01607nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001200054653002100066653002700087653004400114100002500158700002800183700002000211700002600231700002300257700003400280700003200314245011900346300001200465490000700477520082900484022001401313020001401327       2022                            d  c03/202210aAnxiety10aFactor Structure10aMeasurement invariance10aMultigroup confirmatory factor analysis1 aLuis Humberto Blanco1 aAna Citlalli Díaz-Leal1 aHumberto Blanco1 aSusana Ivonne Aguirre1 aJosé René Blanco1 aRaúl Josué Nájera-Longoria1 aPerla Jannet Jurado-García00aEvidence of validity and reliability of the Generalized Anxiety Disorders Inventory in Mexican university students  a138-1440 v283 aThe present study analyses the psychometric properties, in university men and women, proposed for Blanco et al. (2017) to the Spanish version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Inventory. The overall sample consisted of 1220 subjects: 640 women and 580 men, with a mean age of 20.40 years (SD= 1.92) and 20.54 years (SD= 2.04) respectively. Psychometric analysis showed that a tri-factorial structure (cognitive symptoms, sleep disorders and somatic symptoms) was viable and adequate for both populations (men and woman) according to the established psychometric requirements. The results showed that factor structure, factor loadings and intercepts of the instrument could be considered invariant across groups; however, there are differences between groups for the means of factors cognitive anxiety and somatic symptoms.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437