Brief report: the factor structure of mood states in an early adolescent sample

Christopher J Duffy; Everarda G Cunningham; Susan M Moore

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.08.013

Brief report: the factor structure of mood states in an early adolescent sample

J Adolesc. 2005 Oct;28(5):677-80. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.08.013.

Authors

Christopher J Duffy¹, Everarda G Cunningham, Susan M Moore

Affiliation

¹ School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Victoria 3122, Australia.

PMID: 16154190
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.08.013

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety / psychology
Australia
Child
Depression / psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data*
Psychology, Adolescent / statistics & numerical data*
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires*