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inJournal 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 et/ou numérique
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
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[article] Criterion validity of the general factor of psychopathology in a prospective study of girls [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / 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 :	https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=260