Janet Grace, PhD, and Paul F. Malloy, PhD
FrSBe: Frontal Systems Behavior Scale
The FrSBe fills a gap in the assessment of frontal systems behavioral syndromes by providing a means to identify and quantify disordered natural behavior so that problems may be targeted for treatment.
Features and benefits
-Provides a brief, reliable, and valid measure of three frontal systems behavioral syndromes: apathy, disinhibition, and executive dysfunction.
-Quantifies behavioral changes over time by including both baseline (retrospective) and current assessments of behavior.
-Includes a total score as well as scores on three subscales that correspond to the three frontal systems behavioral syndromes.
Test Structure
-This 46-item behavior rating scale is much easier and less time-consuming to administer than a neuropsychological test battery.
-Two hand-scorable, carbonless test booklets (self and family) are available. Items are written at a sixth-grade reading level. -Two profile forms (self and family) allow comparisons of behaviors pre- and post-injury/illness.
Technical information
Normative data are derived from a community-based sample of 436 men and women for two levels of education; data are also provided for several clinical groups, including patients with frontotemporal dementia, frontal lesions, nonfrontal stroke, head injury, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
Purpose: Assesses behavior related to frontal systems damage
Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration and scoring via PARiConnect, E-Manual
Age range: 18 years to 95 years
Time: 10 minutes