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Commentary– Opening a can of worms: the importance of testing the measurement invariance of hierarchical models of psychopathology – a commentary on He and Li (2020)
Author(s) -
Cicero David,
Ruggero Camilo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.13353
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , multilevel model , measurement invariance , child psychopathology , developmental psychopathology , ethnic group , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , confirmatory factor analysis , anthropology , sociology , machine learning , computer science , statistics , mathematics
Measurement invariance is an understudied topic in much of psychopathology research, but its effects have far‐reaching consequences. It has rarely been examined with respect to hierarchical models of psychopathology. He & Li’s (2020) study represents one of the first attempts to bridge the gap between relatively narrow focused studies on the psychometric properties of specific assessments with broader research on the hierarchical structure of psychopathology. The results are promising, but more research is needed to understand the impact of culture, race, and ethnicity on the expression of psychopathology. Future research may determine whether dimensional and hierarchical models decrease the effect of cultural biases on assessment and help to further understand the etiology of epidemiological differences in rates of disorders. These models may also help to account for culture‐bound syndromes.