Journal
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 850-860Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614560750
Keywords
psychopathology; replication; confirmatory factor analysis; adolescence
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Funding
- etherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO (Medical Research Council Program ) [GB-MW 94038 011]
- ZonMW Brainpower [100-001-004]
- ZonMw Risk Behavior and Dependence [60-60600-98-018, 60-60600-97-118]
- ZonMw Culture and Health [261-98-710]
- Social Sciences Council Medium-Sized Investment [GB-MaGW 480-01-006, GBMaGW 480-07-001]
- Social Sciences Council [GB-MaGW 457-03-018, GB-MaGW 452-04-314, GB-MaGW 452-06-004]
- NWO Large-Sized Investment Grant [175.010.2003.005]
- Sophia Foundation for Medical Research [301, 393]
- Dutch Ministry of Justice (WODC)
- European Science Foundation EuroSTRESS [FP-006]
- participating universities
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This study aimed to replicate a study by Caspi and colleagues, which proposed that the structure of psychopathology is characterized by a general psychopathology factor, in addition to smaller internalizing and externalizing factors. Our study expanded the approach of the original by using continuous adolescent data and testing additional models, including both self-and parent-reported data, to bolster the robustness of the findings. Our findings indicate that the structure of psychopathology is best characterized by a model including a general factor, in addition to smaller internalizing and externalizing factors. These results emphasize the importance of this model for understanding the structure of psychopathology. Given the increasing emphasis on the importance of, and need for, replication, the overall evidence of a general factor seems rather robust.
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