Fig. 1
From: Silence and related symptoms in children and adolescents: a network approach to selective mutism
Symptom network of 8 symptoms related to selective mutism for the total sample (N = 899), Different colors of nodes represent different communities. Nodes represent symptoms and edges represent connections between symptoms (the thickness of the edges represents the connection strength). Included symptoms are: M1 = silence; M2 = reduced speech; M3 = incapacity of nonverbal communication; M4 = motor inhibition; M7 = avoidance of eye-contact; M8 = suppression of noises; M9 = avoidance of verbal situations; M10 = selectivity of speaking behavior