Sharon E Taverno Ross, Ruth P Saunders, Marsha Dowda, Russell R Pate
Longitudinal changes in domains of physical activity during the transition from elementary school to high school in the U.S
Journal of science and medicine in sport
replicated evidence shows weak nonsignificant correlation different methods evaluating executive functions ef current study investigates association rating scales cognitive tests ef sample children adhd executive dysfunction sample included 139 children aged 613 diagnosed adhd executive dysfunctions children completed subtests cambridge neuropsychological test automated battery cantab parents completed behavior rating inventory executive function brief childrens organizational skills scale coss pairwise spearman correlations calculated composite separate subscales cognitive tests rating scales secondary analyses pairwise spearman correlations conducted composite scales subscales stratified child sex child adhd subtype correlation analyses composite scores yielded significant correlations results comparing cantab brief ge r095 p289 r042 p643 comparing cantab coss analyses composite scales subscales found one significant negative correlation r25 p01 significant crossmethod differences stratified adhdinattentive subtype showing significant negative correlations moderate cantab brief composite r355 p014 subscales possible different methods measure different underlying constructs ef may relevant consider effects responder bias differences ecological validity measurement methods results found significant correlations expectation research clinical settings find results comparing data cognitive tests rating scales future research might explore novel approaches ef testing higher level ecological validity designing ef rating scales capture ef behaviors ef cognition