Depression Anxiety Stress Scale: Is It Valid for Children and Adolescents?

被引:83
作者
Patrick, Jeff [1 ]
Dyck, Murray [2 ]
Bramston, Paul
机构
[1] Univ So Queensland, Dept Psychol, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia
[2] Griffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia
关键词
CLINIC-REFERRED CHILDREN; TRIPARTITE MODEL; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; NORMATIVE DATA; SYMPTOMS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; DASS;
D O I
10.1002/jclp.20696
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) is used to assess the severity of symptoms in child and adolescent samples although its validity in these populations has not been demonstrated. The authors assessed the latent structure of the 21-item version of the scale in samples of 425 and 285 children and adolescents on two occasions, one year apart. On each occasion, parallel analyses suggested that only one component should be extracted, indicating that the test does not differentiate depression, anxiety, and stress in children and adolescents. The results provide additional evidence that adult models of depression do not describe the experience of depression in children and adolescents. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: 66:996-1007, 2010.
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页码:996 / 1007
页数:12
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