798 boys and girls in Grades 2 through 9 participated in an assessment of the test-retest reliability of Battle's Anxiety Scale for Children, Form Q. Pearsonian correlations at Times 1 and 2 (1 wk. later) for subjects in Grades 2 through 6 were .84, .85, and .83 for all children, boys and girls, respectively. Values for subjects in Grades 7 through 9 were .86, .82, and .90 for all children, boys and girls, respectively.
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