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The purpose of this article is to illustrate, for those unfamiliar with the methods, concomitant time series analyses and their utility in psychopathology research. In a case involving somatoform disorder, we offer a detailed illustration of these analytic procedures where hypotheses regarding psychosocial antecedents of somatic symptoms are tested. Also portrayed are methods for describing across-time trends and cycles in longitudinal data. Included is a discussion of other clinical questions amenable to a time series approach, as well as a consideration of practical issues in the design of such studies.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments of Richard Wagner, Edwin Megargee, Stephen West, Associate Editor Diane Arnkoff, and an anonymous reviewer.
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Hokanson, J.E., Tate, R.L., Niu, X. et al. Illustration of concomitant times series analyses in a case of somatoform disorder. Cogn Ther Res 18, 413–437 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357752
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