Anxiety in Visually Handicapped Children and Youth
Titel:
Anxiety in Visually Handicapped Children and Youth
Auteur:
Matson, Johnny L. Manikam, Ramasamy Heinze, Antoinette Kapperman, Gaylen
Verschenen in:
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 15 (1986) nr. 4 pagina's 356-359
Jaar:
1986-12-01
Inhoud:
This study was designed to assess anxiety in visually handicapped children and youth using multiple measures. Seventy-five visually handicapped children and youth were assessed in special education programs in Illinois. The primary purpose was to replicate and extend the few studies in the area, by establishing reliability data on the scales, examining the interrelationship of the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire, Fear Survey Schedule for Children, and Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale on self-report. Reliability coefficients of .74 on the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire to .96 on the Fear Survey Schedule were found. These data show good internal consistency and suggest that a unitary construct is being measured. Second, the correlation between the total scores for all three measures and State-Trait factors of the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire were measured and proved that the two factors and total score on the scale were measuring a related construct. Conversely, the Fear Survey Schedule and Child Manifest Anxiety Scale correlated highly with each other, but not with the factor or total scores of the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire. Age and sex differences were also studied and some differences emerged. We consider the implications of these findings and directions for future research.