A critical evaluation of the p-factor literature

AL Watts, AL Greene, W Bonifay, EI Fried - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2024 - nature.com
The p-factor is a construct that is thought to explain and maybe even cause variation in all
forms of psychopathology. Since its 'discovery'in 2012, hundreds of studies have been …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

Linked dimensions of psychopathology and connectivity in functional brain networks

CH Xia, Z Ma, R Ciric, S Gu, RF Betzel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neurobiological abnormalities associated with psychiatric disorders do not map well to
existing diagnostic categories. High co-morbidity suggests dimensional circuit-level …

Building Theories on Top of, and Not Independent of, Statistical Models: The Case of the p-factor

AL Watts, SP Lane, W Bonifay, D Steinley… - Psychological …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Eiko Fried (this issue) outlines several ways in which factor and network models do not bear
on the theories they purport to test. He argues, in turn, that there is a major inferential gap …

Reintroducing consciousness in psychopathology: review of the literature and conceptual framework

G Ouwersloot, J Derksen, G Glas - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alterations in consciousness are among the most common transdiagnostic
psychopathological symptoms. Therefore clinical practice would benefit from a clear …

Reliability and validity of bifactor models of dimensional psychopathology in youth.

M Scopel Hoffmann, TM Moore… - … and Clinical Science, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Bifactor models are a promising strategy to parse general from specific aspects of
psychopathology in youth. Currently, there are multiple configurations of bifactor models …

Recommendations for adjudicating among alternative structural models of psychopathology

ID Waldman, CD King, HE Poore… - Clinical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Historically, researchers have proposed higher-order factors to explicate the structure of
psychopathology, including Externalizing, Internalizing, Fear, Distress, Thought Disorder …

How mental health relates to everyday stress, rumination, trauma and interoception in women living with HIV: A factor analytic study

EM Millon, TJ Shors - Learning and Motivation, 2021 - Elsevier
Mental health symptoms tend to correlate with one another within individuals. An exploratory
factor analysis was performed on responses to five questionnaires related to depression …

A meta-structural model of common clinical disorder and personality disorder symptoms

CC Conway, RD Latzman, RF Krueger - Journal of personality …, 2020 - Guilford Press
A large and consistent research literature demonstrates the superiority of dimensional
models of mental disorder. Factor analytic research has mapped the latent dimensions …

The relationship between empathy and executive functions among young adolescents.

N Mairon, L Abramson, A Knafo-Noam… - Developmental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Empathy and executive functions (EFs) are multimodal constructs that enable individuals to
cope with their environment. Both abilities develop throughout childhood and are known to …