The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-181

  Bottesi, Gioia ^a   Ghisi, Marta ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a   Conforti, Erica ^b   Melli, Gabriele ^c   Sica, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Institute of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology and Psychotherapy   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84930570655     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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