Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale–Second Edition Scores Among Chinese Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to adapt the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-Second Edition (RCMAS-2) into Mandarin and to examine its psychometric properties among Chinese adolescents. The participants included 436 Chinese students in Grades 7 to 12 who were administered the Chinese version of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS-2-C). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed to examine the factor structure of the RCMAS-2-C. Results indicated a modified four-factor model (Worry and Social Anxiety factors combined, Physiological Anxiety, Defensiveness I, and Defensiveness II factors) provided an adequate model fit to the data. Categorical omegas were computed and ranged from .68 to .90 for the RCMAS-2 scale scores. Convergent evidence of validity for the RCMAS-2-C anxiety scores was also found. Implications of the findings of the study for clinicians and researchers are discussed.

Psychometric properties of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-Second Edition in Peruvian students.

“…These were added to the model because of their high modification indices and because their content justified their presence. The correlated errors between the items 23 with 37 and 4 with 10 have already been reported in the study by Zhu and Lowe (2017). Likewise, both pairs of items make up the Inconsistent responding index (Reynolds & Richmond, 2008).…”

“…In this model, the items had factor loadings over .30, which can be seen as a very conservative criterion, however, previous studies have reported similar levels or even under them (Ang et al, 2011;Reynolds & Richmond, 2008;. The modified four-factor model, composed of Physiological anxiety, Worry/Social anxiety, Defensiveness I, and Defensiveness II, has been previously found in the studies by Zhu and Lowe (2017) and Cha et al (2020). However, in studies that reported a structure of three or five factors, the correlation between the factors Worry and Social anxiety was high, with values such as .73 (Reynolds & Richmond, 2008), .74 (Ang et al, 2011), and.77 (Lowe, 2014), justifying the combination of both factors into only one.…”

“…The psychometric properties of the RCMAS-2 have been analyzed in different contexts. Zhu and Lowe (2017) made a Chinese adaptation in which they found four factors (Physiological anxiety, Worry/Social anxiety, Defensiveness I, and Defensiveness II). They obtained adequate levels of internal consistency, except Physiological anxiety.…”

“…The second model was the respecification of the first with two correlated errors added, item 23 with item 37 and item 4 with item 10. The third model was composed of four factors (Zhu & Lowe, 2017). The fourth model was the respecification of the third, with five correlated errors added, item 23 with item 37 (.636), item 4 with item 10 (.791), item 17 with item 10 (.681), item 17 with item 4 (.610), and item 23 with item 41 (.407).…”

Assessing body awareness and autonomic reactivity: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Perception Questionnaire‐Short Form (BPQ‐SF)

“…This method provides internal consistency assessments superior to Cronbach's alpha when items are categorical and factor loadings are variable, as was the case with BPQ‐SF items. Like Cronbach's alpha, categorical omega ranges from 0 to 1 and its assessments of internal consistency for published psychometrically‐examined scales includes ranges from .68 to .97 (Roberson & Renshaw, ; Voskuil, Pierce, & Robbins, ; Zhu & Lowe, ). We computed 95% confidence intervals using bias‐corrected and accelerated bootstrapping with 1000 draws.…”