Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 E. Leigh St. Suite 100, Office 135C, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2013 Aug;44(4):525-36. doi: 10.1007/s10578-012-0346-6.
Previous research has suggested that the factor structure of anxiety measures is different in African American samples compared to majority population samples. However, these findings may be due to misuse of analytic methods rather than meaningful differences in the underlying presentation of anxiety. To address this, we examined the factor structure of two measures of child anxiety: the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children in a sample of 229 African American youth. Contrary to previous research, confirmatory factor analyses yielded good fit for the original factor structures of both measures. These results suggest that the underlying factor structure of these measures may not be significantly different for African American and majority population youth as previously thought. The effect of data analytic procedures on subsequent conclusions and theory is discussed and recommendations are made.
先前的研究表明,与多数人群样本相比,焦虑测量的因子结构在非裔美国人群体样本中有所不同。然而,这些发现可能是由于分析方法的误用,而不是焦虑的潜在表现存在有意义的差异。为了解决这个问题,我们在 229 名非裔美国青少年样本中检验了两种儿童焦虑测量工具(修订版儿童焦虑和抑郁量表和多维儿童焦虑量表)的因子结构。与先前的研究相反,验证性因子分析得出了这两种测量工具原始因子结构的良好拟合度。这些结果表明,这些测量工具的潜在因子结构对于非裔美国和多数人群青少年来说,可能并不像之前认为的那样存在显著差异。本文还讨论了数据分析程序对后续结论和理论的影响,并提出了相关建议。