Measuring the hierarchical general factor model of psychopathology in young adults

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 27; no. 1
• Main Authors: Lahey, Benjamin B., Zald, David H., Perkins, Scott F., Villalta‐Gil, Victoria, Werts, Katherine B., Van Hulle, Carol A., Rathouz, Paul J., Applegate, Brooks, Class, Quetzal A., Poore, Holly E., Watts, Ashley L., Waldman, Irwin D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; general factor of psychopathology; hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - classification; Mental Disorders - physiopathology; Models, Statistical; Original; p factor; Psychopathology; Young Adult; Young adults; p factor; general factor of psychopathology; hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology
• ISSN: 1049-8931; 1557-0657; 1557-0657
• DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1593

There is evidence that models of psychopathology specifying a general factor and specific second‐order factors fit better than competing structural models. Nonetheless, additional tests are needed to examine the generality and boundaries of the general factor model. In a selected second wave of a co...