TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21): construct validity problem in Hispanics
JO  - European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
A1  - González-Rivera, Juan Aníbal
A1  - Pagán-Torres, Orlando M.
A1  - Pérez-Torres, Emily M.
SP  - 375
EP  - 389
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - The main purpose of this research was to examine the construct validity of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) in order to determine whether it is able to adequately discriminate between symptoms of depression and anxiety in the Hispanic population in Puerto Rico. This study has an instrumental design. A total of 1073 Hispanics participated in this psychometric study. The results showed that the DASS-21 has serious psychometric deficiencies, especially related to the construct validity, as well as convergent and discriminatory validity. In addition, it was shown that DASS-21 do not replicate the three-dimensional structure of the original instrument in the Hispanic community. Finally, it was confirmed that the DASS-21 have difficulty in properly identifying and discriminating between symptoms associated with depression and anxiety in a Hispanic population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2174-8144
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010028
ID  - ref1
ER  -