Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)

Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)

Background: The Malay short version of Depressive Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) has been widely used as a tool to measure psychological parameters in studies in Malaysia. The version has been found to be reliable for clinical and non-clinical populations. Objectives: To analyse and establish...

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Main Authors: Musa, Ramli, Sarkarsi, Rosnani, Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul
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Published: Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 2012
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spelling iium-230302017-03-15T08:44:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23030/ Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42) Musa, Ramli Sarkarsi, Rosnani Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul R Medicine (General) Background: The Malay short version of Depressive Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) has been widely used as a tool to measure psychological parameters in studies in Malaysia. The version has been found to be reliable for clinical and non-clinical populations. Objectives: To analyse and establish the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the DASS 42-item (BM DASS-42) among medical students. Methods: Concurrent forward and backward translations of original English DASS-42 were completed. Construct validity of the DASS-42 was established by looking at its exploratory factor analysis. Malay DASS-42 and Malay HADS were administered to a total of 411 medical students. Results: Reliability of DASS- 42 revealed excellent Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.94, 0.90 and 0.87 for depressive, anxiety and stress domains respectively. Construct validity yielded 38 items out of 42 items (90%) had good factor loadings of 0.4 and more. DASS and HADS were strongly correlated for both anxiety (r=0.87) and depression (r=0.68) domains. Conclusions: The BM DASS-42 had admirable psychometric properties among the tested population. Further studies are needed to verify these preliminary outcomes in other Malaysian subjects. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23030/1/n89_8.pdf Musa, Ramli and Sarkarsi, Rosnani and Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul (2012) Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42). Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 21 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0128-8628 https://www.mjpsychiatry.org/index.php/mjp/article/view/164
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Musa, Ramli
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Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul
Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
description Background: The Malay short version of Depressive Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) has been widely used as a tool to measure psychological parameters in studies in Malaysia. The version has been found to be reliable for clinical and non-clinical populations. Objectives: To analyse and establish the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the DASS 42-item (BM DASS-42) among medical students. Methods: Concurrent forward and backward translations of original English DASS-42 were completed. Construct validity of the DASS-42 was established by looking at its exploratory factor analysis. Malay DASS-42 and Malay HADS were administered to a total of 411 medical students. Results: Reliability of DASS- 42 revealed excellent Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.94, 0.90 and 0.87 for depressive, anxiety and stress domains respectively. Construct validity yielded 38 items out of 42 items (90%) had good factor loadings of 0.4 and more. DASS and HADS were strongly correlated for both anxiety (r=0.87) and depression (r=0.68) domains. Conclusions: The BM DASS-42 had admirable psychometric properties among the tested population. Further studies are needed to verify these preliminary outcomes in other Malaysian subjects.
format Article
author Musa, Ramli
Sarkarsi, Rosnani
Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul
author_facet Musa, Ramli
Sarkarsi, Rosnani
Abdul Rahim, Aidil Faszrul
author_sort Musa, Ramli
title Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
title_short Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
title_full Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
title_fullStr Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric profile of Malaysian version of the Depressive, Anxiety and Stress Scale 42-item (DASS-42)
title_sort psychometric profile of malaysian version of the depressive, anxiety and stress scale 42-item (dass-42)
publisher Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23030/1/n89_8.pdf
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