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ERIC Number: EJ690022
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
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Psychometric Analyses of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-Adult Version among Young and Middle-Aged Adults
Lowe, Patricia A.; Reynolds, Cecil R.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v64 n4 p661-681 Aug 2004
Responses of 871 adults to the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-Adult version (AMAS-A) were factor analyzed using the method of principal axis factoring with promax rotation. Factor analysis yielded a four-factor solution: three anxiety factors (Worry/Oversensitivity, Stress, and Physiological Anxiety) and a Lie factor. The AMAS-A's three-factor structure of anxiety is consistent with multidimensional theories of anxiety and lends support to the validity of the interpretation of the AMAS-A scores as reflecting anxiety in several dimensions. Temporal stability and convergent and discriminant validity of the AMAS-A test scores were also examined in a sample of 76 young and middle-aged adults. Results indicated good to excellent test-retest reliability for the AMAS-A scores over a 2- to 3-week interval. Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity of the AMAS-A scores as measures of various aspects of anxiety was found. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Manifest Anxiety Scale
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