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Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale: Second Editon

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RCMAS Manual

<p><em>For use with younger children and those with reading or attention problems</em></p>

RCMAS-2 Audio CD

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Overview

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			<p>One child in nine experiences an anxiety disorder. But because anxious children tend to be quiet, compliant, and eager to please, their problems sometimes go unnoticed. The RCMAS-2 quickly brings into focus the often invisible worry, stress, and fear that can lead to academic difficulties, social withdrawal, substance abuse, and other problems.</p>

			<h3>Features:</h3>

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				<li>social anxiety scale</li>
				<li>items measuring performance anxiety</li>
				<li>5-minute short form</li>
				<li>audio cd</li>
				<li>inconsistent responding index</li>
				<li>updated norms</li>
				<li>improved interpretive support</li>
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			<h3>An Updated Second Edition</h3>

			<p>Widely used by school psychologists, clinicians, and researchers, the Revised Children&rsquo;s Manifest Anxiety Scale is now available in an updated Second Edition. The RCMAS-2 retains all the features that made previous versions of the test so popular &mdash; brevity, a simple yes/no response format, an primary reading level, and content-based item clusters that help pinpoint children&rsquo;s problems and focus intervention. At the same time, it adds a convenient Short Form, updated and ethnically diverse norms, and new items that reflect changes in the way children now experience anxiety.</p>

			<h3>A Look at Performance and Social Anxiety</h3>

			<p>Like its predecessor, the RCMAS-2 is a brief self-report inventory measuring the level and nature of anxiety in 6- to 19-year-olds. The test is now composed of 49&nbsp;items covering the following scales:</p>

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				<li>physiological anxiety</li>
				<li>worry</li>
				<li>social anxiety</li>
				<li>defensiveness</li>
				<li>inconsistent responding index</li>
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			<p>The Social Anxiety scale replaces the RCMAS Social Concerns/Concentration scale, and a cluster of 10&nbsp;items assesses performance anxiety. These changes address the increased pressure that today&rsquo;s children feel to achieve, academically and socially. They allow teachers and school psychologists to monitor the stress that children may experience and help them cope with it.<br />
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			The Defensiveness scale replaces and improves upon the RCMAS Lie scale, while the Inconsistent Responding index is a new addition.</p>

			<h3>A Convenient Short Form and Audio Administration Option</h3>

			<p>Test administration remains quick and easy. The RCMAS-2 can be completed in just 10 to 15&nbsp;minutes, and a new Short Form, composed of the first 10&nbsp;items, requires less than 5&nbsp;minutes. Items are written at a second-grade reading level. An Audio CD is provided for younger children and those with reading or attention problems.</p>

			<p>The test generates a Total Anxiety score plus scale scores. Norms are based on an ethnically diverse sample of more than 2,300 individuals between the ages of 6 and 19, with almost equal numbers of males and females. Norms are presented separately for three age groups: 6 to 8&nbsp;years, 9 to 14&nbsp;years, and 15 to 19&nbsp;years.</p>

			<p>Because RCMAS-2 scales correlate highly with RCMAS scales, scores from the former may be considered equivalent to corresponding scores from the latter. Consequently, research using the RCMAS extends to the RCMAS-2.</p>

			<h3>Ideal for Routine Screening, Even in Young Students</h3>

			<p>Research suggests that it&rsquo;s a good idea to watch for symptoms of anxiety in children between ages 6 and 8. Studies note that excessive worry in children this young puts them at risk for developing anxiety disorders later on. With its brevity, simple response format, and audio administration option, the RCMAS-2 is well suited to this age group. It&rsquo;s ideal for routine screening and periodic monitoring all the way through primary and high school.</p>

			<h3>Insight Into a Range of Academic and Social Problems</h3>

			<p>The RCMAS-2 sheds light on many problems, including stress, test anxiety, school avoidance, peer and family conflicts, and drug use. Administered regularly, the scale allows you to identify anxiety in individual children, assess levels of anxiety in the classroom as a whole, and help students handle anxiety-producing situations, both academic and social.</p>
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