Assessing frontal lobe behavioral syndromes with the frontal lobe personality scale

Assessment. 1999 Sep;6(3):269-84. doi: 10.1177/107319119900600307.

Abstract

Reliability and construct validity are reported for the Frontal Lobe Personality Scale (FLOPS), a brief neurobehavior rating scale. The FLOPS Family form was completed by family members of 24 frontal lobe brain-damaged patients, 15 non-frontal lobe brain- damaged patients, and 48 healthy controls. Intrascale reliability was demonstrated (internal consistency.96; split half.93). Validity studies of frontal lobe patients post-lesion compared to their pre-lesion status, to healthy controls, and of frontal lobe patients pre- and post-lesion compared to non-frontal lobe patients pre- and post-lesion, indicated that frontal lobe patients post-lesion showed significantly more frontal behavior than (a) pre-lesion frontal lobe patients, (b) healthy controls, and (c) post-lesion non-frontal lobe patients. The FLOPS appears to be useful for quantifying frontal lobe behavior in clinical and research settings.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Brain Injuries / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe* / injuries
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests*
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Psychometrics / methods*
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Stroke / diagnosis