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Attentional Control Scale for Children: Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity Among Children and Adolescents
Raquel Melendez1, Michele Bechor1, Yasmin Rey1
1Florida International University.
Objective:
The present study examined the factor structure and concurrent validity of the Attentional Control Scale for Children (ACS-C; Muris, de Jong, & Engelen, 2004), a youth self-rating scale of attentional control.
Method:
A multisource assessment approach was used with 186 children and adolescents referred to an anxiety disorders specialty clinic.
Results:
Exploratory factor analysis yielded a 2-factor structure with internally consistent and moderately correlated subscales of Attentional Focusing and Attentional Shifting. Total ACS-C and subscale scores demonstrated significant associations with youth and parent ratings of youth anxiety symptoms, youth self ratings of depressive symptoms, and youth diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
Conclusions:
These findings support use of the ACS-C as a self-rating scale of attentional control among referred youth. Future research is encouraged to examine retest reliability of the ACS-C and to evaluate whether its internal structure could be enhanced by removing or modifying items that performed poorly.
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