The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale is a widely used assessment
tool, but it is questionable whether the North American norms are
applicable to a British population. The scale was administered to 575
English children aged 8–12 years. Means were computed by age and
gender and compared to the published North American norms. English
males reported less anxiety than American males in most age groups, while
8-year-old English girls reported less anxiety than 8-year-old American
girls. The language used in the Scale caused some difficulties, suggesting
that the Scale might be better used in a structured interview rather than as
a self-completion questionnaire.