The validity of transdiagnostic factors in predicting homotypic and heterotypic continuity of psychopathology symptoms over time.

ABSTRACT: Studies of the continuity of psychopathology symptoms mainly involved the traditional conceptualization that mental disorders are discrete entities. However, high comorbidity rates suggest a few transdiagnostic factors that underlie individual disorders. Therefore, the present study examined the validity of transdiagnostic factors in predicting homotypic and heterotypic continuity of comorbidity classes across two waves in a nationally representative sample. We conducted a latent transition analysis to investigate how transdiagnostic factors differentially affect the transition probabilities of comorbidity classes across time. Results found a notable predictive validity of transdiagnostic factors: (a) internalizing strongly predicted the stability of the internalizing class and transition

SUBMITTER: Jung B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10235495 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature