Comprehensive psychiatry
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Comprehensive psychiatry · Jul 2015
The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples.
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. ⋯ The validity of the Italian DASS-21 and its utility, both for community and clinical individuals, are supported.