OBJECTIVE The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) is the short version of a self-report measure that was originally developed to provide maximum differentiation between depressive and anxious symptoms. Despite encouraging evidence, the factor structure and other features of the DASS-21 are yet to be firmly established. METHOD A community sample of 417 participants and two clinical g...

OBJECTIVES To assess the internal consistency, latent structure and convergent validity of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) among adolescents in Vietnam. METHOD An anonymous, self-completed questionnaire was conducted among 1,745 high school students in Hanoi, Vietnam between October, 2013 and January, 2014. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed to assess the latent...

To examine the effects of short duration stress management training (SMT) on self-perceived depression, anxiety and stress in male automotive assembly workers, 118 male automotive workers from Pekan, Pahang (n = 60, mean age = 40.0 years, SD = 6.67) and Kota Bharu, Kelantan (n = 58, mean age = 38.1 years, SD = 5.86) were assigned to experimental and control group, respectively. A SMT program co...

BACKGROUND The relationships between working conditions [job demand, job control and social support]; stress, anxiety, and depression; and perceived quality of life factors [physical health, psychological wellbeing, social relationships and environmental conditions] were assessed using a sample of 698 male automotive assembly workers in Malaysia. METHODS The validated Malay version of the Job...

Depression, anxiety and stress have been recognized as important mental outcome measures in stressful working settings. The present study explores the prevalence of self-perceived depression, anxiety and stress; and their relationships with psychosocial job factors. A cross-sectional study involving 728 male automotive assembly workers was conducted in two major automotive assembly plants in Ma...

Es wird die These vertreten, dass Probleme mit Benutzungsschnittstellen primär aus einem mangelnden Verständnis des Gestaltungsproblems entstehen und dass Besserung ohne umfassende Design-Kompetenz nicht zu erwarten ist.

BACKGROUND There is a growing awareness of the need for easily administered, psychometrically sound screening tools to identify individuals with elevated levels of psychological distress. Although support has been found for the psychometric properties of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS) using classical test theory approaches it has not been subjected to Rasch analysis. The aim o...

Im Zuge der Finanzkrise wurde deutlich, dass das Risiko in klassischen Modellen zur Portfoliotheorie deutlich unterschätzt wurde. Die Instabilität der relevanten Risikoparameter, also Korrelationen und Volatilitäten, führte dazu, dass Diversifikationseffekte überund somit Risiken unterschätzt wurden. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, Diversifikationseffekte in verschiedenen Marktphasen des letzten J...