Validity and reliability of the Turkish Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory Cover Image

Ergen Yürütücü İşlevler Envanterinin Türkçe formunun psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesi
Validity and reliability of the Turkish Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory

Author(s): Berçem Yar, Resul Çakır
Subject(s): Psychology, Neuropsychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Klinik Psikoloji Araştırmaları Derneği
Keywords: executive functioning; adolescent; validity; reliability;

Summary/Abstract: The Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory (TEXI) is a widely used instrument to measure teenage executive function. The present study was aimed to examine the psychometric proper-ties of a Turkish version of the TEXI (TEXI-TR). For this purpose, a total of 387 participants between the ages of 12 and 17, 226 (58%) females and 161 (42%) males, were recruited. Besides the TEXI, the Conners-Wells Adolescent Self-Report Scale (CASS-S), the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) were completed by the participants. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that the goodness-of-fit indices for the TEXI-TR were at an acceptable level (χ2(165, N = 387) = 386.038, χ2/sd = 2.340, RMSEA = 0.059, CFI = 0.90) and the factor structure consisted of two factors (inhibition and working memory) as in the original scale. The scale had a positive relationship with CASS-S (r = .65, p < .01), BIS (r = .61, p < .01), and a negative relationship with CFS (r = -.56, p < .01). Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the TEXI-TR subscales were .79 and .83 for the inhibition and the working memory sub-scale, respectively. The findings of the current study revealed that the TEXI-TR can be used as a valid and reliable instrument to measure teenage executive function.

  • Issue Year: 7/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 417-427
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Turkish
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