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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Network Science in Psychopathology
  • Digital Health Interventions

Background:

  • The network approach views psychopathology as emergent from interacting variables.
  • Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is crucial for capturing daily life fluctuations of these variables.
  • A transdiagnostic perspective is increasingly recognized for its utility in understanding mental disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a transdiagnostic EMA protocol for assessing psychopathology.
  • To create a standardized tool applicable across various mental health diagnoses.
  • To facilitate research within the network approach to psychopathology.

Main Methods:

  • A two-stage process involving clinician surveys (n=96) and expert focus groups (12 groups).
  • Clinicians identified disorder-specific and transdiagnostic EMA constructs.
  • Consensus was reached on a final set of EMA items, with rigorous inter-rater reliability (87.3%).

Main Results:

  • Significant overlap (up to 52.6%) in EMA items was observed across different diagnostic categories.
  • Mood, sleep quality, and stress emerged as the most frequently reported transdiagnostic constructs.
  • A concise, informative, and comprehensive set of EMA items was finalized to minimize participant burden.

Conclusions:

  • A feasible transdiagnostic EMA protocol for psychopathology has been successfully developed.
  • The substantial overlap in symptoms challenges the distinct boundaries of current diagnostic categories (e.g., DSM).
  • This protocol offers a valuable tool for advancing transdiagnostic research in mental health.