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Publications related to the DASS itself

Lovibond, S.H. & Lovibond, P.F. (1995).  Manual for the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. (2nd. Ed.) Sydney: Psychology Foundation.  ISBN 7334-1423-0.

Lovibond, P.F. & Lovibond, S.H. (1995).  The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 335-343.

Brown, T.A., Korotitsch, W., Chorpita, B.F. & Barlow, D.H. (1997).  Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in clinical samples. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 79-89.

Antony, M.M., Bieling, P.J., Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W. & Swinson, R.P. (1998).  Psychometric properties of the 42-item and 21-item versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in clinical groups and a community sample. Psychological Assessment, 10, 176-181.

Crawford, J.R. & Henry, J.D. (2003).  The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS): Normative data and latent structure in a large non-clinical sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42, 111-131.

Taylor, R., Lovibond, P.F., Nicholas, M.K., Cayley, C & Wilson, P.H.. (2005).  The utility of somatic items in the assessment of depression in chronic pain patients: A comparison of the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in chronic pain and clinical and community samples.  Clinical Journal of Pain, 21, 91-100.

Henry, J. D., & Crawford, J. R. (2005). The 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS–21): Normative data and psychometric evaluation in a large non-clinical sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 227–239.

Szabó, M., & Lovibond, P.F. (2006). Anxiety, depression and tension/stress in children. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28 3, 195-205.

Ng, F., Trauer, T., Dodd, S., Callaly, T., Campbell, S. & Berk, M. (2007).  The validity of the 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales as a routine clinical outcome measure.  Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 19, 304-310.

Norton, P. J. (2007). Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS): Psychometric analysis across four racial groups. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, 20, 253-265.

Page, A.C. Hooke, G.R.; & Morrison, D.L. (2007).  Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) in depressed clinical samples.  British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 46, 283-297.

Gloster, A.T., Rhoades, H.M., Novy, D., Klotsche, J., Senior, A., Kunik, M., Wilson, N. & Stanley, M.A. (2008).  Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in older primary care patients.  Journal of Affective Disorders, 110, 248-259.

Szabó, M. (2010).  The short version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21): Factor structure in a young adolescent sample. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 1-8.

Crawford, J.R., Cayley, C., Lovibond, P.F. Wilson, P.H., & Hartley, C. (2011).  Percentile norms and accompanying interval estimates from an Australian general adult population sample for self-report mood scales (BAI, BDI, CRSD, CES-D, DASS, DASS-21, STAI-X, STAI-Y, SRDS, and SRAS).  Australian Psychologist, 46, 3-14.

Szabó, M. (2011).  The emotional experience associated with worrying: Anxiety, depression or stress? Anxiety, Stress, & Coping: An International Journal, 24, 91-105.

Cunningham, N.K., Brown, P.M., Brooks J. & Page, A.C. (2013).  The structure of emotional symptoms in the postpartum period: Is it unique? Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, 686-694.

Szabo, M. & Lovibond, P.F. (2022). Development and psychometric properties of the DASS-Youth (DASS-Y): An extension of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) to adolescents and children. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology for Clinical Settings, 13.


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