Research
The CHEXI, ADEXI and TEXI have been used in divers scientific studies, of which several of them can be downloaded from the links below.
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Articles including the CHEXI
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Handbook
Thorell, L. B., & Catale, C. (2014). The Assessment of Executive Functioning Using the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI). In Handbook of Executive Functioning (pp. 359-366). Springer New York.
Use of the Brazilian Portuguese translation
Trevisan, B. T., Dias, N. M., Berberian, A. de A., & Seabra, A. G. (2017). Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory: Adaptação e Propriedades Psicométricas da Versão Brasileira. Psico-USF, 22, 63–74.
Use of the Chinese translation
Simplified
Fan, L., & Wang, Y. (2022). The relationship between executive functioning and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in young children: A cross-lagged study. Current Psychology.
Thorell, L. B., Veleiro, A., Siu, A. F., & Mohammadi, H. (2013). Examining the relation between ratings of executive functioning and academic achievement: Findings from a cross-cultural study. Child Neuropsychology, 19, 630-638.
Wang, J. G., Cai, K. L., Liu, Z. M., Herold, F., Zou, L., Zhu, L. N., Xiong, X., & Chen, A. G. (2020). Effects of Mini-Basketball Training Program on Executive Functions and Core Symptoms among Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Brain sciences, 10(5), 263.
Traditional
Lin, H.-L., & Chen, S.-C. (2023). Examining the Executive Functioning of Children with ASD, ADHD, and Comorbid ASD and ADHD with the Taiwanese Traditional Chinese Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (TC-CHEXI), Fu-Jen Journal of Medicine, 21(4), 1-13.
Lin, H.-L., & Chang, T.-H. (2022, Apr.). Improving Executive Functions in Two Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder through Figure Skating Experiences: Focusing on Inhibiting Repetitive Behaviors. Fu-Jen Journal of Medicine, 21(1), 32-43.
Tsai, C., Thorell, L.B., Siu, A.F., Hsu, Y., & Lin, H. (2020). Taiwanese Traditional-Chinese Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory: Revision, Investigation of Psychometric Properties, and Establishing of Norms.
Use of the Croatian translation
Vučković, S., Ručević, S., & Ajduković, M. (2021). Parenting style and practices and children’s externalizing behaviour problems: Mediating role of children’s executive functions, European Journal of Developmental Psychology,18:3,313-329
Use of the English translation
Amukune, S., Gabriella, J. & Jozsa, K. (2022). Comparing Executive Functioning in the School Readiness of Hungarian and Kenyan Preschoolers. International Journal of Early Childhood. 1-18.
Amukune, S., Jozsa, K. (2021). The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI): Psychometric properties and association with academic achievement in Kenyan first graders. Journal of Psychological and Educational Research. 29, 154–176.
Camerota, M., Willoughby, MT, Kuhn, LJ, & Blair, C. B. (2018). The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI): Factor structure, measurement invariance, and correlates in US preschoolers, Child Neuropsychology, 24, 322-337.
Memba, Gabriela & Ostrov, Jamie. (2023). Prospective Relations of Temperament and Peer Victimization with Changes in Social Competence in Early Childhood: The Moderating Role of Executive Functioning. Child & Youth Care Forum. 1-22.
Stephens, R. L., Elsayed, H. E., Reznick, J. S., Crais, E. R., & Watson, L. R. (2021). Infant Attentional behaviors Are Associated With ADHD Symptomatology and Executive Function in Early Childhood. Journal of attention disorders, 25(13), 1908–1918.
Tepper, D. L., Howell, T. J., & Bennett, P. C. (2022). Executive functions and household chores: Does engagement in chores predict children's cognition? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 69( 5), 585– 598.
Wetter, S. E., Fuhs, M., & Goodnight, J. A. (2020). Examining sleep as a protective mechanism for executive functioning in children from low-income homes, Early Child Development and Care,190:15,2380-2391.
Use of the French translation
Catale, C., Meulemans, T., & Thorell, L. B. (2015). The Childhood Executive Function Inventory (CHEXI): Confirmatory Factorial analyses and cross-cultural clinical validity in a sample of 8–11 years old Children. Journal of Attention Disorders, 19, 489-495.
Use of the Hungarian translation
Amukune, S., Gabriella, J. & Jozsa, K. (2022). Comparing Executive Functioning in the School Readiness of Hungarian and Kenyan Preschoolers. International Journal of Early Childhood. 1-18.
Use of the Indonesian translation
Yovita, M., & Hendrawan, D. (2023). Parenting self-efficacy in relation to children’s executive function and externalizing behaviour. Journal of Early Childhood Research.
Use of the Iranian translation
Mashhadi, A., Maleki, Z. H., Hasani, J., Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei, K., & Saleh, S. (2023). Psychometric properties of the childhood executive functioning inventory (CHEXI): A confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance by sex and age in Iranian children. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 33(3), 409–427.
Parhoon, K., Moradi, A., Alizadeh, H., Parhoon, H., Sadaphal, D. P., & Coolidge, F. L. (2022). Psychometric properties of the behaviour rating inventory of executive function, second edition (BRIEF2) in a sample of children with ADHD in Iran. Child neuropsychology: a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, 28(4), 427–436.
Thorell, L. B., Veleiro, A., Siu, A. F., & Mohammadi, H. (2013). Examining the relation between ratings of executive functioning and academic achievement: Findings from a cross-cultural study. Child Neuropsychology, 19, 630-638.
Use of the Italian translation
Crisci, G., Mammarella, I. C., Moscardino, U. M. M., Roch, M., & Thorell, L. B. (2021). Distance Learning Effects Among Italian Children and Parents During COVID-19 Related School Lockdown. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 782353.
Morelli M., Brunetti, M., Chirumbolo, A., Spataro, P., Laghi, F. & Longobardi, E. (2024). The parent-report Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) in Italian preschoolers: factor structure, reliability, and criterion validity, European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Use of the Persian translation
Mashhadi, A., Maleki, Z. H., Hasani, J., & Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei, S. K. (2021). Psychometric properties of Persian version of the Barkley deficits in executive functioning scale-children and adolescents. Applied neuropsychology. Child, 10(4), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2020.1726352
Mashhadi A., Maleki Z. H., Hasani, J., Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei, S.K., & Saleh, S. (2023). Psychometric properties of the childhood executive functioning inventory (CHEXI): A confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance by sex and age in Iranian children, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 33:3, 409-427.
Parhoon, K., Moradi, A., Alizadeh, H., Parhoon, H., Sadaphal, D. P., & Coolidge, F. L. (2022). Psychometric properties of the behaviour rating inventory of executive function, second edition (BRIEF2) in a sample of children with ADHD in Iran. Child neuropsychology: a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, 28(4), 427–436.
Use of the Portuguese translation
Dias, N., Trevisan, B., Zauza, G., Carreiro, L. R., & Seabra, A. (2021). Development and Content Validity of IFERA-II for Adults. Psicologia Teoria e Pesquisa. 37.
Martins Dias, N., & Gotuzo Seabra, A. (2017). Intervention for executive functions development in early elementary school children: effects on learning and behaviour, and follow-up maintenance, Educational Psychology,37:4,468-486.
Use of the Romanian translation
Costescu, C. A., & Opre, A. N. (2024). AWAKE School Intervention Program: Improving Executive Functions and Reducing Social and Emotional Difficulties in School-Aged Children. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience,15(2), 94-112.
Use of the Spanish translation
Acero-Ferrero, M., Escolano-Pérez, E., & Bravo-Álvarez, M. A. (2017). Transferring learning to everyday life in autism spectrum disorder through an Executive Functions training programme /Generalización del aprendizaje a la vida cotidiana en trastorno del espectro autista a través de un programa de entrenamiento en Funciones Ejecutivas, Studies in Psychology,38:2,523-53.
Dias, N. M., & Seabra, A. G. (2015). The Promotion of Executive Functioning in a Brazilian Public School: A Pilot Study. The Spanish journal of psychology, 18, E8. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2015.4
Giménez, A., Lopez Zamora, M., Vila, J. Ó. & Sánchez, A., & Thorell, L. (2022). Validation of the Spanish version of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) in 4-5 year-old children. Anales de Psicología. 38.
Gutierrez, M., Arán Filippetti, V., & Lemos, V. (2021). The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) Parent and Teacher Form: Factor Structure and Cognitive Correlates in Spanish-speaking Children from Argentina. Developmental neuropsychology, 46(2), 136–148.
Gutierrez, M., Arán Filippetti, V., & Lemos, V. (2023). Executive functioning in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: CHEXI parent-report vs performance-based assessment. Current Psychology, 42(2), 1126–1136.
Javier Conesa, P., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2021). Effects of computer-based training on children’s executive functions and academic achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 114(6), 562–571. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2021.1998881
Javier Conesa, P., Onandia, I., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2023). Validation and reliability of The Childhood Executive Function Inventory (CHEXI) in Spanish primary school students. Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes.
Pérez-Pereira, M., Martínez-López, Z., & Maneiro, L. (2020). Longitudinal Relationships Between Reading Abilities, Phonological Awareness, Language Abilities and Executive Functions: Comparison of Low Risk Preterm and Full-Term Children. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 468.
Thorell, L. B., Veleiro, A., Siu, A. F., & Mohammadi, H. (2013). Examining the relation between ratings of executive functioning and academic achievement: Findings from a cross-cultural study. Child Neuropsychology, 19, 630-638.
Use of the Spanish-Latino translation
Menezes, A., Dias, N. M., Trevisan, B. T., Carreiro, L. R. R., & Seabra, A. G. (2015). Intervention for executive functions in attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 73, 227–236.
Tacuri, D., Bernal, M. & Medina, W.. (2023). El inventario de funcionamiento ejecutivo para niños (CHEXI): evidencia sicométrica en una muestra de escolares ecuatorianos. Avances en Psicología. 32. 1-11. 10.33539/avpsicol.2024.v32n1.2949.
Use of the Swedish translation
Catale, C., Meulemans, T., & Thorell, L. B. (2015). The Childhood Executive Function Inventory (CHEXI): Confirmatory Factorial analyses and cross-cultural clinical validity in a sample of 8–11 years old Children. Journal of Attention Disorders, 19, 489-495.
Sjöwall, D. & Thorell, L.B Sjöwall, D. & Thorell, L.B. (2019), A critical appraisal of the role of neuropsychological deficits in preschool ADHD, Child Neuropsychology, 25, 60-80.
Thorell, L.B., Eninger, L., Brocki, K.C., & Bohlin, G. (2010). Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI): A promising Measure for Identifying Young Children with ADHD? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 38-43.
Thorell, L.B., & Nyberg, L. (2008). The Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI): A new rating instrument for parents and teachers, Developmental Neuropsychology, 33, 526-552.
Thorell, L. B., Veleiro, A., Siu, A. F., & Mohammadi, H. (2013). Examining the relation between ratings of executive functioning and academic achievement: Findings from a cross-cultural study. Child Neuropsychology, 19, 630-638.
Use of the Taiwanese translation
Lin, H.-L., & Chang, T.-H. (2022, Apr.). Improving Executive Functions in Two Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder through Figure Skating Experiences: Focusing on Inhibiting Repetitive Behaviors. Fu-Jen Journal of Medicine, 21(1), 32-43.
Lin, H.-L., & Chen, S.-C. (2023). Examining the Executive Functioning of Children with ASD, ADHD, and Comorbid ASD and ADHD with the Taiwanese Traditional Chinese Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (TC-CHEXI), Fu-Jen Journal of Medicine, 21(4), 1-13.
Tsai, C-L., Thorell, L.B., Sui, A.F., Hsu, Y-H, & Lin, H-L. (2020). Taiwanese Traditional-Chinese Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory: Revision, Investigation of Psychometric Properties, and Establishing of Norms, Psychological Testing, 67, 119-143.
Use of the Turkish translation
Bakir-Demir, T., Berument, S. K., & Sahin-Acar, B. (2019). The relationship between greenery and self-regulation of children: The mediation role of nature connectedness. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 65, 101327.
Hamamcı, B., Acar, I. H., & Uyanik, G. (2021). Association between performance-based and ratings of Turkish children’s executive function. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues. Advance online publication.
Karabekmez, S. & Akman, B. (2022). Examination of the Executive Function Skills of 5-Year-Old Children Receiving Pre-School Education According to Some Variables. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 19(48), 617-632.
Önal, Gözde & Huri, Meral. (2020). Relationships between executive functions and occupational performance of children with medulloblastoma. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 84.
Articles including the TEXI
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Use of the Iranian translation
Alimohamadi, A., Abdolmohamadi, K., & Gadami, A. (2022). Psychometric Characteristics of the Two-Factorial Questionnaire of Executive Dysfunctions among Adolescents. Psychology of Exceptional Individuals, 12(47), 173-193.
Use of the Persian translation
Parhoon, K., Aita, S. L., Parhoon, H., Moradi, A., & Roth, R. M. (2022). Psychometric properties of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, second edition (BRIEF2) self-report form in Iranian adolescents. Applied neuropsychology. Child, 1–7. Advance online publication.
Use of the Serbian translation
Thorell, L.B., Lazarević, N., Milovanović, I. & Bugarski Ignjatović, V. (2020). Psychometric properties of the Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory (TEXI): A freely available questionnaire for assessing executive function deficits in adolescents, Child Neuropsychology.
Use of the Turkish translation
Cakiroglu S., Gormez V., Gozpinar N. & Basak Usta Gunduz E.(2023). Psychometric properties of the Teenage Executive Functioning Inventory in a Turkish sample of adolescents: deficits in working memory and inhibition among adolescents, Child Neuropsychology, 29:2, 321-339.
Articles including the ADEXI
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Use of the Chinese translation
Hung, S. J. (2020). Executive Function and Academic Performance among Taiwanese Students in Higher Education: A Correlational Study.Proceedings of the International Conference on Education,6(1), 09–15.
Use of the Hungarian translation
Józsa, G., Zaw Oo, T., Amukune, S., &, Jozsa, K. (2022). Predictors of the Intention of Learning in Higher Education: Motivation, Self-Handicapping, Executive Function, Parents’ Education and School Achievement. Education Sciences. 12. 906. 10.3390/educsci12120906.
Use of the English translation
Heffernan, T., Hamilton, C., & Neave, N. (2021). Compulsive shopping behaviour and executive dysfunction in young adults. Applied neuropsychology. Adult, 1–8. Advance online publication.
Heffernan, T., Hamilton, C., & Neave, N. (2023). Self-reported memory and executive function in adult non-clinical hoarders. Applied neuropsychology. Adult, 30(2), 153–158.
Jennings, M., Guilfoyle, A., Green, J., Cleary, Y., & Gowran, R. J. (2020). Octopus Watch Fosters Family Resilience by Enhancing Occupational Engagement for Children with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus: Pilot Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(22), 8316.
Use of the Pakistani translation
Khawar, R., Amin, R., Zulfqar, A., Hussain, S., Hussain, B., & Muqaddas, F. (2022). Dark personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions among Pakistani university students: The role of executive functions and academic intent to entrepreneurship. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
Use of the Serbian translation
Nikolašević, Ž., Krstić, T., Rajšli, A., & Bugarski Ignjatović, V. (2022). The Relationship Between Behavior Aspects of Executive Functions and Personality Traits in Healthy Young Adults. Psychological reports, 332941221132996. Advance online publication.
Use of the Spanish translation
Domingo, G., Jodra, M., Sáez-Suanes, G. P. & Thorell, L. (2020). Spanish version of the Adult Executive Functioning Inventory (ADEXI): Psychometric properties in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disability. Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica. 25. 121-129.
López, M. B., Arán Filippetti, V., & Richaud, M. C. (2022). Adult Executive Functioning Inventory (ADEXI): Factor structure, convergent validity, and reliability of a Spanish adaptation. Applied neuropsychology. Adult, 29(6), 1380–1386.
Use of the Swedish translation
Holst, Y. & Thorell, L.B. (2018). Adult Executive Functioning Inventory (ADEXI): Validity, Reliability, and Relations to ADHD. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27:e1567.
Holst, Y. & Thorell, L.B. (2019). Functional Impairments Among Adults with ADHD: A Comparison with Adults with Other Psychiatric Disorders and Links to Executive Deficits, Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.
Sjöwall, D., & , Thorell, L.B. (2019). Neuropsychological deficits in relation to ADHD symptoms, quality of life and daily life functioning in young adulthood. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.
Thorell, L.B.,Holst, Y., Christiansen, H., Beilunga, D., Kooij, S., & Sjöwall, D. (2017). Neuropsychological Deficits in Adults Age 60 and Above with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. European Psychiatry, 45,90-96.
Thorell, L.B., Holst, Y., & Sjöwall, D. (2019). Quality of Life in Older Adults with ADHD: Links to ADHD Symptom Levels and Executive Functioning Deficits, Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 73, 409-416.
Non-English articles
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Articles including the CHEXI
Use of the French translation
Cattle, C., Le Jeune, C., Merbah, S., & Meulemans, T. (2011). Sensibilité et spécificité du CHildhood EXecutive functioning Inventory (CHEXI) chez des enfants avec troubles attentionnels [Sensitivity and specificity of CHildhood Executive functioning Inventory (CHEXI) in children with attention disorders]. A.N.A.E. Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant, 23(5), 487–493.
Catale, C., Le Jeune, C., Merbah, S. & Meulemans, T. (2013). French Adaptation of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Young French-Speaking Belgian Children. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 29. 149.
Use of the Portuguese translation
Duran, M., Veleiro, A., Risso-Migues, A., Peralbo U., García-Fernández, M., & Brenlla Blanco, J. (2016). Dificultades en lectura y funcionamiento ejecutivo en 1º de Educación Primaria. La aportación del Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory. || Difficulties in reading and executive functioning in primary school students. The contribution of Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory.
Peralbo, M., Durán-Bouza, M., García, M., Brenlla-Blanco, J.-C., & Veleiro Vidal, A. (2016). La identificación de dificultades en Conciencia Fonológica y lenguaje oral en 2o de Educación Infantil a través del CHEXI. Psicología y educación: presente y future, págs.184–190.
Polaquini, M. F. (2023). Behaviour rating inventory of executive function – second edition (BRIEF-2): Estudos de validade concorrente com o CHEXI e o TEXI. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/106622
Use of the Spanish translation
Azar, E. E., Arán F. V., Vargas R., & Jael A. (2019). Estrato socioeconómico y funcionamiento ejecutivo: su relación con las competencias académicas en edad escolar. Centro de Estudios Académicos en Neuropsicología. Cuadernos de Neuropsicología, 13(3), 80-93.
Giménez de la Peña, A., López-Zamora, M., Vila, O., Sánchez, A., & Thorell, L. B. (2022). Fiabilidad y validez de la versión española del "Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory" (CHEXI). Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 38(1), 101–109.
Pérez-Mariño, N. (2015). Intervención sobre el funcionamiento ejecutivo en un caso de TDAH: implicaciones en conciencia fonológica y lectura.Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, (09), 048-052.
Use of the Turkish translation
Arslan Çiftçi, H., Uyanık, G., & Acar, İbrahim H. (2020). Çocukluk Dönemi Yürütücü İşlevler Envanteri Türkçe Formunun 48-72 aylık çocuklar için geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Erken Çocukluk Çalışmaları Dergisi, 4(3), 762–787. https://doi.org/10.24130/eccd-jecs.1967202043260
Hamamcı, B., Acar, I., & Uyanik, G. (2021). Validity and Reliability Study of Parent Report of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory for Preschoolers. Eğitimde Kuram ve Uygulama.17, 1-9.
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