An Examination of the RCMAS-2 Scores across Gender, Ethnic Background, and Age in a Large Asian School Sample

Autor/inn/en	Ang, Rebecca P.; Lowe, Patricia A.; Yusof, Noradlin
Titel	An Examination of the RCMAS-2 Scores across Gender, Ethnic Background, and Age in a Large Asian School Sample
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 23 (2011) 4, S.899-910 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0023891
Schlagwörter	Scores; Validity; Factor Structure; Adolescents; Norms; Foreign Countries; Factor Analysis; Anxiety; Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Children; Asians; Item Analysis; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Cross Cultural Studies; Evidence; Singapore; Childrens Manifest Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Faktorenstruktur; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Normwert; Ausland; Faktorenanalyse; Angst; Messdaten; Reliabilität; Child; Kind; Kinder; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Itemanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Evidenz; Singapur
Abstract	The present study investigated the factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and U.S. norms of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2; C. R. Reynolds & B. O. Richmond, 2008a) scores in a Singapore sample of 1,618 school-age children and adolescents. Although there were small statistically significant differences in the average RCMAS-2 T scores found across various demographic groupings, on the whole, the U.S. norms appear adequate for use in the Asian Singapore sample. Results from item bias analyses suggested that biased items detected had small effects and were counterbalanced across gender and ethnicity, and hence, their relative impact on test score variation appears to be minimal. Results of factor analyses on the RCMAS-2 scores supported the presence of a large general anxiety factor, the Total Anxiety factor, and the 5-factor structure found in U.S. samples was replicated. Both the large general anxiety factor and the 5-factor solution were invariant across gender and ethnic background. Internal consistency estimates ranged from adequate to good, and 2-week test-retest reliability estimates were comparable to previous studies. Evidence providing support for convergent and discriminant validity of the RCMAS-2 scores was also found. Taken together, findings provide additional cross-cultural evidence of the appropriateness and usefulness of the RCMAS-2 as a measure of anxiety in Asian Singaporean school-age children and adolescents. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10