Exploring Latent Profiles of Psychopathology in a Sample of Lonely People Seeking Treatment
| Autor: | Gerhard Andersson, Anton Käll, Roz Shafran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject Population 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Loneliness Latent profile analysis Social anxiety Psychopathology medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences education Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common education.field_of_study Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi) 05 social sciences Mental health 030227 psychiatry Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology) Clinical Psychology medicine.symptom Worry Psychology Diversity (politics) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 43:686-696 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3505 0882-2689 |
| Popis: | Loneliness is a common experience in populations experiencing mental health problems. Associations with symptoms of psychopathology are prevalent, but little is known about the diversity of symptom profiles in people suffering from prolonged and distressing loneliness. The current study sought to investigate the existence of subgroups of loneliness and common forms of psychopathology in a sample of adults (n = 332) seeking treatment for their loneliness. Using latent profile analysis, five profiles were identified and differences in demographic factors were investigated. The profiles differed mainly in the severity of symptoms of depression, worry, and social anxiety, with the largest profile exhibiting minimal-to-mild symptoms (n = 109) across these indicators. The second largest group was characterized primarily by high ratings of social anxiety (n = 90). Overall, three of the five profiles, encompassing roughly half of the sample, scored at a clinical level on mental health symptom measures. Age was inversely related to symptom severity among the profiles, indicating that the older subgroups of the sample exhibited milder symptoms, particularly on social anxiety. The results provide insight into the heterogeneity of the clinical symptoms of people suffering from loneliness and add important knowledge that could help inform how to best intervene to help this population. |
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