Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and DASS-21

• Published in: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Cao, Cui-hong, Liao, Xiao-ling, Gamble, Jeffrey H., Li, Ling-ling, Jiang, Xing-Yong, Li, Xu-Dong, Griffiths, Mark D., Chen, I-Hua, Lin, Chung-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 07.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescents; Adults; Age groups; Analysis; Anxiety; Burnout; Child & adolescent mental health; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Children; Children & youth; Classical test theory; DASS-21; DASS-Y; Factor analysis; Information management; Junior high school students; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Middle school students; Middle schools; Psychological aspects; Psychometric properties; Quantitative psychology; Sampling; Stress; Stress in children; Teenagers; Validity; Youth; United Kingdom; China
• ISSN: 1753-2000; 1753-2000
• DOI: 10.1186/s13034-023-00655-2

Background In recognizing the need for a reliable and valid instrument to assess psychological distress among children and adolescents, the present study translated the newly developed Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) into Chinese, while also comparing its psychometric properties w...