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Measurement Invariance of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 Across Gender in a Sample of Chinese University Students

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Lu, Shan, Hu, Shuqing, Guan, Yuhuan, Xiao, Jing, Cai, Dan, Gao, Zhihua, Sang, Zhiqin, Wei, Jie, Zhang, Xiaochi, Margraf, Jürgen·2018·Frontiers in Psychology

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The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) has three 7-item subscales (depression, anxiety, and stress). The current study aims assess the gender-based measurement invariance of the DASS-21 questionnaire in a Chinese university student sample from five different cities. The sample was composed of 13208 participants (62.3% female, mean age of 19.7 years, SD age = 1.8). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis revealed full measurement invariance for the three subscales. The findings support the measurement invariance of DASS-21 scores across gender. Future research on the DASS should include additional validation across ethnicities, and testing of all versions of the scale.

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Authors: Lu, S., Hu, S., Guan, Y., Xiao, J., Cai, D., Gao, Z., Sang, Z., Wei, J., Zhang, X., & Margraf, J.
Affiliations: Capital Normal University (CN)
Shanghai Normal University (CN)
North China University of Science and Technology (CN)
Nanjing University (CN)
Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (CN)
Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Corresponding author: Lu, Shan
Xiao, Jing
ORCID: Lu, Shan
Xiao, Jing
Cai, Dan
Wei, Jie
Zhang, Xiaochi
Margraf, Jürgen
Venue: Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2018-10-31
Volume: 9
Pages: 2064-2064
ISSN: 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02064
PMC: PMC6220040
OpenAlex: W2898877065
Cited by: 102
References: 37
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3
FWCI: 6.98
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (unspecified)
Locations: Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771223)
Ministry of Education, India
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords: measurement invariance, gender differences, depression, anxiety, stress, Chinese university students, psychometric validation, multi-group confirmatory factor analysis

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