Psychopathological networks: Theory, methods and practice
Bringmann, Laura F; Albers, Casper; Bockting, Claudi; Borsboom, Denny; Ceulemans, Eva; Cramer, Angélique; Epskamp, Sacha; Eronen, Markus I; Hamaker, Ellen; Kuppens, Peter; Lutz, Wolfgang; McNally, Richard J; Molenaar, Peter; Tio, Pia; Voelkle, Manuel C; Wichers, Marieke
(2022) Behaviour Research and Therapy, volume 149, pp. 1 - 15
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Abstract
In recent years, network approaches to psychopathology have sparked much debate and have had a significant impact on how mental disorders are perceived in the field of clinical psychology. However, there are many important challenges in moving from theory to empirical research and clinical practice and vice versa. Therefore, in
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this article, we bring together different points of view on psychological networks by methodologists and clinicians to give a critical overview on these challenges, and to present an agenda for addressing these challenges. In contrast to previous reviews, we especially focus on methodological issues related to temporal networks. This includes topics such as selecting and assessing the quality of the nodes in the network, distinguishing between- and within-person effects in networks, relating items that are measured at different time scales, and dealing with changes in network structures. These issues are not only important for researchers using network models on empirical data, but also for clinicians, who are increasingly likely to encounter (person-specific) networks in the consulting room.
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Keywords: Clinical methodology, Clinical theory, Psychological networks, Psychometrics, Time series models, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health
ISSN: 0005-7967
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
Note: Funding Information: This paper is based on the symposium “Psychological networks and time series models: Improving the analyses of complex clinical data”, which took place in Groningen (The Netherlands) on September 14–15, 2018. We are very grateful to Peter de Jonge and Tom Snijders for their contributions to this symposium, as well as for their feedback on earlier versions of the manuscript. The research that led to this paper was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Veni Grant (NWO-Veni 191G.037; Laura Bringmann) and by the German Research Foundation (DFG, grant number LU 660-10/1 ; Wolfgang Lutz). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
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