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Manifest Anxiety in Economically Deprived Children in Rural AppalachiaDepartment of Child Development and Family Relationships, College of Home Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916
Department of Child Development and Family Relationships, College of Home Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916
Department of Family Life, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331 The purposes of this study were to obtain data on the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS) administered to children in an Appalachian area, to compare these data with appropriate studies reported in the literature for other groups of children in the United States, and to discuss results in terms of child-rearing practices. The CMAS was administered to 176 fifth and sixth grade children from families of low socioeconomic level in a rural Appalachian area of East Tennessee. Mean scores were higher than for most groups of middle-class Midwest children reported in the literature, especially for fifth grade girls, but were commensurate with reported scores of children from a Southeastern area, black children, and a psychiatric outpatient group in Minnesota. Results of an item analysis and chi-square analysis of sex differences were compared with a St. Louis study. Findings are discussed in terms of child-rearing practices in Appalachia since reports of cross-cultural CMAS studies have stressed this aspect when reporting comparative data.
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1,
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