Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in Latino and White youth with anxiety disorders.
We examined the measurement equivalence of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1979) in a sample of 667 White and Latino youth with anxiety disorders. Findings supported the factorial invariance of the Physiological Anxiety, Worry/Oversensitivity, and Social Concerns/Concentration subscales as well as the construct validity equivalence of the RCMAS Total Anxiety scale. The RCMAS appears to have measurement equivalence across Latino and White youth.
Pina
Armando A
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Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. Armando.Pina@asu.edu
Little
Michelle
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Knight
George P
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Silverman
Wendy K
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D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*