Factorial structure of the revised children manifest anxiety scale in a Spanish sample: Relations with Eysenck personality dimensions

Abstract

A Spanish translation of the Revised Children Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) was administered to 1576 students, with an age range of 9–12 years, from a Spanish elementary school. The factor analysis under a 5-factor model gave a structure similar to that obtained in the U.S. version. Relations between the RCMAS and the Extraversion and Neuroticism Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire scales were investigated by means of a canonical correlation analysis. As expected, the three anxiety subscales correlated highly and significantly with the Neuroticism scale and lower and negatively with Extraversion.