Kwapil Thomas R, Barrantes-Vidal Neus
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC;
Schizophr Bull. 2015 Mar;41 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S366-73. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbu186. Epub 2014 Dec 29.
This article introduces and reviews the history of the construct of schizotypy for the special section appearing in the journal. Schizotypy offers a useful construct for understanding the etiology, development, and expression of schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology and a unifying construct for linking a broad continuum of clinical and subclinical manifestations. The article reviews the descriptive psychopathology roots of schizotypy, Meehl and Claridge's classical formulations of the construct (including the debate about dimensional vs taxonic structure), and the need for a comprehensive, multidimensional model of schizotypy. The article briefly reviews the wide empirical literature supporting schizotypy and also examines several criticisms and misconceptions about the construct and research methods used to assess it. Finally, the article offers several suggested goals for future schizotypy research.
本文为该期刊特刊介绍并回顾了分裂型特质这一概念的历史。分裂型特质为理解精神分裂症谱系精神病理学的病因、发展及表现提供了一个有用的概念,也是连接广泛的临床和亚临床症状连续体的统一概念。本文回顾了分裂型特质的描述性精神病理学根源、米希尔和克拉里奇对该概念的经典阐述(包括关于维度结构与分类结构的争论),以及构建一个全面的、多维度分裂型特质模型的必要性。本文简要回顾了支持分裂型特质的大量实证文献,还审视了对该概念及用于评估它的研究方法的一些批评和误解。最后,本文提出了未来分裂型特质研究的几个建议目标。