Defining the p-factor: an empirical test of five leading theories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite statistical evidence of a general factor of psychopathology (i.e., p-factor), there is little agreement about what the p-factor represents. Researchers have proposed five theories: dispositional negative emotionality (neuroticism), impulsive responsivity to emotions (impulsivity), thought dysfunction, low cognitive functioning, and impairment. These theories have primarily been inferred from patterns of loadings of diagnoses on p-factors with different sets of diagnoses included in different studies. Researchers who have directly examined these theories of p have examined a subset of the theories in any single sample, limiting the ability to compare the size of their associations with a p-factor.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Southward MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10235655 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature