Annual Lecture Series (in-person)
Lunchtime Talks (in-person)
Conferences (in-person)
Online-Only Events
- This event has passed.
LTT: Riet van Bork
November 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
Title: Measurement in a network approach to psychopathology
Abstract: In psychology, the standard model for measurement is the latent variable model. In a latent variable model of depression, the correlations between depression symptoms are explained through these symptoms all being manifestations of depression. However, it seems implausible that symptoms such as “insomnia” and “concentration problems” correlate only because they are both caused by depression. Rather, it seems plausible that they mutually reinforce each other. This change in theory about the relations between symptoms resulted in a network theory of mental disorders, in which the disorder is conceptualized as a system of symptoms that reinforce each other. While the use of network models has grown tremendously in many fields in psychology, it is unclear how a shift to such a different conceptualization of psychological constructs should inform the measurement of these constructs. That is, although network models are used to model these constructs, it is unclear how, for example, a network model of depression should provide a measure of depression. In this talk, I will discuss what kind of questions are involved with developing a measurement theory for the network approach.
This talk will also be available live streamed on You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
Details
- Date:
- November 15, 2022
- Time:
-
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
- Event Category:
- Lunchtime Talks 2022-23
Venue
- 1117 Cathedral of Learning
-
4200 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 United States