GAD1 and generalized anxiety disorder: The comparison of the screening-measure scores and clinical interview results yielded a recommended cut-off score of 5.7 for the GAD-Q-IV, which yielded a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 89%, meaning that 11% of the college-student responses were incorrectly categorized as having GAD when they did not have the diagnosis (i.e., a false positive; Newman et al., 2002).