Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults), (Wire-Bound Paperback)

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, before retiring in 2021, served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.

"The BDEFS is a much-needed, clinically relevant tool. This exceptionally well-written manual includes a detailed description of the scale's development, psychometric properties and norms, scoring, and clinical interpretation, as well as the forms themselves. The limited photocopy license clearly enhances the clinical utility of the BDEFS. All professionals responsible for assessing and understanding adults suffering the burden of executive dysfunction will find this scale highly useful and beneficial."--Rosemary Tannock, PhD, Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada"Barkley has created a rating scale that is quick and easy to administer and score. The BDEFS provides valuable information regarding specific executive functioning deficits, including those found in ADHD. This scale does what a good assessment instrument should: not only does it answer questions regarding diagnosis, but it also helps clinicians identify target skills and behaviors for intervention."--Peg Dawson, EdD, Center for Learning and Attention Disorders, Portsmouth, New Hampshire"The BDEFS ushers in an era of more specific and comprehensive behavioral assessment of executive functioning difficulties encountered by adults during major functional activities. The scales are well designed to be both clinician and patient friendly. The content is broader than other available scales and the normative observations are carefully derived and extensive. Behavioral items are focused around common daily activities rather than clinical symptoms, and thus can be applied in a variety of settings. The combination of self- and other-report forms, as well as long and short forms, provides depth and flexibility. This scale is a powerful complement to traditional executive function tests."--Paul J. Eslinger, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Neural and Behavioral Sciences, and Radiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine-Reliable, empirically based, and convenient to use for clinicians. Allow[s] a doctor to quantify behaviors that can't be readily observed in the clinic.--ADDitude Magazine, 2/3/2011

• 1. Executive Functioning 2. Development of the BDEFS 3. Normative Sample 4. Factor Analysis, Scale Construction, and Item Frequencies 5. Relationship of BDEFS Scores to Demographic Factors in the Normative Sample 6. Reliability 7. Validity 8. Scoring and Interpretation of the BDEFS Forms Appendix. BDEFS Forms and Score Sheets; BDEFS-LF: Self-Report , BDEFS-LF: Other-Report, BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 18–34, Males Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 18–34, Females Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 18–34, Males and Females Combined), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 35–49, Males Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 35–49, Females Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 35–49, Males and Females Combined), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 50–64, Males Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 50–64, Females Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 50–64, Males and Females Combined), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 65–81, Males Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 65–81, Females Only), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Raw Scores (Ages 65–81, Males and Females Combined), BDEFS-LF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Total EF Symptom Counts (All Ages and Both Sexes), BDEFS-SF: Self-Report, BDEFS-SF: Other-Report, BDEFS-SF: Self-Report Score Sheet for Total EF Summary Scores and EF Symptom Counts (All Ages and Both Sexes), BDEFS-SF Clinical Interview: Self-Report.