Dimensions of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) examined using Rasch analysis

REFERENCES

• Alderman , N. , Fry , R. K. and Youngson , H. A. 1995 . Improvement of self-monitoring skills, reduction of behaviour disturbance and the dysexecutive syndrome: Comparison of response cost and a new programme of self-monitoring training . Neuropsychological Rehabilitation , 5 ( 3 ) : 193 – 221 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alvarez , J. and Emory , E. 2006 . Executive function and the frontal lobes: A meta-analytic review . Neuropsychology Review , 16 ( 1 ) : 17 – 42 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrich , D. 1982 . An extension of the Rasch model for ratings providing both location and dispersion parameters . Psychometrika , 47 ( 1 ) : 105 – 113 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrich, D., Sheridan, B., & Lou, G. (2005). Rumm2020 (Version 4 for Windows).
   Google Scholar
• Anson , K. and Ponsford , J. 2006 . Evaluation of a coping skills group following traumatic brain injury . Brain Injury , 20 : 167 – 178 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baghaei , P. 2008 . The effects of the rhetorical organization of texts on the C-Test construct: A Rasch modelling study . Melbourne Papers in Language and Testing , 13 ( 2 ) : 32 – 51 .
   Google Scholar
• Bateman , A. , Teasdale , T. W. and Willmes , K. 2009 . Assessing construct validity of the self-rating version of the European Brain Injury Questionnaire (EBIQ) using Rasch analysis . Neuropsychological Rehabilitation , 19 ( 6 ) : 941 – 954 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bennett , P. C. , Ong , B. E. N. and Ponsford , J. 2005 . Measuring executive dysfunction in an acute rehabilitation setting: Using the dysexecutive questionnaire (DEX) . Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , 11 ( 4 ) : 376 – 385 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bland , J. M. and Altman , D. G. 1995 . Statistics notes: Multiple significance tests: The Bonferroni method . British Medical Journal , 310 ( 6973 ) : 170
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bodenburg , S. and Dopslaff , N. 2008 . The Dysexecutive Questionnaire Advanced: Item and rest score characteristics, 4-factor solution, and severity classification . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 196 ( 1 ) : 75 – 78 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burgess , P. W. , Alderman , N. , Evans , J. J. , Emslie , H. and Wilson , B. A. 1998 . The ecological validity of tests of executive function . Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , 4 : 547 – 558 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burgess , P. W. , Alderman , N. , Wilson , B. A. , Evans , J. J. and Emslie , H. 1996 . “ Validity of the battery: Relationship between performance on the BADS and ratings of executive problems ” . In BADS: Behavioural assessment of the dysexecutive syndrome manual , Edited by: Wilson , B. A. 18 – 19 . Bury St Edmunds, , UK : Thames Valley Test Company .
   Google Scholar
• Chan , R. C. K. 2001 . Dysexecutive symptoms among a non-clinical sample: A study with the use of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire . British Journal of Psychology , 92 : 551 – 565 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chan , R. C. K. and Bode , R. K. 2008 . Analysis of patient and proxy ratings on the Dysexecutive Questionnaire: An application of Rasch analysis . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry , 79 ( 1 ) : 86 – 88 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chaytor , N. , Schmitter-Edgecombe , M. and Burr , R. 2006 . Improving the ecological validity of executive functioning assessment . Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , 21 ( 3 ) : 217 – 227 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cronbach , L. 1951 . Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests . Psychometrika , 16 ( 3 ) : 297 – 334 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D'Zurilla , T. J. and Nezu , A. M. 1999 . Problem Solving Therapy: A Social Competence Approach to Clinical Intervention , 2 , New York, NY : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Damasio , A. R. 1994 . Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain , New York, NY : Grosset/Putnam .
   Google Scholar
• Evans , J. J. , Wilson , B. A. and Emslie , H. 1996 . Selecting, Administering and Interpreting Cognitive Tests: Guidelines for Clinicians and Therapists , Bury St Edmunds, , UK : Thames Valley Test Company .
   Google Scholar
• Fish , J. , Evans , J. J. , Nimmo , M. , Martin , E. , Kersel , D. Bateman , A. 2007 . Rehabilitation of executive dysfunction following brain injury: “Content-free” cueing improves everyday prospective memory performance . Neuropsychologia , 45 ( 6 ) : 1318 – 1330 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fisher , W. P. Jr . 1992 . Reliability statistics . Rasch Measurement Transactions , 6 ( 3 ) : 238
   Google Scholar
• Gilbert , S. J. , Zamenopoulos , T. , Alexiou , K. and Johnson , J. H. 2010 . Involvement of right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in ill-structured design cognition: An fMRI study . Brain Research , 1312 : 79 – 88 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hambleton , R. K. , Swaminathan , H. and Rogers , H. J. 1991 . Fundamentals of Item Response Theory , California : SAGE Publications, Inc .
   Google Scholar
• Hanks , R. A. , Rapport , L. J. , Millis , S. R. and Deshpande , S. A. 1999 . Measures of executive functioning as predictors of functional ability and social integration in a rehabilitation sample . Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , 80 ( 9 ) : 1030 – 1037 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hobart , J. and Cano , S. 2009 . Improving the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis: The role of new psychometric methods . Health Technology Assessment , 13 ( 12 ) : 1 – 200 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levine , B. , Robertson , I. H. , Clare , L. , Carter , G. , Hong , J. Wilson , B. A. 2000 . Rehabilitation of executive functioning: An experimental-clinical validation of Goal Management Training . Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , 6 ( 03 ) : 299 – 312 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Linacre , J. M. 2007 . RUMM2020 Item-Trait Chi-Square and Winsteps DIF Size . Rasch Measurement Transactions , 21 ( 1 ) : 1096
   Google Scholar
• Magar , E. C. E. , Phillips , L. H. and Hosie , J. A. 2008 . Self-regulation and risk-taking . Personality and Individual Differences , 45 ( 2 ) : 153 – 159 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manly , T. , Hawkins , K. , Evans , J. , Woldt , K. and Robertson , I. H. 2002 . Rehabilitation of executive function: Facilitation of effective goal management on complex tasks using periodic auditory alerts . Neuropsychologia , 40 ( 3 ) : 271 – 281 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Masters , G. 1982 . A Rasch model for partial credit scoring . Psychometrika , 47 ( 2 ) : 149 – 174 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald , B. C. , Flashman , L. A. and Saykin , A. J. 2002 . Executive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury: Neural substrates and treatment strategies . NeuroRehabilitation , 17 ( 4 ) : 333 – 344 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Medd , J. and Tate , R. L. 2000 . Evaluation of an anger management therapy programme following acquired brain injury: A preliminary study . Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: An International Journal , 10 ( 2 ) : 185 – 201 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Novick , M. R. 1966 . The axioms and principal results of classical test theory . Journal of Mathematical Psychology , 3 ( 1 ) : 1 – 18 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oikawa , N. , Oguri , R. , Sato , A. , Imamura , T. and Imamura , T. 2006 . Executive dysfunction on activity of daily living (ADL) in Alzheimer's disease: A study using Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) . Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology , 22 ( 2 ) : 138 – 145 .
   Google Scholar
• Pallant , J. F. and Tennant , A. 2007 . An introduction to the Rasch measurement model: An example using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) . British Journal of Clinical Psychology , 46 : 1 – 18 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasch , G. 1960 . Probabalistic Models for Some Intelligence and Attainment Tests , Chicago, IL : University of Chicago .
   Google Scholar
• Rath , J. F. , Simon , D. , Langenbahn , D. M. , Sherr , R. L. and Diller , L. 2003 . Group treatment of problem-solving deficits in outpatients with traumatic brain injury: A randomised outcome study . Neuropsychological Rehabilitation , 13 : 461 – 488 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shallice , T. and Burgess , P. W. 1991 . Deficits in strategy application following frontal lobe damage in man . Brain , 114 ( Pt 2 ) : 727 – 741 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith , E. V. Jr. 2002 . Detecting and evaluating the impact of multidimensionality using item fit statistics and principal component analysis of residuals . Journal of Applied Measurement , 3 ( 2 ) : 205 – 231 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Smith , R. M. , Linacre , J. M. and Smith , E. V. 2006 . Guidelines for manuscripts . Journal of Applied Measurement , Retrieved from http://www.jampress.org
   Google Scholar
• Stuss , D. T. 2007 . “ New approaches to prefrontal lobe testing ” . In The Human Frontal Lobes: Functions and Disorders , 2 , Edited by: Miller , B. L. and Cummings , J. L. 292 – 305 . New York, NY : Guilford Press .
   Google Scholar
• Stuss , D. T. and Benson , D. 1983 . “ Frontal lobe lesions and behaviour ” . In Localization in Neuropsychology , Edited by: Kertesz , A. New York, NY : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Tennant , A. and Pallant , J. F. 2006 . Unidimensionality matters! (A tale of two Smiths?) . Rasch Measurement Transactions , 20 ( 1 ) : 1048 – 1051 .
   Google Scholar
• Tennant , A. and Conaghan , P. G. 2007 . The Rasch measurement model in rheumatology: What is it and why use it? When should it be applied, and what should one look for in a Rasch paper? . Arthritis Care & Research , 57 ( 8 ) : 1358 – 1362 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• von Cramon , D. Y. , Cramon , G. M. and Mai , N. 1991 . Problem-solving deficits in brain-injured patients: A therapeutic approach . Neuropsychological Rehabilitation , 1 ( 1 ) : 45 – 64 .
   Google Scholar
• Wilson, B. A., Alderman, N., Burgess, P., Emslie, H., & Evans, J. (1996). Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome. Bury St. Edmunds, UK: Thames Valley Test Company.
   Google Scholar
• Wright , B. 1995 . Diagnosing person misfit . Rasch Measurement Transactions , 9 ( 2 ) : 430 – 431 .
   Google Scholar