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).

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p 因子的明确化将注意力从精神病理学的外部原因上转移开。


将特定的精神病理学症状总结为高阶因素在心理健康科学中有着悠久的传统。最近，一般精神病理学因素 （p 因子） 引起了人们的广泛兴趣，目前反映了精神病理学层次结构的最高级别。p 因子是根据跨诊断精神病理学症状的协方差建模的。因为这种协方差是稳健的（与其他人相比，在症状 X 上得分较高的人也往往在症状 Y 上得分更高），因此有许多因素分析研究声称发现了一般精神病理学因素和/或经验支持。p 因子的明确化使精神病理学的个体内部共同原因成为研究议程的重中之重，而个体与外部的共同原因则被忽视了。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。