Deconstructing, Reconstructing, Preserving Paul E. Meehl's Legacy of Construct Validity

Autor/inn/en	Maher, Brendan A.; Gottesman, Irving I.
Titel	Deconstructing, Reconstructing, Preserving Paul E. Meehl's Legacy of Construct Validity
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 17 (2005) 4, S.415-422 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
Schlagwörter	Construct Validity; Influences; Behavior; Theories; Measurement Techniques; Psychoanalysis; Behavioral Science Research; Attribution Theory; Definitions; Evaluation Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Theory; Theorie; Messtechnik; Psychoanalyse; Begriffsbestimmung; Evaluationsforschung
Abstract	The question of the status of cause-and-effect explanations of human behavior that posit physically existing causative factors and those that, on the other hand, posit hypothetical entities in the form of "useful fictions" has a long history. The influence of the works of Jeremy Bentham and Hans Vaihinger, as well as the later influence of Francis Galton, is described. Issues of the validity of hypothetical constructs and related problems of measurement and definition as found in psychoanalytic theory construction and in trait theory are examined. The significant and continuing interest generated by the landmark studies of K. MacCorquodale and P. E. Meehl (1948) and L. J. Cronbach and P. E. Meehl (1955) as well as the central importance of P. E. Meehl's thinking are described. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10