Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in Latino and White youth with anxiety disorders

J Pers Assess. 2009 Jan;91(1):58-61. doi: 10.1080/00223890802484183.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anxiety Disorders / classification
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
  • Anxiety Disorders / ethnology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
  • United States
  • White People / psychology*