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The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students

This study aims to investigate the psychometric attributes of DASS21 instrument of depression, anxiety, and stress among Malaysian university undergraduate students, where negative emotional disturbance is evaluated in the respect of frequency and severity. During this study, English and Malay were...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Noorlila, Roslan, Samsilah, Othman, Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris, Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018
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spelling my.upm.eprints.147782019-04-10T01:46:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14778/ The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students Ahmad, Noorlila Roslan, Samsilah Othman, Shamsudin Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid This study aims to investigate the psychometric attributes of DASS21 instrument of depression, anxiety, and stress among Malaysian university undergraduate students, where negative emotional disturbance is evaluated in the respect of frequency and severity. During this study, English and Malay were the languages used for the descriptive investigation on the severity of emotional disturbance and psychometrics analysis. Across-sectional study was conducted among (N = 390) undergraduate students from Universiti Putra Malaysia, through a simple random exercise. This was followed by collection of data on the final respondents through AMOS for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and measurement. An excellent structure of the 21-items in three DASS21 sub-constructs was displayed, with 18 out of 21 items were produced from adequate construct validity. It exhibited a positive factor loading, which amounted to 0.5 and higher. In terms of internal consistency, the alpha values for anxiety (α=0.850), stress (α=0.859), and depression (α=0.910) were shown. A positive consistency of Cronbach’s Alpha (α=0.926) could also be seen from the overall score where all items were included. Thus, DASS21 can be utilized as a measurement tool to identify the health condition of students with negative emotional disturbances. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14778/1/14778.pdf Ahmad, Noorlila and Roslan, Samsilah and Othman, Shamsudin and Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris and Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid (2018) The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8 (6). pp. 812-827. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/papers/detail/IJARBSS/4275 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i6/4275
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description This study aims to investigate the psychometric attributes of DASS21 instrument of depression, anxiety, and stress among Malaysian university undergraduate students, where negative emotional disturbance is evaluated in the respect of frequency and severity. During this study, English and Malay were the languages used for the descriptive investigation on the severity of emotional disturbance and psychometrics analysis. Across-sectional study was conducted among (N = 390) undergraduate students from Universiti Putra Malaysia, through a simple random exercise. This was followed by collection of data on the final respondents through AMOS for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and measurement. An excellent structure of the 21-items in three DASS21 sub-constructs was displayed, with 18 out of 21 items were produced from adequate construct validity. It exhibited a positive factor loading, which amounted to 0.5 and higher. In terms of internal consistency, the alpha values for anxiety (α=0.850), stress (α=0.859), and depression (α=0.910) were shown. A positive consistency of Cronbach’s Alpha (α=0.926) could also be seen from the overall score where all items were included. Thus, DASS21 can be utilized as a measurement tool to identify the health condition of students with negative emotional disturbances.
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author Ahmad, Noorlila
Roslan, Samsilah
Othman, Shamsudin
Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris
Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid
spellingShingle Ahmad, Noorlila
Roslan, Samsilah
Othman, Shamsudin
Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris
Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid
The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
author_facet Ahmad, Noorlila
Roslan, Samsilah
Othman, Shamsudin
Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris
Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid
author_sort Ahmad, Noorlila
title The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
title_short The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
title_full The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
title_fullStr The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
title_full_unstemmed The validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS21) instrument among Malaysian undergraduate students
title_sort validity and reliability of psychometric profile for depression, anxiety and stress scale (dass21) instrument among malaysian undergraduate students
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2018
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