Do attachment anxiety and hostility mediate the relationship between experiential avoidance and interpersonal problems in mental health carers?

Quinlan, Elly; Deane, Frank P.; Crowe, Trevor P; Caputi, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.01.003

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“…Some authors simply used the eight raw octant scores of interpersonal problems(Dammann et al, 2016;Gerhart, Baker, Hoerger, & Ronan, 2014;Quinlan, Deane, Crowe, & Caputi, 2018;Wilson, Stroud, & Durbin, 2017). Others scored the quadrants(König, Onnen, Karl, Rosner, & Butollo, 2016) or cluster analyzed IPC-based scores(Cain et al, 2010).…”

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The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models.

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Pilkonis

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Interpersonal problems are key transdiagnostic constructs in psychopathology. In the past, investigators have neglected the importance of operationalizing interpersonal problems according to their latent structure by using divergent representations of the construct: (a) computing scores for severity, agency, and communion (“dimensional approach”), (b) classifying persons into subgroups with respect to their interpersonal profile (“categorical approach”). This hinders cumulative research on interpersonal problems, because findings cannot be integrated both from a conceptual and a statistical point of view. We provide a comprehensive evaluation of interpersonal problems by enlisting several large samples (Ns = 5,400, 491, 656, and 712) to estimate a set of latent variable candidate models, covering the spectrum of purely dimensional (i.e., confirmatory factor analysis using Gaussian and nonnormal latent t-distributions), hybrid (i.e., semiparametric factor analysis), and purely categorical approaches (latent class analysis). Statistical models were compared with regard to their structural validity, as evaluated by model fit (corrected Akaike’s information criterion and the Bayesian information criterion), and their concurrent validity, as defined by the models’ ability to predict relevant external variables. Across samples, the fully dimensional model performed best in terms of model fit, prediction, robustness, and parsimony. We found scant evidence that categorical and hybrid models provide incremental value for understanding interpersonal problems. Our results indicate that the latent structure of interpersonal problems is best represented by continuous dimensions, especially when one allows for nonnormal latent distributions.

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“…Hence, type A personality buffered the direct negative effect of occupational stress on burnout to some extent, which could explain the insignificant direct effect of occupational stress on burnout among nurses with high type A personality. Unfortunately, occupational stress may also stimulate the impatience and hostility of nurses with high type A personality, which may make them experience more workplace conflicts [ 45 ], receive less social support from colleagues and superiors, and increase the likelihood that they will be unsatisfied with their work. Furthermore, high type A personality individuals are more inclined to exhibit frustration in response to high occupational stress, which also contributes to lower job satisfaction [ 46 ].…”

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Do type A personality and neuroticism moderate the relationships of occupational stressors, job satisfaction and burnout among Chinese older nurses? A cross-sectional survey

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Wang

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BMC Nurs

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Background The high prevalence of burnout among nurses produces huge health service losses. Existing literature found that occupational stressors and low levels of job satisfaction were related to burnout, whilst personality traits such as type A personality and neuroticism influenced occupational stressors, job satisfaction, and burnout. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between occupational stressors and burnout among Chinese older nurses, and explore the moderating effects of type A personality and neuroticism on the relationships among occupational stressors, job satisfaction and burnout. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in five provinces and municipalities (mainly in Shandong) in China. A total of 527 female older nurses (age≧40) were included in this study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) approach was employed to investigate the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between occupational stressors and burnout. Multi-group analysis was conducted to explore the moderating effects of type A personality and neuroticism on the relationships among occupational stressors, job satisfaction and burnout. Results Both nurses with high type A personality and high neuroticism had higher occupational stressors, higher burnout and lower job satisfaction. Occupational stressors had direct effect (β = 0.29, P = 0.001) and indirect effect mediated by low levels of job satisfaction (β = 0.25, P = 0.001) on burnout. Type A personality had significant moderated effect (P = 0.007) on the relationships among occupational stressors, job satisfaction and burnout, whereas the moderated effect of neuroticism was not significant. Conclusions Low levels of job satisfaction mediated the relationship between occupational stressors and burnout among Chinese older nurses, and both the direct and indirect effect of occupational stressors on burnout were moderated by type A personality. Hospital administrators should take specific measures such as transferring older nurses to easier positions to reduce their occupational stress, thereby increasing their job satisfaction and reducing their burnout, which is especially important for the older nurses with high type A personality.

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“…Categorical and dimensional approaches to interpersonal problems are mutually exclusive in their structural assumptions and therefore, cannot be equally valid. Failure in meeting those assumptions dilutes the psychometric properties of the measurement and affects the quality 1 Some authors simply used the eight raw octant scores of interpersonal problems (Dammann et al, 2016;Gerhart, Baker, Hoerger, & Ronan, 2014;Quinlan, Deane, Crowe, & Caputi, 2018;Wilson, Stroud, & Durbin, 2017). Others scored the quadrants (König, Onnen, Karl, Rosner, & Butollo, 2016) or cluster analyzed IPC-based scores (Cain et al, 2010).…”

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The Latent Structure of Interpersonal Problems: Validity of Dimensional, Categorical and Hybrid Models

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Interpersonal problems are key transdiagnostic constructs in psychopathology. In the past, investigators have neglected the importance of operationalizing interpersonal problems according to their latent structure by using divergent representations of the construct: (a) computing scores for severity, agency, and communion (“dimensional approach”), (b) classifying persons into subgroups with respect to their interpersonal profile (“categorical approach”). This hinders cumulative research on interpersonal problems, because findings cannot be integrated both from a conceptual and a statistical point of view. We provide a comprehensive evaluation of interpersonal problems by enlisting several large samples (Ns = 5400, 491, 656, 712) to estimate a set of latent variable candidate models, covering the spectrum of purely dimensional (i.e., confirmatory factor analysis using gaussian and non-normal latent t-distributions), hybrid (i.e., semi-parametric factor analysis) and purely categorical approaches (latent class analysis). Statistical models were compared with regard to their structural validity, as evaluated by model fit (corrected Akaike’s information criterion and the Bayesian information criterion), and their concurrent validity, as defined by the models’ ability to predict relevant external variables. Across samples, the fully dimensional model performed best in terms of model fit, prediction, robustness and parsimony. We found scant evidence that categorical and hybrid models provide incremental value for understanding interpersonal problems. Our results indicate that the latent structure of interpersonal problems is best represented by continuous dimensions, especially when one allows for non-normal latent distributions.

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Do attachment anxiety and hostility mediate the relationship between experiential avoidance and interpersonal problems in mental health carers?

Cited by 4 publications

References 68 publications

The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models.

The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models.

Do type A personality and neuroticism moderate the relationships of occupational stressors, job satisfaction and burnout among Chinese older nurses? A cross-sectional survey

The Latent Structure of Interpersonal Problems: Validity of Dimensional, Categorical and Hybrid Models

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