بررسي اعتبار و روايي مقياس اضطراب آشكار كودكان

RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE REVISED CHILDRENʹS MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE (RCMAS)

The purpose of the present research was to study the reliability and validity of the Revised Childrenʹs Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) for use in Iran. To evaluate the RCMASʹs reliability, it was completed by 196 students. The reliability of the RCMAS by test-retest and split-half methods were .67 and .66 respectively. To study the validity of the RCMAS, 45 anxious children and adolescents and 45 normal controls, who were matched for age and sex, participated in another study. The discriminant validity of the RCMAS was quite satisfactory and the test significantly distinguished anxious patients from normal controls (p <.001). In add to total score, all 3 subscales of the RCMAS could significantly discriminate the anxious group from the normal controls. In sum, results of the present study showed that the RCMAS could be used for clinical assessments and psychological research with Iranian Children.