The current study examined the measurement and structural invariance of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) across ratings provided by men (N = 227) and women (N = 460). Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported full metric invariance and intercepts invariance for 20 of the 21 items. Invariance for all item intercepts was supported by multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) procedure that controlled for the effects of age. Multiple-group CFA supported invariance for all factor variances and covariances. This procedure and the MIMIC analyses found equivalency for all latent mean scores. These findings indicate good support for measurement and structural invariance of the DASS-21 rating across men and women. The psychometric and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	depression anxiety stress scales-21, measurment invariance, structural invariance, MIMIC, men versus women
Research Division:	Psychology
Research Group:	Social and personality psychology
Research Field:	Personality and individual differences
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Objective Field:	Health related to ageing
UTAS Author:	Gomez, R (Professor Rapson Gomez)
UTAS Author:	Summers, M (Dr Mathew Summers)
UTAS Author:	Summers, A (Mrs Avril Summers)
UTAS Author:	Wolf, A (Miss Anna Wolf)
UTAS Author:	Summers, J (Professor Jeffery Summers)
ID Code:	88716
Year Published:	2014
Funding Support:	Australian Research Council (LP0991044)
Web of Science® Times Cited:	26
Deposited By:	Psychology
Deposited On:	2014-02-12
Last Modified:	2017-11-06
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