The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21: Spanish Translation and Validation with a Hispanic Sample

Daza, Patricia; Novy, Diane M.; Stanley, Melinda A.; Averill, Patricia

doi:10.1023/a:1016014818163

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The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21: Spanish Translation and Validation with a Hispanic Sample

Daza, Patricia, Novy, Diane M., Stanley, Melinda A., Averill, Patricia·2002·Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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The psychometric properties and factor structure of the Spanish version of the Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale-21 were comparable to the English version.
“The psychometric properties and factor structure of the Spanish version of the DASS-21were comparable to those of the English version (Daza, Novy, Stanley, & Averill, 2002).”
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“Following previous work (Single & Keough, 2021), we created a latent variable, emotional psychopathology, comprising of scores on the depression and anxiety subscales of the Spanish version (Daza et al., 2002) of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995).”

Authors: Daza, P., Novy, D. M., Stanley, M. A., & Averill, P.
Affiliations: University of Houston (US)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Corresponding author: Daza, Patricia
ORCID: Novy, Diane M.
Stanley, Melinda A.
Venue: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2002-09
Volume: 24
Issue: 3
Pages: 195-205
ISSN: 0164-0305 (ISSN-L)
0882-2689
1573-3505
DOI: 10.1023/a:1016014818163
OpenAlex: W2283832498
Cited by: 508
References: 7
Citations by year: 2026: 39 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 2.88
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (publishedVersion)
Topics: 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 › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords: DASS-21, Spanish translation, psychometric validation, Hispanic adults, bilingual adults, depression, anxiety, stress, psychopathology screening, factor structure, second-order factor model, cross-cultural adaptation

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