Longitudinal invariance and information of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales

Anghel, Ella

doi:10.1002/jclp.22968

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“…Only the subscale score for general anxiety (DASS-ANX) was used in the current study. The DASS-ANX has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms (Anghel, 2020;Brown et al, 1997). In our sample, the DASS-ANX showed acceptable internal consistency (a ¼ .78; McDonald's x ¼ .79).…”

Section: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (Dass)mentioning

confidence: 61%

Higher Social Anxiety Severity Predicts Better Cognitive Empathy Performance in Women but Not Men

Berg¹,

Bedwell²,

Dvorak

et al. 2020

Psychol Rep

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Findings regarding relationships between social anxiety and subtypes of empathy have been mixed, and one study suggested that this may be due to moderation by biological sex. The present study examined whether accounting for general anxiety and biological sex clarifies these relationships. Undergraduates ( N = 701, 76% female) completed online self-report measures of cognitive and affective empathy, social and general anxiety severity, and a behavioral measure of cognitive empathy (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task; MIE). Path analysis examined relationships among social and general anxiety severity and affective and cognitive empathy. Model modification indices showed a significant influence of sex on the path from social anxiety severity to MIE accuracy. When the model was re-estimated with this path freed, more socially anxious women, but not men, showed greater MIE accuracy. Across both sexes, general anxiety severity related negatively to self-reported and behavioral (MIE) cognitive empathy. Affective empathy did not relate to either type of anxiety. The use of path analysis to simultaneously account for overlapping variance among measures of anxiety and empathy helps clarify earlier mixed findings on relationships between social anxiety and empathy subtypes.

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Section: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (Dass)mentioning

confidence: 61%

Higher Social Anxiety Severity Predicts Better Cognitive Empathy Performance in Women but Not Men

Berg¹,

Bedwell²,

Dvorak

et al. 2020

Psychol Rep

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“…Finally, in about 2% of the cases, five communities were detected, with different combinations involved. Given previous factor studies on DASS-21 (Anghel, 2020;Crawford & Henry, 2003), this variability is expected. In particular, the strong association between item #1 and #12 has previously been interpreted in factor studies as covariance of errors (Crawford & Henry, 2003;Johnson et al, 2016) and this could have affected the spinglass algorithm in a minority of the cases.…”

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confidence: 85%

Bridges over Troubled Waters: Mapping the Interplay Between Anxiety, Depression and Stress Through Network Analysis of the DASS-21

2020

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Background. Symptoms of depression and anxiety often co-occur in the same individuals. In order to increase our understanding of concurrent depression and anxiety, it may be necessary to define and model psychopathology as a network of symptoms, that actively reinforce (or inhibit) one another. The current study set out to investigate how depression, anxiety and stress symptoms cluster together, and which symptoms act as bridges between these clusters.Methods. Network analysis was used to investigate the symptom structure of the DASS-21 in a large international sample (N = 11647). After checking whether the original symptom structure was replicated, the network was further investigated at multiple levels:individual symptoms that are central in the network (1) or function as bridges between clusters (2); symptom pairs that show especially strong associations (3), and the overall structure that may or may not differ between gender groups (4). Results. Items referring to panic, worry, worthlessness, hopelessness and meaninglessness of life emerged as potentially crucial symptoms in the interplay between depression and anxiety. When comparing female and male networks, the results suggest that the network structures are similar, but not identical. Conclusions. Specific symptoms can function as bridges between depression, anxietyand stress, which is clinically relevant on top of being theoretically important.

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“…The version used was a validated Spanish translation [ 38 ] with a total alpha coefficient of 0.96 and an equally high alpha coefficient for the depression (0.93), anxiety (0.86), and stress (0.91) subscales. Overall, the scales in the original English and the Spanish version have sound psychometric properties [ 39 , 40 ]. Our sample had a total Cronbach alpha index of 0.94, and the subscales had the following values: depression (0.85), anxiety (0.83), and stress (0.90).…”

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Lockdown and Mental Health in a Sample Population in Spain: The Role of Self-Compassion

Gutiérrez-Hernández

Fanjul

Díaz-Megolla

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Previous data support that mental health is affected during pandemic and lockdown situations. Yet, little is known about the positive factors that protect mental health during a lockdown. This study analyzed mental health status—particularly emotional problems—and the role of several sociodemographic and clinical variables; it also explored whether there is a positive relationship between self-compassion and better mental health status. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Spain with the participation of 917 fluent Spanish-speaking residents in a survey conducted approximately midway through the COVID-19 lockdown. The survey tested for anxiety, depression, and stress using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) to measure self-compassion values, and the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (PVDQ) to assess the degree of risk perceived by participants. Around 30% of the individuals surveyed (recruited by snowball sampling) showed clinically significant levels of anxiety, depression, and stress. The variables most frequently associated with anxiety, depression, and stress were low levels of self-compassion, age, gender, previous physical symptoms, a previous mental disorder, being a student, and perceived vulnerability to disease. We discuss the hypothetical protective role against anxiety, depression, and stress of certain skills such as self-compassion and the possibility that increasing self-compassion may be used to promote better mental health in similar situations.

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Longitudinal invariance and information of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales

Cited by 10 publications

References 48 publications

Higher Social Anxiety Severity Predicts Better Cognitive Empathy Performance in Women but Not Men

Higher Social Anxiety Severity Predicts Better Cognitive Empathy Performance in Women but Not Men

Bridges over Troubled Waters: Mapping the Interplay Between Anxiety, Depression and Stress Through Network Analysis of the DASS-21

COVID-19 Lockdown and Mental Health in a Sample Population in Spain: The Role of Self-Compassion

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