Reliability and validity of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in a French-Canadian sample

Psychol Assess. 2003 Sep;15(3):378-83. doi: 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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Distribution
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Anxiety Disorders / psychology
  • Child
  • Deception
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • France / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
  • Quebec
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sex Distribution