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01-05-2012

Understanding the Latent Structure of the Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Auteurs: Sarah E. Trosper, Sarah W. Whitton, Timothy A. Brown, Donna B. Pincus

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 4/2012

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Abstract

Investigators are persistently aiming to clarify structural relationships among the emotional disorders in efforts to improve diagnostic classification. The high co-occurrence of anxiety and mood disorders, however, has led investigators to portray the current structure of anxiety and depression in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV, APA 2000) as more descriptive than empirical. This study assesses various structural models in a clinical sample of youths with emotional disorders. Three a priori factor models were tested, and the model that provided the best fit to the data showed the dimensions of anxiety and mood disorders to be hierarchically organized within a single, higher-order factor. This supports the prevailing view that the co-occurrence of anxiety and mood disorders in children is in part due to a common vulnerability (e.g., negative affectivity). Depression and generalized anxiety loaded more highly onto the higher-order factor than the other disorders, a possible explanation for the particularly high rates of comorbidity between the two. Implications for the taxonomy and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders for children and adolescents are discussed.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Understanding the Latent Structure of the Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Auteurs
Sarah E. Trosper
Sarah W. Whitton
Timothy A. Brown
Donna B. Pincus
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2012
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 4/2012
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9582-7

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