What is the p-factor of psychopathology? Some risks of general factor modeling
| Autor: | H.L.J. van der Maas, Denny Borsboom, R. van Bork, Mijke Rhemtulla, Sacha Epskamp |
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| Přispěvatelé: | FMG, Psychologische Methodenleer (Psychologie, FMG), Brain and Cognition |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Structure (mathematical logic)
05 social sciences Intelligence and personality P-factor Personality research Factor structure 050105 experimental psychology Factor (chord) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Convergence (relationship) Psychology Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery General Psychology Cognitive psychology Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Theory and Psychology, 27(6), 759-773. SAGE Publications Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1461-7447 0959-3543 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0959354317737185 |
| Popis: | Recent research has suggested that a range of psychological disorders may stem from a single underlying common factor, which has been dubbed the p-factor. This finding may spur a line of research in psychopathology very similar to the history of factor modeling in intelligence and, more recently, personality research, in which similar general factors have been proposed. We point out some of the risks of modeling and interpreting general factors, derived from the fields of intelligence and personality research. We argue that: (a) factor-analytic resolution, i.e., convergence of the literature on a particular factor structure, should not be expected in the presence of multiple highly similar models; and (b) the true underlying model may not be a factor model at all, because alternative explanations can account for the correlational structure of psychopathology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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