@article{293,
  keywords = {Anxiety, english learning, factor validity, high school},
  author = {Enrique Riquelme-Mella and Edgardo Miranda-Zapata and Lisby Moncada-Retamal and Paola Muñoz-Yévenes and Carlos Valdés-Cruz},
  title = {Factor validity of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in Chilean high school students},
  abstract = {A Confirmatory Factorial Analysis of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in high school Chilean students was performed. Factorial models proposals by Pérez-Paredes and Martinez-Sanchez (2001) [Model 1] and by Arnaiz and Guillén (2012) [Model 2] were analyzed. Nine hundred and seventy one high school students from Temuco, Chile, participated in the study. The ages fluctuated between 13 and 19 years old ( M = 15.3; SD = 1.2); 58.7% were boys and 41.3% girls. Model adjustment was tested, as well as the instrument s reliability and the temporal stability. Results indicated an adequate adjustment for Model 1 ( X² = 1209.292; df = 246; CFI = .937; TLI = .930; RMSEA = .064); an adequate internal consistency, shows metric invariance between men and women, and presents stability in the test-retest. The instrument allows knowing the global level of anxiety in foreign language students, being a valid and reliable tool for teachers to support English learning.},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés},
  volume = {21},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {169-179},
  month = {07/2015},
  publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés},
  issn = {1134-7937},
  isbn = {2174-0437},
}