Evidence that psychopathology symptom networks have limited replicability

What is it about?

A statistical method called network analysis is quickly gaining popularity for analyzing the relationships between symptoms of mental disorders. This study found that popular network analysis methods often produced unreliable results, particularly for the symptom-level aspects of the models.

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Why is it important?

Generalizability of research findings underpins their utility. These results highlighted the need to be particularly cautious in interpreting, disseminating, or implementing results based on the detailed features of psychopathology networks.