Mapping Research Domain Criteria using a transdiagnostic mini-RDoC assessment in mental disorders: a confirmatory factor analysis

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Contributors

  • Bernd R. Förstner - , University of Potsdam (Author)
  • Mira Tschorn - , University of Potsdam (Author)
  • Nicolas Reinoso-Schiller - , University of Potsdam (Author)
  • Lea Mascarell Maričić - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Erik Röcher - , RWTH Aachen University (Author)
  • Janos L. Kalman - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Sanna Stroth - , University of Marburg (Author)
  • Annalina V. Mayer - , University of Lübeck (Author)
  • Kristina Schwarz - , Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) (Author)
  • Anna Kaiser - , Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) (Author)
  • Andrea Pfennig - , Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • André Manook - , University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Marcus Ising - , Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (Author)
  • Ingmar Heinig - , Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Andre Pittig - , Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Andreas Heinz - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Klaus Mathiak - , RWTH Aachen University, Jülich Research Centre (Author)
  • Thomas G. Schulze - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Frank Schneider - , RWTH Aachen University, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Inge Kamp-Becker - , University of Marburg (Author)
  • Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg - , Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) (Author)
  • Frank Padberg - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Tobias Banaschewski - , Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) (Author)
  • Michael Bauer - , Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Rainer Rupprecht - , University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Hans Ulrich Wittchen - , Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Michael A. Rapp - , University of Potsdam (Author)

Abstract

This study aimed to build on the relationship of well-established self-report and behavioral assessments to the latent constructs positive (PVS) and negative valence systems (NVS), cognitive systems (CS), and social processes (SP) of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework in a large transnosological population which cuts across DSM/ICD-10 disorder criteria categories. One thousand four hundred and thirty one participants (42.1% suffering from anxiety/fear-related, 18.2% from depressive, 7.9% from schizophrenia spectrum, 7.5% from bipolar, 3.4% from autism spectrum, 2.2% from other disorders, 18.4% healthy controls, and 0.2% with no diagnosis specified) recruited in studies within the German research network for mental disorders for the Phenotypic, Diagnostic and Clinical Domain Assessment Network Germany (PD-CAN) were examined with a Mini-RDoC-Assessment including behavioral and self-report measures. The respective data was analyzed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to delineate the underlying latent RDoC-structure. A revised four-factor model reflecting the core domains positive and negative valence systems as well as cognitive systems and social processes showed a good fit across this sample and showed significantly better fit compared to a one factor solution. The connections between the domains PVS, NVS and SP could be substantiated, indicating a universal latent structure spanning across known nosological entities. This study is the first to give an impression on the latent structure and intercorrelations between four core Research Domain Criteria in a transnosological sample. We emphasize the possibility of using already existing and well validated self-report and behavioral measurements to capture aspects of the latent structure informed by the RDoC matrix.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 35778521
Mendeley 29aec6ce-0507-3ef2-a5b7-e3e9486d4504
WOS 000819690600001
ORCID /0000-0002-7762-4327/work/141543449
ORCID /0000-0002-2666-859X/work/146643970
ORCID /0000-0002-3415-5583/work/150329688

Keywords

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Keywords

  • Confirmatory factor analysis CFA, Diagnosis and classification, PD-CAN, RDoC, Research Domain Criteria, Transdiagnostic, Pd-can

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