The two-factor structure of the CHEXI (i.e., Working Memory and Inhibition) was replicated, showing high internal consistency and temporal stability. The 4-year-olds were reported to have higher EF deficits than 5-year-olds have. Boys were rated as having higher EF deficits than girls were. Howev-er, gender differences were not significant contrasting performance on EF tasks. Finally, associations between CHEXI ratings and EF tests were weak, suggesting that EF tests and EF ratings capture different aspects of EF. Conclusions: The Spanish CHEXI provides a suitable instrument to as-sess EF in 4-5-year-old children.