Jovanović Veljko
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Dr Zorana Đinđića 2, Novi Sad, 21 000, Serbia.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Apr;34(4):1317-1327. doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02561-0. Epub 2024 Aug 14.
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales for Youth (DASS-Y) is a recently developed measure of unpleasant emotional experiences for children and adolescents; however, the evidence for its validity is still limited. The present study evaluated the evidence for the structural, convergent, and incremental validity of the DASS-Y on a sample of Serbian adolescents aged 15-19 years (N = 421; 48% female, mean age = 16.86). Measurement invariance across gender and two countries (Serbia and Australia) was also tested. The findings supported the bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (bifactor-ESEM) representation of the DASS-Y, which includes the General factor of negative affect/emotional distress, and three specific factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress. The DASS-Y factors showed evidence of incremental validity in predicting global externalizing symptoms and demonstrated convergent validity in relation to measures of global internalizing and externalizing symptoms as well as subjective well-being. The bifactor-ESEM model of the DASS-Y was found to be invariant across gender and two countries. The present study findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between general and specific components of unpleasant emotional states.
青少年抑郁焦虑压力量表（DASS-Y）是最近开发的一种用于测量儿童和青少年不愉快情绪体验的工具；然而，其有效性的证据仍然有限。本研究在15至19岁的塞尔维亚青少年样本（N = 421；48%为女性，平均年龄 = 16.86）中评估了DASS-Y的结构效度、聚合效度和增量效度。还测试了该量表在性别和两个国家（塞尔维亚和澳大利亚）之间的测量不变性。研究结果支持了DASS-Y的双因素探索性结构方程模型（双因素-ESEM），该模型包括消极情绪/情绪困扰的一般因素，以及抑郁、焦虑和压力三个特定因素。DASS-Y各因素在预测总体外化症状方面显示出增量效度的证据，并在与总体内化和外化症状以及主观幸福感的测量相关方面表现出聚合效度。研究发现DASS-Y的双因素-ESEM模型在性别和两个国家之间具有不变性。本研究结果突出了区分不愉快情绪状态的一般成分和特定成分的重要性。
