Harmonizing bifactor models of psychopathology between distinct assessment instruments: Reliability, measurement invariance, and authenticity.

Mauricio Scopel HoffmannTyler Maxwell MooreLuiza Kvitko AxelrudNim TottenhamLuis Augusto RohdeMichael Peter MilhamTheodore Daniel SatterthwaiteGiovanni Abrahão Salum

Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research (2023)

The CBCL-GOASSESS harmonization indicates that few models provide reliable specific factors and are instrument-invariant. Moreover, authenticity was high for the p-factor and moderate for specific factors. Future studies can use this framework to examine the impact of harmonizing instruments in psychiatric research.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
mental health
current status
high intensity
case control
anorexia nervosa