Concurrent Validity Of The Depression And Anxiety Components In The Bahasa Malaysia Version of The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
;
: 1-5, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
Scales 21-item (DASS-21) has been widely used ever since the establishment of its validity. To consolidate the evidence of the BM DASS-21 validity by examining its concurrent validity. Methods:
The BM DASS was administered together with the Hospital Anxiety and Depressive Scale (HADS) to a total of 246 patients at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Infertility Centre.Results:
The anxiety domain of BM DASS-21 had good correlation with anxiety domain in HADS (0.61) but for DASS depressive domain, it had modest correlation with its respective domain in HADS (0.49).Conclusions:
The results of this study further ensconced the evidence that the BM DASS-21 had relatively satisfactory psychometric properties for clinical subjects in Malaysia.
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ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
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2011
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