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

Armando Pina; Michelle Little; George P. Knight; Wendy K. Silverman

doi:10.1080/00223890802484183

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

Armando Pina, Michelle Little, George P. Knight, Wendy K. Silverman

Psychology

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Abstract

We examined the measurement equivalence of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds and 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	58-61
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Personality Assessment
Volume	91
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890802484183
State	Published - Jan 2009

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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