The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC): Psychometric Properties and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents

被引：8

作者：

Salvador, Maria do Ceu ^{[1
]}

Matos, Ana Paula ^{[1
]}

Oliveira, Sara ^{[1
]}

March, John S. ^{[2
]}

Arnarson, Eirikur Orn ^{[3
]}

Carey, Sean C. ^{[4
]}

Craighead, W. Edward ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Coimbra, Fac Psicol & Ciencias Educ, Rua Colegio Novo, P-3000115 Coimbra, Portugal

[2] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA

[3] Univ Iceland, Landspitali Univ Hosp, Fac Med, Sch Hlth Sci, Reykjavik, Iceland

[4] Emory Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Invest, Atlanta, GA USA

[5] Emory Univ, Dept Psychol, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Child Adolescent & Young Adult Programs, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA

来源：

REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA | 2017年 / 3卷 / 45期

关键词：

assessment; anxiety; MASC; psychometric properties; adolescents; I THINK; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; FIT INDEXES; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMS; FEEL; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; DISORDERS;

D O I：

10.21865/RIDEP45.3.03

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

A psychometric analysis of a Portuguese version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) was undertaken in a school-based sample of 2041 Portuguese adolescents aged 12-18 years. A confirmatory factor analysis did not support the original four-factor structure (March, Parker, Sullivan, Stallings, & Conners, 1997). Therefore a confirmatory factor analysis with a 3rd order model was conducted (with subfactors, factors, and total score) revealing better adjustment indexes. The difference between models was also significant. After a multigroup analysis, this structure revealed to be invariant across gender, but only configural and metric invariance was found across age groups. The convergent and divergent validity of the MASC was confirmed using measures of anxiety, depression, and general well-being. A moderate to high temporal stability, in a three-week interval, was obtained. This study confirmed that the Portuguese edition of the MASC is a reliable and useful self-report instrument to assess anxiety in adolescents.

引用

页码：33 / 46

页数：14

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