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
Pages (from-to)527-539
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
Volume273
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023
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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