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Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students
BACKGROUND: Various screening tools have been designed and developed to identify individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The current study aimed to assess the psychometric validation of the GAD-7 in Saudi university male students. METHODS: Healthy university male students (n= 192) parti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32606696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S246526 |
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author | Alghadir, Ahmad Manzar, Md Dilshad Anwer, Shahnawaz Albougami, Abdulrhman Salahuddin, Mohammed |
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description | BACKGROUND: Various screening tools have been designed and developed to identify individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The current study aimed to assess the psychometric validation of the GAD-7 in Saudi university male students. METHODS: Healthy university male students (n= 192) participated in this cross-sectional study. All the participants were informed about the study details. Participants were asked to complete the GAD-7, the Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and demographic details. RESULTS: In general, the range of the GAD total score was 0–21. There was no issue of the ceiling or floor effects as only 12.5% of participants reported the minimum score of 0, and none of the participants reported the maximum score of 21. The internal consistency score of the GAD-7 was found to be good (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83). The internal homogeneity between item scores was 0.22–0.57 as indicated by the “Spearman correlation coefficient (r)”. The total scores and individual item scores of the GAD-7 were statistically associated with the PSS total score (correlation coefficient r = 0.21–0.37), and scores of the 8th and 13th item of the SHI (correlation coefficient r = 0.17–0.26, and 0.21–0.40, respectively). The exploratory factor and confirmatory factor loadings of the GAD-7 items were ranged from 0.60 to 0.81 and 0.51 to 0.80, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study supported the use of the GAD-7 to assess the anxiety level among Saudi university students. |
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spelling | pubmed-72922582020-06-29 Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students Alghadir, Ahmad Manzar, Md Dilshad Anwer, Shahnawaz Albougami, Abdulrhman Salahuddin, Mohammed Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Original Research BACKGROUND: Various screening tools have been designed and developed to identify individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The current study aimed to assess the psychometric validation of the GAD-7 in Saudi university male students. METHODS: Healthy university male students (n= 192) participated in this cross-sectional study. All the participants were informed about the study details. Participants were asked to complete the GAD-7, the Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and demographic details. RESULTS: In general, the range of the GAD total score was 0–21. There was no issue of the ceiling or floor effects as only 12.5% of participants reported the minimum score of 0, and none of the participants reported the maximum score of 21. The internal consistency score of the GAD-7 was found to be good (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83). The internal homogeneity between item scores was 0.22–0.57 as indicated by the “Spearman correlation coefficient (r)”. The total scores and individual item scores of the GAD-7 were statistically associated with the PSS total score (correlation coefficient r = 0.21–0.37), and scores of the 8th and 13th item of the SHI (correlation coefficient r = 0.17–0.26, and 0.21–0.40, respectively). The exploratory factor and confirmatory factor loadings of the GAD-7 items were ranged from 0.60 to 0.81 and 0.51 to 0.80, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study supported the use of the GAD-7 to assess the anxiety level among Saudi university students. Dove 2020-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7292258/ /pubmed/32606696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S246526 Text en © 2020 Alghadir et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Alghadir, Ahmad Manzar, Md Dilshad Anwer, Shahnawaz Albougami, Abdulrhman Salahuddin, Mohammed Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title | Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title_full | Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title_short | Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale Among Saudi University Male Students |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the generalized anxiety disorder scale among saudi university male students |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32606696 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S246526 |
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