自我组织映射在心理研究中的实用指南

Identifying shared and distinct profiles, whether of symptoms, personality traits, or cognitive abilities, is essential for understanding psychological phenomena, yet doing so requires navigating interrelated theoretical, conceptual, and technical complexities. First, most psychological phenomena typically exist along continuous spectra rather than discrete categories, complicating the characterisation of inherently heterogeneous constructs. Second, studying individual differences requires balancing population-level generalisation with person-level interpretability, which is critical for