Robins Lee N, Schoenberg Sandra P, Holmes Sandra J, Ratcliff Kathryn S, Benham Alexandra, Works Jane
Washington University School of Medicine.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1985 Jan;55(1):27-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03419.x.
Case control studies are a reasonably rapid and inexpensive method of developing causal hypotheses concerning the role of early environment on the development of psychiatric pathology. The current study tested an interview designed to assess early home environment on a group of patients with alcoholism or depression, on a control group free of psychiatric disorder, and on close-in-age siblings in each group. Findings demonstrated substantial agreement, suggesting that interviews requiring recall of childhood environment may be reasonably valid; patient status did not appear to influence agreement or, presumably, validity.
病例对照研究是一种相对快速且廉价的方法，用于提出关于早期环境在精神病理学发展中作用的因果假设。本研究对一组酗酒或患有抑郁症的患者、一组无精神疾病的对照组以及每组中年龄相近的兄弟姐妹进行了一项旨在评估早期家庭环境的访谈测试。研究结果显示出高度一致性，这表明需要回忆童年环境的访谈可能具有相当的效度；患者状态似乎并未影响一致性，或者说，并未影响效度。
