Models of the Joint Structure of Domain-Related and Global Distress: Implications for the Reconciliation of Quality of Life and Mental Health Perspectives |
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Authors: | William Magee Sébastien St-Arnaud |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, 725 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON, M5S 2J4, Canada;(2) University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada |
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Abstract: | Research on subjective wellbeing includes studies of both domain-related and global distress. The mental health literature,
though, focuses almost exclusively on global distress. This seems to be partly due to a common belief that psychological distress,
and the moods that comprise distress, necessarily lack referential content. However, if that were the case it would make little
sense for any study to ever focus on domain-related distress. The research presented in this report clarifies the relation
between global and domain-related distress. We compare confirmatory factor analytic models of the joint relationship among
symptoms of global distress with affective symptoms of distress about work, home, and physical appearance. Data are from a
general population telephone survey. In the best-fitting models domain-related distress and global psychological distress
are related but distinct latent variables. We discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of the models, and model
choice. |
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