DASS-42
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (42-item version) (DASS-42)
The DASS-42 is a psychometric self-report instrument for assessing depression, anxiety and stress in adults. It comprises three distinct subscales, each composed of 14 items, allowing a detailed and separate assessment of these three dimensions of psychological distress.
- Number of questions
- 42 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (42-item version)
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- S.H. Lovibond, P.F. Lovibond (1995)
- Category
- Depression, Anxiety, Stress
Preview of the 42 questions
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is scored from 0 ('Did not apply to me at all') to 3 ('Applied to me very much, or most of the time'). Scores are summed for each subscale (depression, anxiety, stress). The raw scores can then be interpreted using the cutoff tables provided in the test manual, which locate the severity (normal, mild, moderate, severe, extremely severe) of each dimension.
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