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The latent structure of Acute Stress Disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed children and adolescents.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The revision of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) in the DSM-5 (DSM-5, 2013) proposes a cluster-free model of ASD symptoms in both adults and youth. Published evaluations of competing models of ASD clustering in youth have rarely been examined. METHODS:We used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (combined with multigroup invariance tests) to explore the latent structure of ASD symptoms in a trauma-exposed sample of children and young people (N = 594). The DSM-5 structure was compared with the previous DSM-IV conceptualization (4-factor), and two alternative models proposed in the literature (3-factor; 5-factor). Model fit was examined using goodness-of-fit indices. We also established DSM-5 ASD prevalence rates relative to DSM-IV ASD, and the ability of these models to classify children impaired by their symptoms. RESULTS:Based on both the Bayesian Information Criterion, the interfactor correlations and invariance testing, the 3-factor model best accounted for the profile of ASD symptoms. DSM-5 ASD led to slightly higher prevalence rates than DSM-IV ASD and performed similarly to DSM-IV with respect to categorising children impaired by their symptoms. Modifying the DSM-5 ASD algorithm to a 3+ or 4+ symptom requirement was the strongest predictor of impairment. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest that a uni-factorial general-distress model is not the optimal model of capturing the latent structure of ASD symptom profiles in youth and that modifying the current DSM-5 9+ symptom algorithm could potentially lead to a more developmentally sensitive conceptualization.

SUBMITTER: McKinnon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5091623 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The latent structure of Acute Stress Disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed children and adolescents.

McKinnon Anna A   Meiser-Stedman Richard R   Watson Peter P   Dixon Clare C   Kassam-Adams Nancy N   Ehlers Anke A   Winston Flaura F   Smith Patrick P   Yule William W   Dalgleish Tim T  

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines 20160730 11


<h4>Background</h4>The revision of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) in the DSM-5 (DSM-5, 2013) proposes a cluster-free model of ASD symptoms in both adults and youth. Published evaluations of competing models of ASD clustering in youth have rarely been examined.<h4>Methods</h4>We used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (combined with multigroup invariance tests) to explore the latent structure of ASD symptoms in a trauma-exposed sample of children and young people (N = 594). The DSM-5 structure was compare  ...[more]

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