The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples.

By G. Bottesi, Marta Ghisi, Gianmarco Altoé, Erica Conforti, Gabriele Melli, C. Sica. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2015

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OBJECTIVE The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) is the short version of a self-report measure that was originally developed to provide maximum differentiation between depressive and anxious symptoms. Despite encouraging evidence, the factor structure and other features of the DASS-21 are yet to be firmly established. METHOD A community sample of 417 participants and two clinical groups (32 depressive patients and 25 anxious patients) completed the Italian version of the DASS-21 along with several measures of psychopathology. RESULTS Confirmatory factor analyses suggested that the DASS-21 is a measure of general distress plus three additional orthogonal dimensions (anxiety, depression, and stress). The internal consistency and temporal stability of the measure were good; each DASS-21 scale correlated more strongly with a measure of a similar construct, demonstrating good convergent and divergent validity. Lastly, the DASS-21 demonstrated good criterion-oriented validity. CONCLUSION The validity of the Italian DASS-21 and its utility, both for community and clinical individuals, are supported.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Pharmacology, Social Psychology

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• A Nationwide Survey of Psychological Distress among Italian People during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors (2020, methodology): “[15], the DASS-21 outcome scores for depression, anxiety, and stress were classified into three ranges: average, high, and extremely high.”
• Psychometric Properties of the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) in a Greek Sample (2018, background): “Τhe Depression and Anxiety scales of the DASS-21 have been shown to discriminate adequately between clinical and nonclinical populations as well as between diagnostic groups, showing good concurrent validity (Antony et al., 1998; Bados et al., 2005; Bottesi et al., 2015; Clara et al., 2001; Gloster ”
• Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy (2020, methodology): “The short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) was used to assess stress, depression and general anxiety (Bottesi et al., 2015).”