Measurement Invariance of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 Across Gender in a Sample of Chinese University Students

作者：Lu, Shan^*; Hu, Shuqing; Guan, Yuhuan; Xiao, Jing^*; Cai, Dan; Gao, Zhihua; Sang, Zhiqin; Wei, Jie; Zhang, Xiaochi; Margraf, Jurgen

来源：Frontiers in Psychology, 2018, 9: 2064.

DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02064

• measurement invariance
• DASS-21
• gender difference
• confirmatory factor analysis
• Chinese

The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) has three 7-item subscales (depression, anxiety, and stress). The current study aims assess the gender-based measurement invariance of the DASS-21 questionnaire in a Chinese university student sample from five different cities. The sample was composed of 13208 participants (62.3% female, mean age of 19.7 years, and SD age = 1.8). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis supported full measurement invariance for the three subscales. The findings support the measurement invariance of DASS-21 scores across gender. Future research on the DASS should include additional validation across ethnicities and testing of all versions of the DASS.

• 出版日期2018-10-31
• 单位首都师范大学; 中国科学技术大学; 南京大学; 贵州财经大学; 上海师范大学