The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models.

ABSTRACT: Interpersonal problems are key transdiagnostic constructs in psychopathology. In the past, investigators have neglected the importance of operationalizing interpersonal problems according to their latent structure by using divergent representations of the construct: (a) computing scores for severity, agency, and communion ("dimensional approach"), (b) classifying persons into subgroups with respect to their interpersonal profile ("categorical approach"). This hinders cumulative research on interpersonal problems, because findings cannot be integrated both from a conceptual and a statistical point of view. We provide a comprehensive evaluation of interpersonal problems by enlisting several large samples (Ns = 5,400, 491, 656, and 712) to estimate a set of latent variable candidate models, c

SUBMITTER: Wendt LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816327 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature