TY - JOUR KW - Anxiety KW - Factor Structure KW - Measurement invariance KW - Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis AU - Luis Humberto Blanco AU - Ana Citlalli Díaz-Leal AU - Humberto Blanco AU - Susana Ivonne Aguirre AU - José René Blanco AU - Raúl Josué Nájera-Longoria AU - Perla Jannet Jurado-García AB - The 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. IS - 2 M3 - Journal article N2 - The 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. PY - 2022 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 138 EP - 144 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Evidence of validity and reliability of the Generalized Anxiety Disorders Inventory in Mexican university students VL - 28 ER -