Merlijn Olthof, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Eiko I Fried
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Summarizing specific psychopathology symptoms into higher order factors has a long tradition in mental health science. More recently, the general psychopathology factor (p factor) has gained much interest and currently reflects the highest level of the psychopathology hierarchy. The p factor is modeled from covariance of transdiagnostic psychopathology symptoms. Because such covariance is robust (persons who score higher on symptom X compared to others also tend to score higher on symptom Y), there have been many factor-analytic studies that claim the discovery of-and/or empirical support for-a general psychopathology factor. The reification of the p factor has put person-internal common causes of psychopathology high on the research agenda, while person-external common causes are overlooked. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
将特定的精神病理学症状归纳为高阶因子在精神健康科学中有着悠久的传统。最近，一般精神病理学因子（p 因子）备受关注，它目前反映了精神病理学层次结构的最高水平。p 因子是根据跨诊断精神病理学症状的协方差建模的。由于这种协方差是稳健的（与其他人相比，在症状 X 上得分较高的人在症状 Y 上的得分也往往较高），因此有许多因子分析研究声称发现了--或实证支持了--一般精神病理学因子。对 p 因子的重新定义将导致精神病理学的个人内部共同原因置于研究议程的重要位置，而个人外部共同原因则被忽视。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved）。
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