Methodology for identifying specific psychological deficits: introduction to the special section.
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.
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Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7123, USA. mes3@po.cwru.edu
D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000379:methods*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology