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Table 2 Scale reliabilities of the DASS-21 and STAI

From: Herbal medicine use behaviour in Australian adults who experience anxiety: a descriptive study

	Current study			General population norms^a			Clinical population
Scale	M	SD	α	M	SD	α	M	SD	α
DASS-21 Stress	8.07	5.28	.91	3.99	4.24	.89	21.10^b	11.15^b	.93^b
DASS-21 Depression	6.98	5.87	.94	2.57	3.86	.90	10.65^b	9.30^b	.96^b
DASS Anxiety	5.82	5.14	.90	1.74	2.78	.79	10.90^b	8.12^b	.89^b
STAI Trait	46.63	12.39	.94	36.35	11.39	.94	55^c	10^c	_^d
STAI State	43.65	12.87	.94	33.16	11.69	.94	52^c	13^c	_ ^d

Note. α Cronbach alpha, DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, STAI State Trait Anxiety Inventory
^a Australian general population norms taken from [19]
^b Clinical population norms (anxiety or mood disorder diagnosis) for the DASS-21 taken from [21]
^c Clinical population norms (GAD diagnosis) for the STAI State and Trait scales taken from [22]
^d Not reported

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