Top

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Gepubliceerd in:

01-09-2006

Self-Reported Depression Is Taxonic

Auteurs: Steven R. H. Beach, Nader Amir

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 3/2006

Abstract

Using the Sample-specific simulation method proposed by J. Ruscio, A. M. Ruscio, and T. M. Keane (2004), the S. R. H. Beach and N. Amir (2003) data are re-analyzed. The results for the MAXEIG and MAMBAC procedures are compared across simulated dimensional, simulated taxonic, and original distributions. The comparison indicates that depression is taxonic in the S. R. H. Beach and N. Amir (2003) sample but has a lower base (.06) than previously reported. This result indicates the need to use a relatively high cut point on total Beck Depression Inventory (i.e., BDI>21; A. T. Beck, 1978) when creating groups using the BDI. That is, the data support the presence of a discontinuity between “depressed” and “nondepressed” undergraduates at a relatively high level of depressive symptomatology. At the same time, it is noted that researchers should remain cautious about the interpretation of taxometric procedures used with low base rate taxa until they have been further investigated using Monte Carlo simulations.

vorige artikel Severity of Self-Reported Depression in Patients with a Schizoaffective Disorder

volgende artikel Hairpulling and Skin Picking in Relation to Affective Distress and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms

All curves for 20, 40, and 60 windows available on request. (Request Appendix I).

Curves for the other indicators are available upon request. (Request Appendix II).

Curves for the other indicator combinations are available on request. (Request Appendix III).

The procedures used by Beach and Amir (2003) differed from the defaults in the Ruscio (2003) program. When settings closer to the defaults in Ruscio (2003) were used in the analyses, base rate estimates for paired indicator analyses in MAXEIG and MAMBAC were lower.

Beach, S. R. H., & Amir, N. (2003). Is depression taxonic, dimensional, or both? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 228–236.PubMedCrossRef

Beach, S. R. H., Amir, N., & Bau, J. J. (in press). Can sample-specific simulations help detect low base rate taxonicity? Psychological Assessment.

Beauchaine, T. P., & Beach, S. R. H. (in press). Taxometrics and relational processes: Relevance and challenges for the next nosology of mental disorders. In S. R. H. Beach, M. Z. Wamboldt, N. Kaslow, R. E. Heyman, M. First, L. Underwood, & D. Reiss (Eds.), Relational processes and DSM-V: From neuroscience to assessment and treatment. American Psychiatric Press.

Beauchaine, T. P., & Beauchaine, R. J.III . (2002). A comparison of maximum covariance and k-means cluster analysis in classifying cases into known taxon groups. Psychological Methods, 7, 245–261.PubMedCrossRef

Beck, A. T. (1978). Depression Inventory. Philidelphia: Center for Cognitive Therapy.

Beck, A. T., & Beamesderfer, A. (1974). Assessment of depression: The Depression Inventory. In P. Pichot (Ed.), Psychological measurements in psychopharmacology (pp. 151–169). Basel: S. Karger.

Beck, A. T., Rush, A. J., Shaw, B. F., & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive therapy of depression. New York: Guilford.

Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Garbin, M. G. (1988). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation. Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 77–100.CrossRef

Coyne, J. C. (1994). Self-reported distress: Analog or ersatz depression? Psychological Bulletin, 116, 29–45.CrossRefPubMed

Dozois, D. J., Dobson, K. S., & Ahnderg, J. L. (1998). A psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory – II. Psychological Assessment, 10, 83–89.CrossRef

Flett, G. L., Vrendenburg, K., & Krames, L. (1997). The continuity of depression in clinical and nonclinical samples. Psychological Bulletin, 121, 395–416.PubMedCrossRef

Haslam, N., & Cleland, C. (1996). Robustness of taxometric analysis with skewed indicators: II. A monte carlo study of the MAXCOV procedure. Psychological Reports, 79, 1035–1039.PubMed

Kendell, R. E. (1975). The role of diagnosis in psychiatry. Oxford: Blackwell.

Meehl, P. E. (1995). Bootstraps taxometrics: Solving the classification problem in psychopathology. American Psychologist, 50, 266– 275.PubMedCrossRef

Meehl, P. E., & Yonce, L. J. (1994). Taxometric analysis: I. Detecting taxonicity with two quantitative indicators using means above and means below a sliding cut (MAMBAC Procedure). Psychological Reports, 74, 1059–1274.

Narrow, W. E., Rae, D. S., Robins, L. N., & Regier, D. A. (2002). Revised prevalence estimates of mental disorders in the United States: Using a clinical significance criterion to reconcile 2 surveys' estimates. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 115–123.PubMedCrossRef

Rounsaville, B. F., Alarcón, R. D., Andrews, G., Jackson, J. S., Kendell, R. S., & Kendler, K. (2002). Basic nomenclature issues for DSM-V, (pp. 1–30). In D. J. Kupfer, M. B. First, & D. A. Regier (Eds.), A research agenda for DSM-V. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Ruscio, A. M., & Ruscio, J. (2002). The latent structure of anologue depression: Should the Beck Depression Inventory be used to classify groups? Psychological Assessment, 14, 135–145.PubMedCrossRef

Ruscio, J. (2003). Program code. Retrieved on May 13, 2003 from http://www.etown.edu/psychology/Faculty/Ruscio.htm

Ruscio, J., & Ruscio, A. M. (2004). Clarifying boundary issues in psychopathology: The role of taxometrics in a comprehensive program of structural research. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 24– 38.PubMedCrossRef

Ruscio, J., Ruscio, A. M., & Keane, T. M. (2004). Using taxometric analyses to distinguish a small latent taxon from a latent dimension with positively skewed indicators: The case of involuntary defeat syndrome. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 145– 154.PubMedCrossRef

Schmidt, N. B., Kotov, R., & Joiner, T. E. (2004). Taxometrics: Toward a new diagnostic scheme for psychopathology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.CrossRef

Solomon, A., Haaga, D. A. F., & Arnow, B. A. (2001). Is clinical depression distinct from subthreshold depressive symptoms? A review of the continuity issue in depression research. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189, 498–506.CrossRefPubMed

Waller, N. G. (2004). Workshop on taxometrics. Presented at the University of Georgia Student Learning Center, Athens, GA.

Waller, N. G., & Meehl, P. E. (1998). Multivariate taxometric procedures. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Widiger, T. A. (2005). A dimensional model of personality disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, 41–43.PubMed

Titel: Self-Reported Depression Is Taxonic
Auteurs: Steven R. H. Beach
Nader Amir
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2006
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 3/2006
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-005-9007-4

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

Abstract

Log in om toegang te krijgen

Andere artikelen Uitgave 3/2006

Severity of Self-Reported Depression in Patients with a Schizoaffective Disorder

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Health Anxiety Disorders

Hairpulling and Skin Picking in Relation to Affective Distress and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms

Psychometric Validation of the Temptation and Restraint Inventory in Two Samples of College Drinkers1

Detection of Feigned Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Comparison of the MMPI-2 and PAI

Anxiety, Depression, and Tension/Stress in Children