dass {pleLMA}

Dateframe of responses to items from depression, anxiety, and stress scales

Description

The dass data are responses from a random sample of 1,000 individuals collected during the period 2017 – 2019. The data were retrieved July 2020. The items included here are on scales designed to measure depression (14 items), anxiety (13 items), and stress (15 items). The 42 items were presented online and in random order. Respondents were instructed to consider the last week when responding to the items using the following categories: (1) Did not apply to me at all; (2) Applied to me to some degree, or some of the time; (3) Applied to me to a considerable degree, or a good part of the time; (4) Applied to me very much, or most of the time.

Usage

dass

Format

A data frame with 1,000 rows (respondents) and 42 columns (items):

d1

I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all.

d2

I just couldn't seem to get going

d3

I felt that I had nothing to look forward to

d4

I felt sad and depressed

d5

I felt that I had lost interest in just about everything

d6

I felt I wasn't worth much as a person

d7

I felt that life wasn't worthwhile

d8

I couldn't seem to get any enjoyment out of the things I did

d9

I felt down-hearted and blue

d10

I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything

d11

I felt I was pretty worthless

d12

I could see nothing in the future to be hopeful about

d13

I felt that life was meaningless

d14

I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things

a1

I was aware of dryness of my mouth

a2

I experienced breathing difficulty (eg, excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion)

a3

I had a feeling of shakiness (eg, legs going to give way)

a4

I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy

a5

I had a feeling of faintness

a6

I perspired noticeably (eg, hands sweaty) in the absence of high temperatures or physical exertion

a7

I felt scared without any good reason

a8

I had difficulty in swallowing

a9

I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (eg, sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat)

a10

I felt I was close to panic

a11

I felt terrified

a12

I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself

a13

I experienced trembling (eg, in the hands)

s1

I found myself getting upset by quite trivial things

s2

I tended to over-react to situations

s3

I found it difficult to relax

s4

I found myself in situations that made me so anxious I was most relieved when they ended

s5

I found myself getting upset rather easily

s6

I found myself getting impatient when I was delayed in any way (eg, elevators, traffic lights, being kept waiting)

s7

I felt that I was rather touchy

s8

I found it hard to wind down

s9

I found that I was very irritable

s10

I found it hard to calm down after something upset me

s11

I feared that I would be thrownnoff by some trivial but unfamiliar task

s12

I found it difficult to tolerate interruptions to what I was doing

s13

I was in a state of nervous tension

s14

I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing

s15

I found myself getting agitated

Source

https://openpsychometrics.org

Examples

data(dass)
head(dass)