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 …

The general factor of psychopathology (p): Choosing among competing models and interpreting p

A Caspi, RM Houts, HL Fisher… - Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 10 years, the general factor of psychopathology, p, has attracted interest and
scrutiny. We review the history of the idea that all mental disorders share something in …

A Transdiagnostic, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Following Traumatic Brain Injury (HiTOP-TBI)

J Carmichael, J Ponsford, KR Gould, J Tiego… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, is a significant
yet inadequately addressed feature of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) …

Emotion‐related impulsivity across transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology

JG Pearlstein, SL Johnson, KR Timpano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Several dimensions have received attention for their potential role in explaining
shared variance in transdiagnostic symptoms of psychopathology. We hypothesized …

[HTML][HTML] The 'L-factor': Language as a transdiagnostic dimension in psychopathology

W Hinzen, L Palaniyappan - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thoughts and moods constituting our mental life incessantly change. When the steady flow
of this dynamics diverges in clinical directions, the possible pathways involved are captured …

The 3-year effects of a personality-targeted prevention program on general and specific dimensions of psychopathology

SJ Lynch, C Chapman, M Sunderland, T Slade… - Preventive …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to examine the effect of a personality-targeted prevention program
(Preventure) on trajectories of general and specific dimensions of psychopathology from …

Assessing theories of state and trait change in neuroticism and symptom improvement in the Unified Protocol

NE Stumpp, MW Southward, S Sauer-Zavala - Behavior Therapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Researchers have shown neuroticism decreases with treatment (Roberts et al., 2017),
although it is unclear if this reflects fleeting state-level changes (state-artifact position) or trait …

Interpretational issues with the bifactor model: A commentary on 'Defining the p-factor: An empirical test of five leading theories' by Southward, Cheavens, and …

CV Dolan, D Borsboom - Psychological Medicine, 2023 - cambridge.org
Southward, Cheavens, and Coccaro (2022, Psychological Medicine) conducted an
ambitious investigation aimed at determining the nature of the general p factor of …

Is cognition integral to psychopathology? A population-based cohort study

A Rotstein, S Fund, SZ Levine, A Reichenberg… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLower cognitive functioning has been documented across psychiatric disorders
and hypothesized to be a core deficit of mental disorders. Situating psychopathology and …

Domain-specific associations between psychopathology and neurocognitive functioning

E Zoupou, TM Moore, ME Calkins, RE Gur… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNeurocognitive dysfunction is a transdiagnostic finding in psychopathology, but
relationships among cognitive domains and general and specific psychopathology …