Authors
Cherie Armour, Eiko I Fried, Marie K Deserno, Jack Tsai, Robert H Pietrzak
Publication date
2017/1/1
Journal
Journal of anxiety disorders
Volume
45
Pages
49-59
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
Objective
Recent developments in psychometrics enable the application of network models to analyze psychological disorders, such as PTSD. Instead of understanding symptoms as indicators of an underlying common cause, this approach suggests symptoms co-occur in syndromes due to causal interactions. The current study has two goals: (1) examine the network structure among the 20 DSM-5 PTSD symptoms, and (2) incorporate clinically relevant variables to the network to investigate whether PTSD symptoms exhibit differential relationships with suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, physical functioning/quality of life (QoL), mental functioning/QoL, age, and sex.
Method
We utilized a nationally representative U.S. military veteran’s sample; and analyzed the data from a subsample of 221 veterans who reported clinically significant DSM-5 PTSD symptoms. Networks were estimated using state-of-the-art …
Scholar articles
C Armour, EI Fried, MK Deserno, J Tsai, RH Pietrzak - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2017
C Armour, EI Fried, MK Deserno, J Tsai, RH Pietrzak - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2017