Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21): Further psychometric exploration using robust item response theory and classical theory measures among university students

• Md Dilshad Manzar,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Primary Nursing Care, College of Nursing, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohammed Salahuddin,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7306-5989

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• Dejene Nureye,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia, Research Unit of Neuro-inflammatory and Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

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• Faizan Z. Kashoo,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8272-674X

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• Majumi M. Noohu,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

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• Jazi Shaydied Alotaibi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

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• Majed Sulaiman Alamri ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  * E-mail: m.alamri@uhb.edu.sa

  Affiliation Department of Medical, Surgical and Critical Care Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Hafr Albatin, Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-3534

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• Mark D. Griffiths

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524

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