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Clinical: mood, anxiety and stress

Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms-II.

IDAS-II

What it measures
Transdiagnostic, empirically-derived symptom dimensions of depression and anxiety (e.g. dysphoria, lassitude, panic, social anxiety, well-being, suicidality, plus general depression and dysphoria factors).
Length and format
99 (IDAS-II); 64 (original IDAS). 5-point frequency rating (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Adapted into several languages incl. ES, ZH; ~few langs, approx
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Watson, D., O'Hara, M. W., Naragon-Gainey, K., et al. (2012). Development and validation of new anxiety and bipolar symptom scales for an expanded version of the IDAS (the IDAS-II). Assessment, 19(4), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191112449857

https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191112449857

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