Internal consistency, temporal stability, and reproducibility of individual index scores of the Test of Variables of Attention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Abstract

Psychometric properties of the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) were examined in a cohort of children (n=63) strictly diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Internal consistency was assessed via correlational analyses to determine the degree of agreement among various test portions. The temporal stability of errors of omission, errors of commission, response time, and response time variability was evaluated using test–retest reliability. Reproducibility of individual scores for the same indices was assessed using the Bland–Altman procedure. Select TOVA index scores exhibited high internal consistency in this cohort. Although the temporal stability of group scores (test–retest reliability) was satisfactory, individual test scores were less reproducible. Temporal stability and individual test–retest score agreement were greater for response time and response time variability than for errors of omission and errors of commission.