BRIEF-2A - The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition–Adult Version

BRIEF®2A

The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function®, Second Edition–Adult Version

Age Range

18 years to 99 years

Admin Time

10–15 minutes

Qualification Level: B

Details

Purpose: Assesses adult executive functioning

Authors: Robert M. Roth, PhD, Peter K. Isquith, PhD, Gerard A. Gioia, PhD

Additional Details

Allows Adults and Those Closest to Them to Rate Their Executive Functions in Everyday Settings

BRIEF2A is a standardized rating scale that allows adults and knowledgeable informants (caregivers, adult children, partners/spouses) to rate executive function or self-regulation in that adult’s day-to-day setting. This allows clinicians to gather information from multiple sources, better equipping them to evaluate the complexities of executive function.

Now developed with the three-factor model found in the BRIEF2, which characterizes executive function deficits more clearly, the BRIEF2A offers new multirater and progress monitoring reports that allow for comparison between self and informant or over time, providing more valuable information to clinicians and leading to more targeted interventions.

The BRIEF2A Informant report is beneficial when assessing clients exhibiting cognitive deficits due to certain diagnoses (e.g., TBI, stroke, dementia) because it helps address concerns the clinician may have about the client’s ability to reliably rate their own executive function. 

Features and benefits

• More reliable. The BRIEF2A has fewer items (75 to 70), and an updated normative sample based on the 2021 US census, and therefore more representative of the current population.
• More accurate. Updated to the 3-factor model found in the BRIEF2.
• More applicable. The U.S. population is living longer than ever before, the extended age range (up to 99 years) meets the demand for more assessment tools to evaluate older adults.
• New reports. The new multirater and progress monitoring reports identify differences between raters and over time. 
• Spanish language translation
• The BRIEF2A also has new forms with an updated Spanish translation which allows clinicians to use the BRIEF2A with their Spanish-speaking clients, in various clinical settings.