Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in the study of developmental psychopathology in context.
His approach to psychopathology was sceptical and philosophical; and he never created his own school of psychiatric, let alone psychopathological, teaching.
These findings are robust but the developmental processes underlying the connections between peer victimization and psychopathology remain unclear.
However, these variables did not influence importantly the associations between psychopathology and being overweight.
A theoretical perspective that is well suited to guiding the empirical investigation of such pathways may be found in the field of developmental psychopathology.
The practical implications for investigation of mental illness of the differences and commonalities between psychopathology and psychology, for example, could be tremendous.
Understanding such multifinality is critical to identifying processes underlying different forms of psychopathology and developing appropriate treatment and prevention approaches.
We do not see this approach as conflicting with biological theories of psychopathology but rather as an effort at directing attention to possible integration.
