Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Constructs of Acute and Potential Threat Differentially Associate With Pediatric Anxiety.

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To address problems with the current categorical diagnostic classification system for mental health, the National Institute of Mental Health created the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative, which encourages researchers to link dimensionally assessed psychological constructs with transdiagnostic psychopathology to expedite discovery of biological mechanisms and clinical translation. Two constructs that were theorized by the RDoC to be pertinent to anxiety symptoms across categorical anxiety disorders and the spectrum of severity are acute threat (AT; fear of a present danger) and potential threat (PT; anxiety about a distant or uncertain danger). However, these constructs are often conflated in research and lack valid self-report measures, especially among youth.

SUBMITTER: Russman Block SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684446 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature