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Table 4 Model fit among DASS-21 and DASS-Y

From: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and DASS-21

Primary school students

 
 

χ2(df)

CFI

NNFI

RMSEA

SSRMR

AIC

One factor- DASS-21

1673.42 (189)

1735.91 (189)

0.931

0.929

0.923

0.921

0.072

0.074

0.032

0.033

32120.22

28328.81

One factor- DASS-Y

3153.86 (189)

2960.03 (189)

0.833

0.844

0.815

0.826

0.102

0.099

0.059

0.057

35268.55

30736.57

Two factor- DASS-21

1633.01 (188)

1694.01 (188)

0.933

0.931

0.925

0.923

0.071

0.073

0.032

0.032

32081.81

28288.91

Two factor- DASS-Y

2568.32 (188)

2371.27 (188)

0.866

0.877

0.851

0.862

0.092

0.088

0.054

0.052

34685.01

30149.82

Three factor- DASS-21

1610.05 (186)

1662.33 (186)

0.934

0.932

0.925

0.923

0.071

0.073

0.032

0.032

32062.86

28261.23

Three factor- DASS-Y

1473.45 (186)

1325.29 (186)

0.928

0.936

0.918

0.927

0.068

0.064

0.038

0.037

33594.14

29107.84

Middle school students

 
 

χ2(df)

CFI

NNFI

RMSEA

SRMR

AIC

One factor- DASS-21

1074.88 (189)

1059.75 (189)

0.923

0.924

0.914

0.915

0.064

0.064

0.036

0.036

47598.45

47276.23

One factor- DASS-Y

1795.49 (189)

1773.26 (189)

0.815

0.816

0.795

0.795

0.087

0.086

0.059

0.058

44328.06

43480.05

Two factor- DASS-21

1006.25 (188)

995.54 (188)

0.929

0.929

0.920

0.921

0.062

0.062

0.035

0.035

47531.81

47214.02

Two factor- DASS-Y

1378.51 (188)

1356.73 (188)

0.863

0.864

0.847

0.848

0.075

0.074

0.052

0.052

43913.07

43065.53

Three factor- DASS-21

982.05 (186)

972.75 (186)

0.931

0.931

0.922

0.922

0.062

0.061

0.035

0.035

47511.61

47195.23

Three factor - DASS-Y

824.84 (186)

818.80 (186)

0.927

0.926

0.917

0.917

0.055

0.055

0.038

0.038

43363.41

42531.59