The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories

1995/03/01 by P.F. Lovibond, Peter F. Lovibond, S.H. Lovibond +1 · 14,528 citations
Psychology · #Anxiety #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Beck Anxiety Inventory #Beck Depression Inventory #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Clinical psychology #Confirmatory factor analysis #DASS #Depression (economics) #Irritability #Mental Health Research Topics #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychometrics #Structural equation modeling

paper · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(94)00075-u

published in Behaviour Research and Therapy 33(3), 335-343 (Elsevier BV)

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