Strauss Milton E, Smith Gregory T
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA.
Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2009;5:1-25. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153639.
Measures of psychological constructs are validated by testing whether they relate to measures of other constructs as specified by theory. Each test of relations between measures reflects on the validity of both the measures and the theory driving the test. Construct validation concerns the simultaneous process of measure and theory validation. In this article, we review the recent history of validation efforts in clinical psychological science that has led to this perspective, and we review the following recent advances in validation theory and methodology of importance for clinical researchers. These are: the emergence of nonjustificationist philosophy of science; an increasing appreciation for theory and the need for informative tests of construct validity; valid construct representation in experimental psychopathology; the need to avoid representing multidimensional constructs with a single score; and the emergence of effective new statistical tools for the evaluation of convergent and discriminant validity.
心理构念的测量方法通过检验它们是否与理论所规定的其他构念的测量方法相关来进行验证。测量方法之间关系的每一次检验都反映了测量方法和驱动该检验的理论的有效性。构念验证涉及测量和理论验证的同步过程。在本文中，我们回顾了临床心理科学中验证工作的近期历史，这些历史导致了这种观点，并且我们回顾了对临床研究人员来说重要的验证理论和方法的以下近期进展。这些进展包括：非辩护主义科学哲学的出现；对理论的日益重视以及对构念效度进行信息丰富的检验的必要性；实验精神病理学中有效的构念表征；避免用单一分数来表征多维构念的必要性；以及用于评估聚合效度和区分效度的有效新统计工具的出现。
