The psychometric adaptation of the depression, anxiety and stress scales in a sample of Salvadorean adolescents

Authors

  • José Ricardo Gutiérrez-Quintanilla Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador
  • Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador
  • Jennyfer Carolina Tejada-Rodríguez Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/entorno.v0i69.9556

Keywords:

Youth - Stress (psychology) - El Salvador, Anxiety - Case studies - El Salvador, Youth - Life behavior - El Salvador, Emotional problems in young people - El Salvador

Abstract

This study focuses on adapting the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) in a sample of Salvadorean teenagers. In order to do so, a non-probabilistic sample of 280 Salvadorean adolescents was taken. This is an instrumental study with a retrospective and transversal design; a survey was used for data collection. In addition to the DASS, the Goldberg´s Depression and Anxiety Scale was also applied. The median for the total ages was 17.47 years old. In reference to sex, 95 (33,9%) were male, and 185 (66,1%) were female. The results indicate that the test possesses an adequate validity in its construct, criteria and reliability to measure these problems in Salvadorean adolescents.

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Published

2020-06-01

How to Cite

Gutiérrez-Quintanilla, J. R., Lobos-Rivera, M. E., & Tejada-Rodríguez, J. C. (2020). The psychometric adaptation of the depression, anxiety and stress scales in a sample of Salvadorean adolescents. Entorno, (69), 12–22. https://doi.org/10.5377/entorno.v0i69.9556

Issue

No. 69 (2020)

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