Evaluation of the Technical Quality of ASEBA, BASC-3, and BRIEF

U05a1 Evaluation of the Technical Quality of Three Tests
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Introduction
The category of focus is behavioral psychology. Specifically, the chosen measures were intended to understand the behaviors and emotions of children with developmental disorders such as anxiety disorders and learning disorders among others. The standardized tests that were identified as of utility in the project were the Achenbach Systems of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), Behavior Assessment Systems for Children (BASC-3), and Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). ASEBA is a behavioral measure that assesses diverse emotional, thought, strengths, competencies, social, and adaptive functioning difficulties based on data collected from multiple informants, and thus provides a researcher with data on the maladaptive and adaptive functioning of a given test subject. The BASC-3 has five scales that allow one to collect the data required to understand the behaviors and emotions of children aged 5-25 years from the perspectives of the test subject, the caregiver, and the teacher. The BRIEF test measures the cognitive abilities that are crucial to thought, action, and emotional control in children by collecting data about the test subject within their natural environments such as schools or homes.
The anticipated population for which the three chosen tests will be used is early and middle childhood, which covers children who are aged between 0-12 years. Early and middle childhood is a crucial developmental period in which children's behavior patterns and coping mechanisms are established. These behaviors and coping mechanisms can have a lasting impact on a child's well-being and future success. Early identification and intervention can prevent the behaviors from becoming ingrained and more difficult to change later. Additionally, addressing problem behaviors in early and middle childhood can help to improve a child's social and emotional development, academic performance, and overall mental health.
Notably, all three chosen tests can be effectively used to measure the behavioral and emotional problems among children with developmental disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD). Achenbach and Rescoria (2014) observe that years of practical experience have yielded evidence supporting the utility of the measure in reporting the maladaptive and adaptive functioning of learners in middle childhood. Roth et al. (2014) note that BRIEF can be used to assess behaviors in learners with various medical, developmental, neurological, and developmental disorders including learning disorders among others. Zhou et al. (2021) note that BASC-3 is an effective tool for diagnosing learning and developmental disorder in childhood as it is used in multiple settings. To this end, the following paper will present six studies that establish the reliability and validity of the three standardized tests in the measurement of behavioral and emotional problems in early and middle childhood.
Technical Review Article Summaries
Rescorla, L. A. (2005). Assessment of young...