Schizotypy: looking back and moving forward
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Kwapil TR
; Barrantes-Vidal N
Schizophr Bull
2015[Mar]; 41 Suppl 2
(Suppl 2
): S366-73
PMID25548387
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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.
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