Concurrent Validity Of The Depression And Anxiety Components In The Bahasa Malaysia Version of The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)
- Author:
Ramli Musa
;
Roszaman Ramli
;
Kartini Abdullah
;
Rosnani Sarkarsi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depression, anxiety, stress, scale, validity
- From:ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
2011;12(1):1-5
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
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.
