Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)
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The purpose of this questionnaire is to understand the students' emotional states. The information collected will be kept confidential.

 

Please read each statement and circle a number 0, 1, 2 or 3 which indicates how much the statement applied to you over the past week. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too much time on any statement.

 

 

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
I found myself getting upset by quite trivial things
2
I was aware of dryness of my mouth
3
I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all
4
I experienced breathing difficulty (eg, excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion)
5
I just couldn't seem to get going
6
I tended to over-react to situations
7
I had a feeling of shakiness (eg, legs going to give way)
8
I found it difficult to relax
9
I found myself in situations that made me so anxious I was most relieved when they ended
10
I felt that I had nothing to look forward to
11
I found myself getting upset rather easily
12
I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy
13
I felt sad and depressed
14
I found myself getting impatient when I was delayed in any way (eg, elevators, traffic lights, being kept waiting)
15
I had a feeling of faintness
16
I felt that I had lost interest in just about everything
17
I felt I wasn't worth much as a person
18
I felt that I was rather touchy
19
I perspired noticeably (eg, hands sweaty) in the absence of high temperatures or physical exertion
20
I felt scared without any good reason
21
I felt that life wasn't worthwhile
22
I found it hard to wind down
23
I had difficulty in swallowing
24
I couldn't seem to get any enjoyment out of the things I did
25
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)
26
I felt down-hearted and blue
27
I found that I was very irritable
28
I felt I was close to panic
29
I found it hard to calm down after something upset me
30
I feared that I would be "thrown" by some trivial but unfamiliar task
31
I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything
32
I found it difficult to tolerate interruptions to what I was doing
33
I was in a state of nervous tension
34
I felt I was pretty worthless
35
I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing
36
I felt terrified
37
I could see nothing in the future to be hopeful about
38
I felt that life was meaningless
39
I found myself getting agitated
40
I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself
41
I experienced trembling (eg, in the hands)
42
I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things