Psychometric Properties of (DASS-21) Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scales »A field study on a sample of the Syrian community during the COVID-19 outbreak«

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  • Hala Mohammad Tishreen University

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to verify the psychometric characteristics (validity-reliability) of the (DASS-21) scale in its three dimensions: depression, anxiety, and psychological pressure. The research sample consisted of (438) individuals from the Syrian community, data were collected during the period of the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19. With regard to the validity of the scale, the results showed that the correlation coefficients ranged between (0.44-0.71) for the correlation of each phrase with the total score of the scale, and there is a correlation between the phrase and the dimension to which it belongs, and this achieves a high degree of construct validity, as it turns out that the scale It has discrimination validity, and there is a statistically significant correlation between the score of each dimension of the scale (DASS-21) and the overall score of the scale (IES-R) as a criterion scale. As for the stability of the scale, the scale has high reliability coefficients, as (Cronbach's alpha) coefficient of reliability of the scale reached As a whole (0.91), using the (splitI-half), the value of the stability factor was (0.91), which is acceptable and statistically significant, and the results of the research reached to the suitability of the DASS-21 scale for the Syrian environment after making appropriate adjustments.

Author Biography

Hala Mohammad, Tishreen University

Assistant Professor, psychological Counselling department, Faculty of Education

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2021-07-05

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محمد ه. . (2021). Psychometric Properties of (DASS-21) Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scales »A field study on a sample of the Syrian community during the COVID-19 outbreak«. Latakia University Journal - Arts and Humanities Sciences Series, 43(3). Retrieved from https://journal.tishreen.edu.sy/index.php/humlitr/article/view/10687

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Vol. 43 No. 3 (2021): Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Arts and Humanities

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