Psychometric Behaviour of the GAD-7 in Medical Students: Structural Stability, Measurement Equivalence and Contextual Sensitivity
Rather than resolving ongoing debates regarding the internal structure of the GAD-7, these findings situate its psychometric behaviour within the specific demands of medical education, where anxiety-related symptoms may fluctuate between normative adaptation and clinically relevant distress. This positioning invites further examination of how screening instruments perform when anxiety is shaped as much by institutional context as by individual psychopathology.
Authors
- Rubén Carrasquero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-2267)
- Néstor Galbán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-2290)
- Andrea Díaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-3860)
- Ángel Ortega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-4765)
- Diego Rivera-Porras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2169-3208)
- Juan C. Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-546X)
- Juan Hernández-Lalinde
- Carla Navarro
- Ivana P. M. Vera
- Pablo Duran
- Erika Vásquez-Arteaga
Institutions
- Universidad del Zulia (VE)
- Universidad Mariana (CO)
- University of the Coast (CO)
- Universidad Simón Bolívar (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14050563
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00