Psychometric Properties of the Taiwanese (Traditional Chinese) Version of the Frontal Assessment Battery: A Preliminary Study

摘要

The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is commonly used to evaluate executive functions. Although psychometric properties have been examined in Western studies, data on the FAB in Eastern societies are limited. This study thus aims to examine psychometric properties of the Taiwanese FAB (TFAB). A total of 301 healthy participants were recruited. All participants were evaluated with the TFAB. Thirty participants were retested 3 months after the 1st examination for test-retest reliability. The Verbal Fluency Test was used for criterion-related validity. Although the TFAB had an unacceptable Cronbach's alpha, its test-retest reliability was good. The criterion validity was also good, while the factor analysis revealed that the TFAB may be represented as a 2-factor or 3-factor structure. The TFAB score was significantly associated with age and education level. This study comprehensively re-examined the psychometric properties of the TFAB for Chinese-speaking people, and it merited more validations for the TFAB with clinical samples in the future.