Validity Evidence of the Multidimensional Emotional Disorders Inventory among Non-Clinical Spanish University Students.

ABSTRACT: The current diagnostic systems for mental health disorders are categorical, which, it has been argued, poorly reflect the reality of mental health problems. This is especially relevant in emotional disorders (EDs), especially due to the existing comorbidity between supposedly different disorders. To address this, Brown and Barlow developed a hybrid dimensional-categorical approach to EDs that can be evaluated with the Multidimensional Emotional Disorder Inventory (MEDI), a transdiagnostic self-report questionnaire. This study aims to adapt and explore the sources of validity evidence of the MEDI in a non-clinical sample of Spanish university students (n = 455). Two confirmatory analyses were performed: one with a four-dimensional structure obtained with an exploratory analysis and another

SUBMITTER: Osma J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8392424 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature