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This study\u2019s major goal was to adapt and validate the IDAS-II to the Romanian population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants from a community sample (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> =\u20091,072) completed the IDAS-II (Romanian version) and additional measures assessing depression and anxiety disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Item-level factor analyses validated the unidimensionality of the scales, and internal consistency results indicated that most symptom scales had satisfactory alpha coefficient values. Based on previous structural analyses, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the IDAS-II scales confirmed a three-component model of \u201cDistress,\u201d \u201cObsessions\/Fear,\u201d and \u201cPositive Mood.\u201d Convergent and discriminant validity were established by correlational analyses with other symptom measures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study was conducted using a sample from the general population and several of the employed measures have limitations. Specifically, the current study was unable to employ Romanian versions of the gold-standard instruments that assess well-being, obsessive\u2013compulsive disorder, and claustrophobia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The IDAS-II (Romanian version) is the first clinical measure to assess internalizing dimensions of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) model that is available for the Romanian population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2023.1159380","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,6]],"date-time":"2023-07-06T18:31:27Z","timestamp":1688668287000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Romanian Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II)"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Ligiana Mihaela","family":"Petre","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Delia Alexandra","family":"Gheorghe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Watson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laurentiu","family":"Mitrofan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders","year":"1994"},{"key":"ref2","volume-title":"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.)","year":"2022"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"596","DOI":"10.1177\/1073191116676889","article-title":"Utility of the personality inventory for DSM-5\u2013brief form (PID-5-BF) in the measurement of maladaptive personality and psychopathology","volume":"25","author":"Anderson","year":"2018","journal-title":"Assessment"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2363","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291713003243","article-title":"The global burden of anxiety disorders in 2010","volume":"44","author":"Baxter","year":"2014","journal-title":"Psychol. 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