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therefore those questionnaires which are available
free-of-charge such as Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
(DASS) have now become one of the most popular
questionnaires for use widely throughout the world and
until now (i.e. by the end of year 2019), it has already been
cited more than 8000 times by the end of year 2021
(Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995).
In summary, there are several important considerations
that should be considered when choosing the right
questionnaire to be validated. Based on these
considerations, it is therefore no surprise that the most
suitable questionnaires to undergo validation will be the
ones that are measuring important latent variables which
also shall desirably exhibit evidence of excellent validity
and reliability.