The Arabic Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD-2): Psychometric evaluation among mothers of children with intellectual disabilities
Amira Mohammed Ali, Saeed A. Al-Dossary, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Carlos Laranjeira, Haitham Khatatbeh, Heba Emad El-Gazar, Ahmad Ayed, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Musheer A. Aljaberi, Rasmieh Alamer, Annamaria Pakai, Mohamed Ali Zoromba · 2026
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Amira Mohammed Ali and co-authors test a two-question anxiety screen in Arabic among mothers of children with intellectual disabilities, in a study from 2026. These mothers face high strain, which can wear down their health and their care. A short, sound screen could flag those who need help early. The team studied eighty-five Saudi mothers with a set of statistical checks.
The brief screen held up as one clean scale. Its scores behaved the same across age groups of mothers. High scores tracked stress and low mood, as a sound anxiety tool should. Two cut points split mothers by risk, with the higher one the surer flag. Mothers on mood drugs scored higher, which fits the tool's aim. The authors back the screen for clinics that serve such families.
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| CREATOR | Amira Mohammed Ali, Saeed A. Al-Dossary, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Carlos Laranjeira, Haitham Khatatbeh, Heba Emad El-Gazar, Ahmad Ayed, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Musheer A. Aljaberi, Rasmieh Alamer, Annamaria Pakai, Mohamed Ali Zoromba |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |