‘Opportunities of measuring hierarchical models of psychopathology’
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances
All psychiatric phenomena are positively associated, and several different models can account for this observation. These include the correlated factors, network, general psychopathology as outcome, and hierarchical models. Advantages of hierarchical models, which consist of one general and several (general factor-residualized) specific factors, is that the general factor provides an opportunity to reliably measure global distress and impairment, while the specific factors might improve the ability to discriminate between individuals with different kinds of problems. Nevertheless, other models also have their respective advantages, and it remains challenging to empirically determine which model best accounts for the positive manifold in psychiatry.
Authors: Erik Pettersson
First published: 22 July 2023
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12187
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