TY - JOUR
T1 - Schizotypy
T2 - Looking back and moving forward
AU - Kwapil, Thomas R.
AU - Barrantes-Vidal, Neus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - schizophrenia/schizotypal/psychosisproneness
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U2 - 10.1093/schbul/sbu186
DO - 10.1093/schbul/sbu186
M3 - Article
C2 - 25548387
AN - SCOPUS:84926628268
SN - 0586-7614
VL - 41
SP - S366-S373
JO - Schizophrenia Bulletin
JF - Schizophrenia Bulletin
ER -