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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Existing measures of test anxiety used with the college student population are old with old norms and old items, and they do not capture the multiple dimensions of the test anxiety construct or assess facilitating anxiety. In the present study, the validity of the scores of a new, multidimensional measure of test anxiety with a facilitating…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Gender Differences, Test Anxiety, Foreign Countries
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
The psychometric properties of a new, brief measure, the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-Second Edition (RCMAS-2) Short Form, were examined in a sample of 1,003 U.S. elementary and secondary students. The RCMAS-2 Short Form consists of the first 10 items of the RCMAS-2. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Psychometrics, Elementary School Students
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Lowe, Patricia A.; Grumbein, Matthew J.; Raad, Jennifer M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
The psychometric properties of the Test Anxiety Scale for Elementary Students (TAS-E) scores were examined. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the responses of 997 students in Grades 2 to 6 on the TAS-E. The results of the EFA produced a four-factor solution: Physiological Hyperarousal, Social Concerns, Task…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Ang, Rebecca P.; Lowe, Patricia A.; Yusof, Noradlin – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The present study investigated the factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and U.S. norms of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2; C. R. Reynolds & B. O. Richmond, 2008a) scores in a Singapore sample of 1,618 school-age children and adolescents. Although there were small…
Descriptors: Scores, Validity, Factor Structure, Adolescents
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Unruh, Susan M.; Lowe, Patricia A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
This study details the development and validation of a Spanish language version of the Test Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents (TAICA) for elementary and secondary students. In this study, the TAICA was adapted and administered to a sample of 197 students, 87 males and 110 females, aged 9 to 19 years, in Grades 4 to 12. Results of an…
Descriptors: Females, Reliability, Factor Structure, Adolescents
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Lowe, Patricia A.; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 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…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Validity, Factor Analysis, Anxiety