articleBritish Journal of Clinical PsychologyJun 1, 2005Closed access

The short‐form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS‐21): Construct validity and normative data in a large non‐clinical sample

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Abstract

Objectives

To test the construct validity of the short-form version of the Depression anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21), and in particular, to assess whether stress as indexed by this measure is synonymous with negative affectivity (NA) or whether it represents a related, but distinct, construct. To provide normative data for the general adult population.

Design

Cross-sectional, correlational and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

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Keywords
  • DASS
  • Psychology
  • Normative
  • Negative affectivity
  • Confirmatory factor analysis
  • Anxiety
  • Construct validity
  • Clinical psychology
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