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

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 899-910

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Lowe, Patricia A ^b   Yusof, Noradlin ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Independent Researchers   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construct bias; Convergent and discriminant validity; Item bias; RCMAS 2; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; REVISED CHILDREN MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE SECOND EDITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155188383     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023891     Document Type: Article

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