The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21: Spanish Translation and Validation with a Hispanic Sample

Authors: Daza P.¹; Novy D.M.²; Stanley M.A.³; Averill P.³

Source: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Volume 24, Number 3, September 2002 , pp. 195-205(11)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The English-language version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was professionally translated into Spanish and field-tested among 98 bilingual Hispanic adults. Participants who were diagnosed with an anxiety disorder on the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-IV completed the DASS-21, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results indicated strong indices of internal consistency and expected patterns of discriminant, convergent, and structural validity. A confirmatory factor analysis compared a model fit of a first order 1-factor model, a first order 3-factor model, and a second order factor model. The latter 2 models were significantly better than the 1-factor model. Psychometric data were comparable to those of an English version. Clinicians and researchers in need of a brief, Spanish-language, screening measure of general psychopathology may want to consider this newly translated DASS-21.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; stress; Spanish; assessment

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Calhoun, Houston, Texas; pdaza@mdanderson.org 2: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas – Houston Medical Center, Fannin, Houston, Texas. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas – Houston Health Sciences Center, Moursund, Houston, Texas 3: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas – Houston Health Sciences Center, Moursund, Houston, Texas

Publication date: 2002-09-01