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

By Julie D. Henry, John R. Crawford. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Performance-Based Tests of Attention and Memory in Long-Term Mindfulness Meditators and Demographically Matched Nonmeditators (2012, result): “In addition, DASS scores in the present study fell above the mean of a large standardization group described by Henry and Crawford (2005) .”
Perfectionism, (self-)compassion, and subjective well-being: A mediation model (2020, background): “…(“distressed”) rated from 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely); and the 7-item depression subscale of a short-form of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (Henry & Crawford, 2005; e.g., “I felt down-hearted and blue”) items rated from 1 (did not apply to me at all) to 4 (applied to me very much or…”
Parenting and Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms: Implications of Authoritarian Parenting (2010, background): “The total score and each of the subscales have been found to be both reliable and valid measures of negative affect ( Henry & Crawford, 2005 ).”
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Primary School Teachers (2010, methodology): “Normative data were based on a large UK sample (N = 1,794) of 18 to 91-year olds (Henry and Crawford 2005).”
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) (2018, methodology): “In consonant with prior psychometric investigations of the DASS-21 (Crawford & Henry, 2003; Henry & Crawford, 2005; Oei, Sawang, Goh, & Mukhtar, 2013; Sinclair et al., 2012; Taylor et al., 2005), we found that the original three-factor structure adequately fit to the current data, but not optimally.”
Coping With Racism: What Works and Doesn’t Work for Black Women? (2010, background): “The DASS-21 has been shown to possess adequate construct validity, internal consistency, temporal stability, and alternate-form reliability in general adult populations (Henry & Crawford, 2005).”
Development and Validation of a Brief Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale: The DERS-16 (2015, methodology): “The DASS-21 demonstrates adequate reliability and construct and discriminant validity (Henry and Crawford 2005).”
Construction workers' well-being: What leads to depression, anxiety, and stress? (2018, background): “I’ve been experiencing too many interruptions Holm and Holroyd (1992) 24. I don’t have enough time for entertainment and recreation Australian Institute for Suicide and Research Prevention (2006) Holm and Holroyd (1992) 25. I have too many social obligations Holm and Holroyd (1992) 26. I don’t spend”
The Relationship Between Automatic Thoughts and Irrational Beliefs Predicting Anxiety and Depression (2017, neutral): “…scale originally yielded an orthogonal three factor structure, and stress represents a unique factor that contributes to overall negative affect (Henry and Crawford 2005), items from the stress scale were not included in further analysis to preserve the original depression and anxiety scales of…”
Psychological Predictors of Anxiety in Response to the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Pandemic (2012, background): “As can be seen, the group’s scores on all measures fell within normal range reported in other undergraduate samples (e.g., Wheaton et al. 2010; Deacon and Olatunji 2007; Henry and Crawford 2005).”
Development of Self-regulation Abilities as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment Across the First Year of College (2012, background): “Overall, depression, anxiety, and stress scores in these participants at Time 2 corresponded to the 75th, 79th, and 60th percentile reported for the general adult population on the DASS (Henry and Crawford 2005).”
The five-dimensional curiosity scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity and identifying four unique subgroups of curious people (2018, positive): “Participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21; Henry & Crawford, 2005).”
Nature contact and mood benefits: contact duration and mood type (2018, methodology): “The DASS-21 was chosen due to its adequate construct validity and reliability (Henry & Crawford, 2005), as well as its previous use in nature contact research (Brooks et al., 2017).”