title: Brief report: the factor structure of mood states in an early adolescent sample.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of negative mood states among young adolescents. Students (N=216) aged 11-15 years from a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia, completed the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS) [Lovibond, S. H., & Lovibond, P. F. (1996). Depression anxiety stress scales. Sydney: The Psychology Foundation of Australia Inc.]. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) failed to find support for a three-factor model. Further analyses suggested that items from the DASS were best represented by two factors, namely a generalized negativity factor and a factor comprising items indicating physiological arousal.
authors.affiliation: School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Victoria 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Everarda G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires