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01.04.2016 | Original Paper

Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 Among Latina/o College Students by the US-Mexico Border

verfasst von: Álvaro Camacho, Elizabeth D. Cordero, Tara Perkins

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Abstract

Anxious-depression symptomatology is frequently encountered among Latina/o individuals. There is a dearth of studies that examine this mixed class of anxiety and depression symptomatology, especially among Latina/o college students by the US-Mexico border. A total of 505 participants from rural institutions of higher education completed the DASS21. Psychometric properties were measured by means of confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine gender differences in depression, anxiety and stress. Among women, 18 % reported at least moderate levels of depressive symptoms, 33.1 % reported at least moderate levels of anxiety symptoms, and 16.4 % reported at least moderate levels of stress. In men, 15.9 % reported at least moderate levels of depressive symptoms, 34.1 % reported at least moderate levels of anxiety symptoms, and 12.9 % reported at least moderate levels of stress. The EFA supported a one dimension factor (anxious/stress-depression) among this sample of Latina/o college students (Bartlett’s test = 4960.9; df = 210; p ≤ 0.01; Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin = 0.95). The MANOVA found no significant gender differences in depression, anxiety symptomatology and stress [Wilks’Λ = 0.99; F = (3, 500) = 2.41; p = 0.07]. The DASS-21 showed a one dimensional construct of anxious/stress-depression symptomatology in a Latina/o rural undergraduate sample, raising awareness to the need to screen and monitor this constellation of symptoms.

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Titel: Psychometric Properties of the DASS-21 Among Latina/o College Students by the US-Mexico Border
verfasst von: Álvaro Camacho
Elizabeth D. Cordero
Tara Perkins
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0415-1

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