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2025-08-05
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Introduction
Anxiety is one of the major global mental health concerns, particularly amidst accumulating adversities. It is the leading cause of distress in adolescents worldwide and has a profound deleterious impact on their mental and physical health and wellbeing. This paper seeks to identify and validate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the GAD-7 in Lebanon, aiming to improve the much-needed overall mental health screening in Middle Eastern countries.
Methods
This study includes a cross-sectional design including 638 adolescents in Lebanese public schools. Participants aged 15−18 years were assessed using GAD-7 (anxiety), PCL-5 (post-traumatic stress disorder), and PTGi (post-traumatic growth) in their Arabic versions at two-time points, spaced three months apart.
Results
Our analyses revealed that the 7 items of the GAD-7 converged into a single factor. Composite reliability of scores was adequate in the total sample (ω = .88/ α = .87). The convergent validity for this model was satisfactory. Results showed invariance across gender at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, with males showing a higher level of wellbeing compared to females. The pre-posttest assessment for the GAD-7 scale was conducted on 359 participants; the intraclass correlation coefficient was adequate 0.83 [95% CI.79;.86]. Our analyses also show that anxiety symptoms were significantly correlated with higher PTSD (r = 0.68; p < .001) and lower PTG (r = −.12; p = .004).
Conclusion
The Arabic GAD-7 among Lebanese adolescents displayed highly satisfactory psychometric properties, underscoring its validity. This scale could be valuable for educators and clinicians as a screening tool to rapidly detect anxiety among this vulnerable age group as GAD-7 is easy-to-use, easy to understand, culturally sensitive for Arab population and age appropriate for 15–18-year-old students.
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The registered version of this article, first published in “Plos One, 15(8), e0329627", is available online at the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329627
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Plos One, 15(8), e0329627", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329627
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Plos One, 15(8), e0329627", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329627
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El Khoury-Malhame, M., Hallit, S., Sanchez-Ruiz, M. J., El Hajj, S., & Doumit, R. (2025). Psychometric validation of the Arabic version of the GAD-7 among Lebanese adolescents. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0329627. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329627
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Facultad de Psicología
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Psicología de la Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico