Anxiety Symptoms and Fears in Hispanic and European American Children: Cross-Cultural Measurement Equivalence
J Psychopathol Behav Assess (2008) 30:162
DOI 10.1007/s10862-007-9069-6
ERRATUM
Anxiety Symptoms and Fears in Hispanic and European
American Children: Cross-Cultural Measurement Equivalence
R. Enrique Varela & Juan Jose Sanchez-Sosa &
Bridget K. Biggs & Timothy M. Luis
Published online: 12 February 2008
# Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2007
In Table 5 of this article, the last two rows associated with
the Unknown and Danger and death factors of the Father
report are duplicates of the Unknown and Danger and death
factors of the Mother report. The correct numbers for the
Father report are below. The correct numbers do not affect
the conclusions.
Table 5 Mean scores on anxiety and fear scales by group and gender (SD, n) and reporter
Group
Variables
Father Report
FSSC-R
Unknown
Boys
Girls
Total
Danger & death
Boys
Girls
Total
Mexican
Hispanic
European
American
Total
14.42(6.48, 19)
14.20(10.85, 5)
14.38(7.30, 24)
9.26(6.22, 19)
15.33(7.08, 15)
11.94(7.19, 34)
4.95(4.49, 20)
10.78(7.14, 9)
6.76(5.98, 29)
9.47(6.89, 58)
13.72(7.79, 29)*
17.58(5.10, 19)
17.60(8.50, 5)
17.58(5.74, 24)
12.58(6.85, 19)
15.07(6.44, 15)
13.68(6.69, 34)
6.55(5.45, 20)
9.89(7.25, 9)
7.59(6.13, 29)
12.14(7.34, 58)
13.90(7.38, 29)
Note. FSSC-R = Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised.
*Indicates gender differences for the variable in that group.
The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.
org/10.1007/s10862-007-9056-y.
R. E. Varela (*) : T. M. Luis
Department of Psychology, Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
e-mail:
J. J. Sanchez-Sosa
Department of Psychology,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México,
Mexico City, Mexico
B. K. Biggs
Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS, USA
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