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.
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7123, USA. mes3@po.cwru.edu
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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