[article] in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 56-4 (April 2015) . - p.415-422 | Titre : | Criterion validity of the general factor of psychopathology in a prospective study of girls | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Benjamin B. LAHEY, Auteur ; Paul J. RATHOUZ, Auteur ; Kate KEENAN, Auteur ; Stephanie D. STEPP, Auteur ; Rolf LOEBER, Auteur ; Alison E. HIPWELL, Auteur | | Article en page(s) : | p.415-422 | | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | | Mots-clés : | Validity psychopathology factor analysis | | Index. décimale : | PER Périodiques | | Résumé : | Background The best-fitting model of the structure of common psychopathology often includes a general factor on which all dimensions of psychopathology load. Such a general factor would be important if it reflects etiologies and mechanisms shared by all dimensions of psychopathology. Nonetheless, a viable alternative explanation is that the general factor is partly or wholly a result of common method variance or other systematic measurement biases. Methods To test this alternative explanation, we extracted general, externalizing, and internalizing factor scores using mother-reported symptoms across 5–11 years of age in confirmatory factor analyses of data from a representative longitudinal study of 2,450 girls. Independent associations between the three psychopathology factor scores and teacher-reported criterion variables were estimated in multiple regression, controlling intelligence, and demographic covariates. Results The model including the general factor fit significantly better than a correlated two-factor (internalizing/externalizing) model. The general factor was robustly and independently associated with all measures of teacher-reported school functioning concurrently during childhood and prospectively during adolescence. Conclusions These findings weaken the hypothesis that the general factor of psychopathology in childhood is solely a measurement artifact and support further research on the substantive meaning of the general factor. | | En ligne : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12300 | | Permalink : | http://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2601 |
[article] Criterion validity of the general factor of psychopathology in a prospective study of girls [texte imprimé] / Benjamin B. LAHEY, Auteur ; Paul J. RATHOUZ, Auteur ; Kate KEENAN, Auteur ; Stephanie D. STEPP, Auteur ; Rolf LOEBER, Auteur ; Alison E. HIPWELL, Auteur . - p.415-422. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 56-4 (April 2015) . - p.415-422 | Mots-clés : | Validity psychopathology factor analysis | | Index. décimale : | PER Périodiques | | Résumé : | Background The best-fitting model of the structure of common psychopathology often includes a general factor on which all dimensions of psychopathology load. Such a general factor would be important if it reflects etiologies and mechanisms shared by all dimensions of psychopathology. Nonetheless, a viable alternative explanation is that the general factor is partly or wholly a result of common method variance or other systematic measurement biases. Methods To test this alternative explanation, we extracted general, externalizing, and internalizing factor scores using mother-reported symptoms across 5–11 years of age in confirmatory factor analyses of data from a representative longitudinal study of 2,450 girls. Independent associations between the three psychopathology factor scores and teacher-reported criterion variables were estimated in multiple regression, controlling intelligence, and demographic covariates. Results The model including the general factor fit significantly better than a correlated two-factor (internalizing/externalizing) model. The general factor was robustly and independently associated with all measures of teacher-reported school functioning concurrently during childhood and prospectively during adolescence. Conclusions These findings weaken the hypothesis that the general factor of psychopathology in childhood is solely a measurement artifact and support further research on the substantive meaning of the general factor. | | En ligne : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12300 | | Permalink : | http://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2601 |
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Criterion validity of the general factor of psychopathology in a prospective study of girls / Benjamin B. LAHEY in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56-4 (April 2015) 
