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An online questionnaire was administered that included sociodemographic and student profile variables, the GAD-7 questionnaire, and the Goldberg anxiety subscale. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA), validation with convergence, and reliability analysis using Cronbach\u2019s <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic> were performed.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>The EFA identified a single component that explained 63.50% of the variance. It was positively correlated with the Goldberg anxiety subscale (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.653; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). A statistically significant association was observed with academic year, gender, and having experienced an anxiety crisis (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.005). 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