A Detailed Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology: From Individual Symptoms up to the General Factor of Psychopathology

Miriam K. Forbes; Matthew Sunderland; Ronald M. Rapee; Philip J. Batterham; Alison L. Calear; Natacha Carragher; Camilo Ruggero; Mark Zimmerman; Andrew J. Baillie; Samantha J. Lynch; Louise Mewton; Tim Slade; Robert F. Krueger

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A Detailed Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology: From Individual Symptoms up to the General Factor of Psychopathology

Miriam K. Forbes, Matthew Sunderland, Ronald M. Rapee, Philip J. Batterham, Alison L. Calear, Natacha Carragher, Camilo Ruggero, Mark Zimmerman, Andrew J. Baillie, Samantha J. Lynch, Louise Mewton, Tim Slade, Robert F. Krueger

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Much of our knowledge about the relationships among domains of psychopathology is built on the diagnostic categories described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with relatively little research examining the symptom-level structure of psychopathology. The aim of this study was to delineate a detailed hierarchical model of psychopathology-from individual symptoms up to a general factor of psychopathology-allowing both higher- and lower-order dimensions to depart from the structure of the DSM. We explored the hierarchical structure of hundreds of symptoms spanning 18 DSM disorders, in two large samples-one from the general population in Australia ( n = 3175), and the other a treatment-seeking clinical sample from the USA ( n = 1775). There was marked convergence between the two samples, offering new perspectives on higher-order dimensions of psychopathology. We also found several noteworthy departures from the structure of the DSM in the symptom-level data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	139-168
Number of pages	30
Journal	Clinical Psychological Science
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620954799
State	Published - Mar 2021

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empirical classification
structure of psychopathology
symptom-level analyses

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Forbes, M. K., Sunderland, M., Rapee, R. M., Batterham, P. J., Calear, A. L., Carragher, N., Ruggero, C., Zimmerman, M., Baillie, A. J., Lynch, S. J., Mewton, L., Slade, T., & Krueger, R. F. (2021). A Detailed Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology: From Individual Symptoms up to the General Factor of Psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(2), 139-168. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620954799

Forbes, MK, Sunderland, M, Rapee, RM, Batterham, PJ, Calear, AL, Carragher, N, Ruggero, C, Zimmerman, M, Baillie, AJ, Lynch, SJ, Mewton, L, Slade, T & Krueger, RF 2021, 'A Detailed Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology: From Individual Symptoms up to the General Factor of Psychopathology', Clinical Psychological Science, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 139-168. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620954799

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