Reliability and Validity of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in a French-Canadian Sample.
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Assessment
- Vol. 15 (3), 378-383
- https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.378
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a French version of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS). A sample of 2,666 school-age French-Canadian children completed the questionnaire. With regard to factor structure, the 5-factor model found in U.S. normative samples was confirmed. The internal consistency of the 5 scales and of the 2 global scales was good to excellent. Test-retest reliabilities after a 6-month period were also similar to those of the original version. Finally, the concurrent validity, assessed by a correlation with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, was also found to be good. Results of the present study show that the French version of the RCMAS is a good instrument to assess anxiety in children.Keywords
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