Psychometric Evaluation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) in Senior Games Athletes

Abstract

This study examined psychometric properties of scores on the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) with a nonclinical sample of senior games athletes (N = 383). Information on the internal reliability, item-scale correlations, structural validity, and concurrent validity of the DASS-21 scores is provided to test its applicability to senior games athletes.

Keywords:

• The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
• DASS-21
• psychometric evaluation
• senior games athletes

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on Contributors

Byeolbee Um is a doctoral candidate and Gerta Bardhoshi, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Iowa.