The phrase "a dimensional approach to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a method or perspective that considers multiple dimensions or aspects of a subject.
Example: "In our research, we adopted a dimensional approach to understanding the complexities of human behavior."
Alternatives: "a multi-faceted approach to" or "a comprehensive approach to".
Beyond cumulative risk: A dimensional approach to childhood adversity.
Hofstede (1980) was one of the first to research differences across national cultures in the management field, developing a dimensional approach to compare and explain the influence of cultural attributes on management style.
Factor analyses such as those presented here, while only using principles of the RDoC, allow for a dimensional approach to the examination of symptoms and associated treatment outcomes that might become the basis for comparisons of outcomes across diagnoses using data from trials that used categorical diagnoses for study entry.
The present study used a dimensional approach to assess the modulation of emotional processing.
A common mechanism would be consistent with a dimensional approach to cognitive deficits in psychotic disorders [ 6].
In keeping with a dimensional approach to OCD (30), patients were not categorized in terms of subtype (e.g., washing, checking).
MacDonald and coworkers developed volumetric formulas based on a two dimensional approach to approximate volumes of brain tumors [ 15].
Conventional angiography allows only a two dimensional approach to tumour volume and feeding vessels, whereas most pre-interventional assessments are based on three-dimensional data, e.g., MRI and CT acquisitions.
Nonetheless, overall, DSM-5 is a step in the right direction, specifying more subdiagnostic categories with an improved dimensional approach to severity.
"There is no doubt that she can work effectively as a senator, that she can express the issues well," Mr. Schwartz said, sounding agonized that his "one dimensional" approach to a decision might be unfair to Mrs. Clinton.
