APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Is Psychopathology Two Factors or Three? Using the Youth Self Report to Compare a Bifactor and Two Factor Model of Psychopathology in Early Adolescence Using Multiple Waves of Longitudinal Data

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Developmental

  • Miranda Evans
    University of New Orleans
  • Matthew Scalco
    University of New Orleans
  • Liliana Lengua
    University of Washington
  • Craig Colder
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Abstract

The structure of early adolescent psychopathology was assessed a bifactor model and latent variables at three time points. The resultant psychopathology factors were then correlated with temperament characteristics and adjustment variables to assess divergent and convergent validity of each modeling strategy.

Psychopathology

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