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Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) in International Contexts

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Medvedev, Oleg N.·2023·International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_15-1
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  • The DASS-21 has Cronbach's alpha values of 0.91 for depression, 0.84 for anxiety, and 0.90 for stress.

    “has shown robust reliability with Cronbach's alpha values of 0.91 for depression, 0.84 for anxiety, and 0.90 for stress.”

    From The role of academic procrastination in the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and stress among college students (2026) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Development of the DASS section gives the three exact alpha values for the original DASS evaluated by Lovibond and Lovibond, not specifically for the DASS-21. The Subsequent Evidence of Psychometric Properties section reports ranges for DASS-21 alpha values that include these numbers, but does not report this exact set of three values for the DASS-21. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • The DASS-21 has been widely validated across diverse cultural contexts, including the Philippines.

    “This instrument has been widely validated across diverse cultural contexts, including the Philippines”

    From The role of academic procrastination in the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and stress among college students (2026) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Translations of the DASS-21 section reports psychometrically validated versions in multiple languages and populations, supporting validation across diverse contexts. It does not identify a validation in the Philippines; the Conclusion also cautions that more cross-cultural validation is needed, particularly in non-Western countries. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Medvedev, O. N.
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University of Waikato (NZ)
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Medvedev, Oleg N.
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Medvedev, Oleg N.
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International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment
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Springer International Publishing
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2023
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10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_15-1
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  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
DASS, DASS-21, depression, anxiety, stress, negative emotions, mental health measurement, scale validation, cross-cultural adaptation, psychometric reliability, mental health screening, treatment progress monitoring

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