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. 2003 Sep;15(3):378-83.
doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.378.

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

Lyse Turgeon  1 , Elise Chartrand
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Reliability and validity of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in a French-Canadian sample

Lyse Turgeon et al. Psychol Assess. 2003 Sep.

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.

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