Network Analysis of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2022.17

Milagros O Sánchez-Hernández, Francisco P Holgado-Tello, Miguel Á Carrasco

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Abstract

Background: Experiencing psychological problems during childhood and adolescence is common. However, the detection of behaviors as symptoms of psychopathologies requiring clinical diagnosis and treatment remains low. In order to advance understanding of psychological phenomena and particularly their behavioral manifestations, new theoretical and methodological perspectives such as network analysis are applied.

Method: In the present study, we explore the dynamics of the symptoms of different internalizing, externalizing, and personal-contextual problems using network analysis. We estimate networks of regularized partial correlations, including measures of standard centrality, and the global and structural impact of symptoms on each network.

Results: The results show that the syndromes we studied are activated through dynamics of symptoms that are strongly related to each other and act as intermediaries of potential psychopathological problems in children and adolescents (e.g., "feels sad", "worries", "won't talk", "nausea", "threatens others", "steals outside"). Centrality measures and impact coefficient ranges were strength (—2.39, 2.05), betweenness (—1.43, 3.38), closeness (—2.60, 2.23), and expected influence (—2.87, 2.13).

Conclusions: The results suggest the need to explore attribute dynamics as well as symptomatic comorbidity between them.

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儿童和青少年内化和外化症状的网络分析。

背景:在儿童和青少年时期经历心理问题是很常见的。然而，作为需要临床诊断和治疗的精神病理学症状的行为检测仍然很低。为了促进对心理现象特别是其行为表现的理解，新的理论和方法观点如网络分析被应用。方法:在本研究中，我们使用网络分析来探讨不同内化、外化和个人情境问题的症状动态。我们估计正则化部分相关的网络，包括标准中心性的度量，以及症状对每个网络的全局和结构性影响。结果:结果表明，我们所研究的综合征是通过相互密切相关的症状的动态激活的，这些症状是儿童和青少年潜在的精神病理问题(如“感到悲伤”、“担忧”、“不愿说话”、“恶心”、“威胁他人”、“偷出去”)的中介。中心性测量和影响系数范围为强度(-2.39,2.05)、中间性(-1.43,3.38)、接近性(-2.60,2.23)和预期影响(-2.87,2.13)。结论:有必要进一步探讨两者的属性动态及症状合并症。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

16.70%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

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