TY - JOUR
T1 - Factorial Invariance of Symptom Dimensions in Anxious and Depressive Neuroses
AU - Derogatis, Leonard R.
AU - Lipman, Ronald S.
AU - Covi, Lino
AU - Rickels, Karl
N1 - Funding Information:
followingNationalInstituteofMentalHealth-PsychopharmacologyRe¬ searchBranchresearchgrants:toJohnsHopkinsUniversity,research grantsMH04732andMH15720;totheUniversityofPennsylvania,re¬ searchgrantsMH04731andMH08958;toPhiladelphiaGeneralHospital, researchgrantMH15322;toBostonStateHospital,researchgrantMH 15650; and to Yale University, research grant MH 13738. Dr.GeraldL.Klerman,HarvardMedicalSchool;Dr.AlbertDiMascio, TuftsMedicalSchool;andDr.EugeneS.Paykel,YaleUniversitySchoolof Medicine,provideddataondepressedpatients.
PY - 1972/11
Y1 - 1972/11
N2 - Five primary neurotic-symptom dimensions were examined regarding dimensional constancy across the nosological categories of anxiety states and depressive neuroses. Samples were comprised of 641 anxious patients and 251 depressed neurotics who completed pretreatment self-ratings on the Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL). Dimensional representations of the five symptom constructs-Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, and Anxiety-were independently derived through factor analysis. Results indicated a generally high level of constancy for the set of symptom dimensions across diagnostic class. Differences observed tended to involve qualitative distinctions in individual affective components-the Anxiety and Depression dimensions. Discussion focuses on the relevance and importance of factorial invariance (constancy) for dimensional models in psychopathology and implications of the findings for the nosology of neurotic affective disorders.
AB - Five primary neurotic-symptom dimensions were examined regarding dimensional constancy across the nosological categories of anxiety states and depressive neuroses. Samples were comprised of 641 anxious patients and 251 depressed neurotics who completed pretreatment self-ratings on the Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL). Dimensional representations of the five symptom constructs-Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, and Anxiety-were independently derived through factor analysis. Results indicated a generally high level of constancy for the set of symptom dimensions across diagnostic class. Differences observed tended to involve qualitative distinctions in individual affective components-the Anxiety and Depression dimensions. Discussion focuses on the relevance and importance of factorial invariance (constancy) for dimensional models in psychopathology and implications of the findings for the nosology of neurotic affective disorders.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750290069013
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750290069013
M3 - Article
C2 - 5080293
AN - SCOPUS:0015429798
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 27
SP - 659
EP - 665
JO - Archives of general psychiatry
JF - Archives of general psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -