Ethnicity and Anxiety: A Psychometric Evaluation of the STICSA

Ethnicity and Anxiety: A Psychometric Evaluation of the STICSA

The current study examined the convergent validity and factor structure of the State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety in a sample of African Americans and European Americans. Validity analyses revealed similar associations; however, the factor analysis failed to support the original...

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Veröffentlicht in:Measurement and evaluation in counseling and development 2015-07, Vol.48 (3), p.163-176
Hauptverfasser: Lancaster, Steven L., Melka, Stephen E., Klein, Keith P., Rodriguez, Benjamin F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Affective Measures
African American students
African Americans
Anxiety
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Discriminant analysis
Ethnicity
European American students
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Test Validity
Undergraduate Students
United States (Midwest)
Validity
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Zusammenfassung:The current study examined the convergent validity and factor structure of the State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety in a sample of African Americans and European Americans. Validity analyses revealed similar associations; however, the factor analysis failed to support the original factor structure and factorial variance was consistently demonstrated.
ISSN:0748-1756
1947-6302
DOI:10.1177/0748175615578757