Author(s): Monteiro, S. ; Bártolo, A. ; Torres, A. ; Pereira, A.
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/23110
Origin: Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa
Author(s): Monteiro, S. ; Bártolo, A. ; Torres, A. ; Pereira, A.
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/23110
Origin: Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa
Introduction Generalized anxiety in young adults during college career is a serious public-health problem that untreated has a chronic course. Research has shown that the self-report questionnaire generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) is a reliable and valid measure to assess generalized anxiety symptoms severity in heterogeneous psychiatric samples. However, GAD-7 is not available for non-clinical populations and their factor structure has not been re-examined.