Strauss M E
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7123, USA.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2001 Feb;110(1):4-5. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.110.1.4.
A long-standing problem in psychopathology research is establishing that patterns of differences between groups reflects differences of underlying constructs and not artifacts of research design, measurement, or analysis. This introduction provides a context for 4 articles that consider several controversial issues regarding this problem and presents a précis. Although these articles focus on schizophrenia, it is noted how the issues are of more general relevance to psychopathology researchers.
精神病理学研究中一个长期存在的问题是，确定群体间差异模式反映的是潜在结构的差异，而非研究设计、测量或分析的人为因素。本引言为4篇文章提供了背景，这些文章探讨了与该问题相关的几个有争议的问题，并给出了内容提要。尽管这些文章聚焦于精神分裂症，但也指出了这些问题对精神病理学研究人员具有更广泛的相关性。
