The phrase "a general distress" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a widespread feeling of anxiety, discomfort, or suffering among a group of people or in a particular situation.
Example: "The community experienced a general distress following the natural disaster, as many lost their homes and livelihoods."
Alternatives: "a widespread anxiety" or "a collective discomfort".
To examine the specificity of temporal relations between ERD and PTSS a second cross-lagged panel design, in which a general distress construct was substituted for PTSS, was conducted.
All procedures were carried out with sedated animals and all NiV-infected animals were closely monitored for signs of clinical illness and a general distress and a humane endpoint scoring system was used to determine study endpoint.
Subsequent bifactor modelling supported a general distress factor which accounted for the communality of the depression and anxiety items.
Dohrenwend et al. described a general distress factor as the common factor underlying many psychiatric screening lists [ 19].
An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and a bifactor modelling approach were used to separate a general distress continuum from more specific sub-domains of depression and anxiety in an adolescent community sample (n = 1159, age 14).
However, Norton et al. [ 43] present a meta confirmatory factor analysis by which they tested 10 models; although they prefer the solution with a general distress factor, they conclude that a bifactorial model is acceptable.
According to the Tripartite model, the comorbidity of depression and anxiety can be explained by a shared general distress factor.
These models acknowledge the role of an underlying general distress component which accounts for the communality of depression and anxiety symptoms as well as more specific sub-domains of depressive and anxious psychopathology which specify the unique components of both disorders over and above a general underlying distress factor.
Type D (distressed) personality is a propensity to general distress (i.e., the combination of negative affectivity and social inhibition) that may also contribute to cardiovascular outcomes [ 27, 28], including poor health [ 29] and decreased survival [ 30, 31] in patients with an ICD.
A total score can be calculated, as well as subtests for physical and psychological distress and a general symptom distress score.
Fibromyalgia patients scored higher than controls on anxiety (HAD-A), depression (HAD-D), general distress (GHQ-30) and neuroticism (EPQ-N).
