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The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen
During transitional periods, college freshmen may experience mental health issues. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale—21-item version (DASS-21) is commonly used for mental health assessment in China. However, evidence is lacking regarding its applicability with freshmen as a demographic. Deba...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10000485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050700 |
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author | Cao, Cui-Hong Dang, Chang-Yan Zheng, Xia Chen, Wang-Guang Chen, I-Hua Gamble, Jeffrey H. |
author_facet | Cao, Cui-Hong Dang, Chang-Yan Zheng, Xia Chen, Wang-Guang Chen, I-Hua Gamble, Jeffrey H. |
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description | During transitional periods, college freshmen may experience mental health issues. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale—21-item version (DASS-21) is commonly used for mental health assessment in China. However, evidence is lacking regarding its applicability with freshmen as a demographic. Debates also exist regarding its factor structure. This study aimed to evaluate the DASS-21′s psychometric properties with Chinese college freshmen and investigate its association with three kinds of problematic Internet use. A convenience sampling method was used to recruit two samples of freshmen—one of 364 (female 248; mean age 18.17 years) and the other of 956 (female 499; mean age 18.38 years) participants. McDonald’s ω and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to evaluate both the scale’s internal reliability and construct validity. The results indicated acceptable reliability, with a one-factor structure inferior to a three-factor structure in terms of model fit. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that problematic Internet use was significantly and positively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress among Chinese college freshmen. Based on the prerequisite of measurement equivalence across two samples, the study also found that freshmen’s problematic Internet use and psychological distress were likely to be affected by the strict measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-100004852023-03-11 The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen Cao, Cui-Hong Dang, Chang-Yan Zheng, Xia Chen, Wang-Guang Chen, I-Hua Gamble, Jeffrey H. Healthcare (Basel) Article During transitional periods, college freshmen may experience mental health issues. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale—21-item version (DASS-21) is commonly used for mental health assessment in China. However, evidence is lacking regarding its applicability with freshmen as a demographic. Debates also exist regarding its factor structure. This study aimed to evaluate the DASS-21′s psychometric properties with Chinese college freshmen and investigate its association with three kinds of problematic Internet use. A convenience sampling method was used to recruit two samples of freshmen—one of 364 (female 248; mean age 18.17 years) and the other of 956 (female 499; mean age 18.38 years) participants. McDonald’s ω and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to evaluate both the scale’s internal reliability and construct validity. The results indicated acceptable reliability, with a one-factor structure inferior to a three-factor structure in terms of model fit. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that problematic Internet use was significantly and positively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress among Chinese college freshmen. Based on the prerequisite of measurement equivalence across two samples, the study also found that freshmen’s problematic Internet use and psychological distress were likely to be affected by the strict measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. MDPI 2023-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10000485/ /pubmed/36900705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050700 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cao, Cui-Hong Dang, Chang-Yan Zheng, Xia Chen, Wang-Guang Chen, I-Hua Gamble, Jeffrey H. The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title | The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title_full | The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title_fullStr | The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title_full_unstemmed | The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title_short | The Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 and Its Association with Problematic Internet Use among Chinese College Freshmen |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the dass-21 and its association with problematic internet use among chinese college freshmen |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10000485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900705 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050700 |
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