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Psychometric properties of the 42-item and 21-item versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales in clinical groups and a community sample.
Abstract
The factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS; S. H. Lovibond & P. F. Lovibond, 1995) and the 21-item short form of these measures (DASS-21) were examined in nonclinical volunteers (n = 49) and patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnoses of panic disorder (n = 67), obsessive-compulsive disorder (n = 54), social phobia (n = 74), specific phobia (n = 17), and major depressive disorder (n = 46). This study replicates previous findings indicating that the DASS distinguishes well between features of depression, physical arousal, and psychological tension and agitation and extends these observations to the DASS-21. In addition, the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the DASS and DASS-21 were in the acceptable to excellent ranges. Mean scores for the various groups were similar to those in previous research, and in the expected direction. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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“Factor analysis of the 21-item version yields three factors and internal consistency for the subscales range from good to excellent (Antony, Bieling, Cox, Enns, & Swinson, 1998). The measure also demonstrates strong correlations with other measures of general distress in clinical (Antony et al., 1998) and nonclinical samples (Henry & Crawford, 2005).”
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“The DASS-21 demonstrates high internal consistency and concurrent validity indicating that it distinguishes well between features of depression, anxiety, and stress (Antony, Cox, Enns, Bieling, & Swinson, 1998).”
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“Depression Anxiety Stress Scale – 21-item version (DASS-21; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) has separate, reliable and valid self-report scales for depression, anxiety (i.e., anxious arousal), and stress (i.e., general anxiety and tension) (Antony, Bieling et al., 1998).”
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“The DASS-21 has demonstrated excellent internal consistency (α from .88 to .94; Antony, Bieling, Cox, Enns, & Swinson, 1998) and the longer 42-item version has demonstrated adequate test-retest reliability (Brown, Chorpita, Korotitsch, & Barlow, 1997).”
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“Internal consistency has previously been shown to be good (α for each scale > .87; Antony, Bieling, Cox, Enns, & Swinson, 1998), and was acceptable to good at pretreatment in the present study (αs for depression, anxiety, and stress = .86, .76, and .84, respectively).”
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“Depression Anxiety Stress Scale – 21-item version (DASS-21; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) has separate, reliable and valid self-report scales for depression, anxiety (i.e., anxious arousal), and stress (i.e., general anxiety and tension; Antony, Bieling et al., 1998).”
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“The subscales have demonstrated good internal consistency and construct validity (Antony, Bieling, et al., 1998) and have been shown to be sensitive to change across hospitalization for clients with a primary diagnosis of depression (Page, Hooke, & Morrison, 2007).”
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“The scale has demonstrated strong psychometric properties and is routinely used in research and clinical practice [51–53].”
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“The DASS-21 is reliable and valid in diverse samples, including among people with CHCs, and has been used for ACT-based interventions, with a mean Cronbach's alpha of 0.91 showing high internal consistency (Antony et al., 1998).”
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“Valid and reliable measures of psychological distress or emotional symptomatology such as the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21; Antony et al., 1998) and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10; Kessler et al., 2002) were considered as general distress outcomes.”
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“The total score represents a broader dimension of psychological distress, and each subscale has high internal consistency (α = 0.87 to 0.94) and high concurrent validity (Antony et al., 1998).”
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“The DASS-21 has been shown to have good psychometric properties, i.e., internal consistency: Cronbach's alphas were 0.94 for Depression, 0.87 for Anxiety, and 0.91 for Stress; concurrent validity indices above 0.60 with several other inventories) both in clinical and non-clinical samples75”
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“The DASS-21 has been shown to have good internal consistency: Cronbach’s alphas were 0.94 for Depression, 0.87 for Anxiety, and 0.91 for Stress (63).”
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“The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) is a 21-item scale developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) to assess individuals’ individuals’ depression, anxiety, and stress levels (Antony et al., 1998).”
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“The DASS-21 subscales have shown good to excellent internal consistency ( α = .87 to .94) and concurrent validity in clinical and non-clinical samples (Antony et al. 1998).”
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“The DASS-21 has been used with adolescent samples and is reported to have a Cronbach alpha of .87 for depression, .79 for anxiety, and .83 for the stress subscales [41].”
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“We used the short version as it is shown to have as good reliability and validity as the long version (Cronbach’s alpha 0.94, 0.87 and 0.91 for the depression, anxiety and stress subscales respectively, Antony et al. 1998; Ng et al. 2007), along with good construct validity (Henry and Crawford 2005).”
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“The DASS-21 has been found to be a valid and reliable measure of negative affect in both clinical and general population samples and scores on the shortened form have been found to be highly correlated with scores on the longer version of the scale [62, 63].”
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“The DASS-21 has been found to be a valid and reliable measure of negative affect in both clinical and general population samples and scores on the shortened form have been found to be highly correlated with scores on the longer version of the scale [62, 63].”
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“The DASS21 has demonstrated high internal consistency for the three subscales of depression, anxiety, and stress in previous administrations (42).”
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- Authors
- Antony, M. M., Bieling, P. J., Cox, B. J., Enns, M. W., & Swinson, R. P.
- Affiliations
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 176-181
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2083164476
- Semantic Scholar
- 83fb0fc3e5ef9d1e74bc6aec151380d7798bb42c
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- 4,874
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- 19
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- FWCI
- 8.40
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
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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 › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- DASS, DASS-21, psychometric properties, factor structure, internal consistency, concurrent validity, depression, anxiety, stress, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobia, major depressive disorder, short-form questionnaire
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