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- Title
Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among Icelandic schoolchildren.
- Authors
THOR ÓLASON, DANÍEL; BLÖNDAHL SIGHVATSSON, MAGNÚS; SMÁRI, JAKOB
- Abstract
Ólason, D. T., Sighvatsson, M. B.&Smári, J. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among Icelandic schoolchildren.Scandinavian Journal of Psychology,45, 429–436.A psychometric assessment of the Icelandic version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) was undertaken among Icelandic schoolchildren, between 10 and 15 years of age. In a first study 625 children between 10 and 15 years of age filled in the MASC. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the four-factor structure of the instrument was justified. Further, means and standard deviations of the total scale and the subscales were similar to the original normative data reported by). In a second study the MASC, the Children Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) were administered to a sample of 249 schoolchildren between 10 and 15 years of age. The results supported the convergent and divergent validity of the MASC. Together the two studies show satisfactory psychometric properties of the Icelandic version of the MASC in a normal population.
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2004, Vol 45, Issue 5, p429
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00424.x