Reliability and validity of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) across samples of Mexican, Mexican American, and European American children: A preliminary investigation1

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-80

  Varela, Enrique R ^a   Biggs, Bridget K ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Cross cultural validity; Hispanic American; Latino children; Measurement; Mexican American; RCMAS; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645146966     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800500499727     Document Type: Article

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