Executive functions (EFs) refer to a set of cognitive skills used to achieve goals and adapt to novelty and social situations. These cognitive skills strongly impact people’s daily lives. Hence, assessing these skills is important for an early intervention to address their lack if need be. Nevertheless, relevant scientific literature reports difficulties in assessing EFs, as they are a set of processes that involve many dimensions. Further, there are differences between everyday situations wherein EFs are employed and the context of a typical performance-based task, involving the use of EFs. Questionnaires are an excellent way to address these difficulties. The objective of this study is to test SENA’s convergent validity in terms of EFs’ assessment. The SENA is the first Spanish standardized questionnaire based on DSM-5 (2013), it assesses emotional and behavioral problems in children aged 3–18 years. This experiment involved students from regular schools (N = 140; M age = 6.97 SD = 1.02). Statistical analysis was conducted that compared a validated EFs test (BRIEF-2) and the SENA test. The results of this study suggested the presence of convergent validity between SENA and BRIEF-2 vis-a-vis EFs. Thus, SENA is a valid assessment for EFs that are called for in school and family environments for those who speak Spanish. That said SENA is more comprehensive than BRIEF-2, as it not only assesses EFs but also identifies the problems currently associated with the failure in employing EFs, psychological vulnerabilities, and personal resources that are lacking. SENA provides a complete picture of children’s and adolescents' behaviors and emotions.

执行功能 (EF) 是指一组用于实现目标和适应新奇事物和社交情境的认知技能。这些认知技能强烈影响人们的日常生活。因此，如果需要，评估这些技能对于早期干预以解决他们缺乏的问题非常重要。然而，相关的科学文献报告了评估 EF 的困难，因为它们是一组涉及许多方面的过程。此外，在使用 EF 的日常情况与涉及使用 EF 的典型基于性能的任务的上下文之间存在差异。问卷调查是解决这些困难的好方法。本研究的目的是测试 SENA 在 EF 评估方面的收敛效度。SENA 是第一个基于 DSM-5 (2013) 的西班牙标准化问卷，它评估 3-18 岁儿童的情绪和行为问题。该实验涉及普通学校的学生（N = 140；M年龄 = 6.97 SD = 1.02）。进行了比较经过验证的 EFs 测试 (BRIEF-2) 和 SENA 测试的统计分析。这项研究的结果表明 SENA 和 Brief-2 相对于 EF 之间存在收敛效度。因此，SENA 是对在学校和家庭环境中为讲西班牙语的人所要求的 EF 进行的有效评估。也就是说，SENA 比 BRIEF-2 更全面，因为它不仅评估 EF，还确定当前与使用 EF 失败、心理脆弱性和缺乏的个人资源相关的问题。SENA 提供了儿童和青少年行为和情绪的全貌。