将心理障碍机制重新构想为特质

Dimensional models of psychopathology describe the kinds of mental health problems people can have without explaining what maintains those problems. Explanation requires understanding mechanisms. Yet, this knowledge has been slow to accumulate due to lacking a framework to organize, measure, and compare mechanisms. I propose a path forward by recasting mechanisms as dimensional traits––individual differences in how people select, perceive, react to, and shape everyday situations. A trait framework turns psychopathology mechanisms into constructs in their own right that can be taxonomized, meas