RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Brenninkmeijer, Veerle A1 W.B. Blonk, Roland A1 Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen A1 de Beurs, EdwinYR 2005 T1 De waarde van de DASS bij verzuimbeleid: sensitiviteit en specificiteit van een psychopathologie-maat JF Gedrag & Organisatie, VO 18 IS 4 OP DO https://doi.org/10.5117/2005.018.004.002 PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 1875-7235, AB The value of the DASS in absence policies: Sensitivity and specificity of a psychopathology measure The value of the DASS in absence policies: Sensitivity and specificity of a psychopathology measure Veerle Brenninkmeijer, Roland W.B. Blonk, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen & Edwin de Beurs, Gedrag & Organisatie, Volume 18, August 2005, pp. 210-227 In the present study we examined to what extent the DASS (Depression Anxiety Stress Scales) is able to discriminate between healthy individuals, individuals with a stress-related disorder, and individuals with more serious psychopathology (anxiety or affective disorder). Differences between groups were first examined with a one-way analysis. Using ROC-curves we subsequently determined the discriminative power and the cut-off points of the DASS. This study shows the discriminative power of the DASS-42 and the DASS-21 in detecting a stress-related disorder, a clinical anxiety disorder, and depression. It is concluded that the DASS is a highly useful instrument for occupational health care, which can improve an effective use of interventions for sick employees. , UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/2005.018.004.002