Características psicométricas da Bateria de Avaliação Frontal numa amostra com perturbação por uso de álcool

Abstract

The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a neuropsychological assessment used for evaluate executive dysfunctions namely the ones located on the frontal lobe. Studies show that individuals diagnosed with alcohol use disorder display several neuroanatomic alterations that have a specific influence on the executive functions, being that an additional obstacle to the treatments' success. That being said, the main goal of this study is to analyze the psychometric characteristics of FAB in a population diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, demonstrating if this type of assessment may be used as discriminative. The study sample is composed by 155 participants, being 124 masculine (80%) and 31 feminine (20%). It was found that FAB has a good internal consistency and revealed a good reliability and significant correlation with the convergent measures

Date of Award	2021
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	JORGE ALEXANDRE GASPAR OLIVEIRA (Supervisor)