Validity and Reliability of Executive Function Measures in Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Correspondence Between Multiple Raters and Laboratory Measures.

CONCLUSION: Findings from this study indicate that behavior ratings can be used to supplement laboratory measures but may not be measuring cognitive abilities regardless of whether a clinical diagnosis is present. A multi-method approach should be used when measuring skills in this domain. This was one of the first studies to examine cross-informant agreement in a sample of children with prenatal alcohol exposure. Further research is necessary to understand why inter-rater agreement differed for children with prenatal alcohol exposure and those with ADHD.
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Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - January 12, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Bernes GA, Villodas M, Coles CD, Kable JA, May PA, Kalberg WO, Sowell ER, Jones KL, Riley EP, Mattson SN, CIFASD Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research