TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Factor analysis of the adolescent version of the behavioural assessment screening tool (BAST-A) in adolescents with concussion
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Juengst, ShannonB.
A1  - Kajankova, Maria
A1  - Wright, Brittany
A1  - Terhorst, Lauren
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Develop and validate the Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool for Adolescents with brain injury. Setting: Concussion clinics Participants: Adolescents  with mild traumatic brain injury 3 months after initial concussion clinic visit  (n = 138). <br><br>DESIGN: Assessment development and validation (cross-sectional cohort)  study Main Measures: Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool - Adolescent Results:  Expert panel members added or modified items specific to adolescents to the original  Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool for adults. The Content Validity Index was  97.2%. Exploratory factor analysis of the Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool -  Adolescent reduced the initial 70 items to 46 primary items with a 3-factor  solution: Negative Affect & Fatigue, Executive & Social Function, and Risk  Behaviors. Internal consistency reliabilities ranged from good to excellent for all  factors (Cronbach's α =.80-.95). We retained four secondary maladaptive coping items  (from an initial six), though these require further modification and testing  (Cronbach's α =.67). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool for  Adolescents, a measure of neurobehavioral symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury  in adolescents, has a multidimensional factor structure with evidence of good  internal consistency reliabilities. Future work will further evaluate its convergent  and discriminant validity and employ item response theory analyses for validation in  a new sample of adolescents with concussion.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1857838
ID  - ref1
ER  -