Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)

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Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale - DASS - Screener
The screening form of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (8 items).
Duration: 1 minutes
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English
Mar 12, 2026, 9:23PM
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale - DASS - Short
The short form of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (21 items).
Duration: 2 minutes
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Spanish
Dec 2, 2025, 1:42AM
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale - DASS- Long
The long form of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (42 items).
Duration: 5 minutes
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References

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Ali, A. M., Alkhamees, A. A., Hori, H., Kim, Y., and Kunugi, H. (2021). The depression anxiety stress scale 21: development and validation of the depression anxiety stress scale 8-item in psychiatric patients and the general public for easier mental health measurement in a post-COVID-19 world. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18:10142. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910142

Ali, A.M.; Hori, H.; Kim, Y.; Kunugi, H. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-items expresses robust psychometric properties as an ideal shorter version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 among healthy respondents from three continents. Front Psychol 2022, 13, 799769, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.799769.

Links

DASS web site at University of New South Wales. Materials, manual, translations, publications, FAQs, and general information about the DASS.