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The document analyzes how different psychopathological, socio-demographic, and analog-visual scale variables interact in a sample of 745 emotional dysregulation patients divided into three groups based on irritability levels. The network structure differed between the groups, with affect measures being the most central node in each network. The study aims to better understand irritability and its associations.

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The document analyzes how different psychopathological, socio-demographic, and analog-visual scale variables interact in a sample of 745 emotional dysregulation patients divided into three groups based on irritability levels. The network structure differed between the groups, with affect measures being the most central node in each network. The study aims to better understand irritability and its associations.

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Irritability in an Emotional Dysregulation Sample: A Network Approach ID 35055

New Research
Pino Calderón Francisco Javier, Busto-Garrido Marta, Martín-Lunar Teresa, Gutiérrez Casares José Ramón
Authors declare no conflicts of interest

Irritability is a frequent symptom in child and adolescent psychiatry. Following The average age of the sample was 11.47, with 72 % males. The means were CDI =
indications or Network Psychometrics we analyze how interact different variables in a 21.20 ± 7.61, BIS = 56.12 ± 15.92, and VAS General State = 4.86 ± 0.62, Sadness = 5.08
Sample of emotional dysregulation patients according to two levels of irritability , ± 0.99, Anxiety = 5.24 ± 0.96, Irritability = 5.32 ± 0.94, and Susceptibility = 5.12 ± 0.59.
obtaining different networks structure in each subgroup
The network structure in the groups was different in terms of interactions, with a
different number of connections according to the level of irritability, with the affective
dimension measured through the CDI how the most central node in the 3 networks
Psychiatry is in crisis and in need of new paradigms, one of the most promising is
the vision of mental disorders from network theory.
The study of irritability is gaining great importance in recent years trying to elucidate
its nature, its association with other psychopathological symptoms, with the different
mental disorders, its global impact on the individual and its relationship with health
and social problems in the future , being a symptom present in the majority of
psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
In this study we analyze from the perspective of network theory how interact
different psychopathological dimensions (affective measures by CDI, impulsive measure
by BIS), socio-demographic variables (Sex, Age, Socio-Economic Status, Manual
Dominance) and analog-visual scales [VAS]. (General Condition, Sadness, Anxiety,
Irritability, Susceptibility)
Irritability < 5 Irritability = 5 Irritability > 5

1- Sex 2- Age 3- Status SE 4- Academy Degree 5- Manual Dominance 6- CDI 7- BIS Cog 8- BIS Mot
9- BIS NonP 10- General 11- Sadness 12- Anxiety 13 - Susceptibility
This is a sample group of 745 patients with emotional dysregulation who were
followed up in a child and adolescent psychiatry unit between 2004 and 2010.
They were divided according to different levels of irritability (<5, 5, >5), and we
estimate the network structure for the 3 groups through the indications of Network The network structure for the variables under study was different according to
Psychometrics by a Mixed-Graphic Model (MGM) using RStudio, Version 3.4.1, with the levels of irritability. It would be necessary to determine if these differences are
the MGM package, for the estimation of MGMs, and qgraph package for the graphic really significant from the networks metric. The Network Analysis can be a useful
representation. tool in therapeutic planning.

CAP Unit . Badajoz Mental Health Area. Servicio Extremeño de Salud

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