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Addicted to constructs: science in reverse?
Author(s) -
Larsen Kai R.,
Voronovich Zoya A.,
Cook Paul F.,
Pedro Leli W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/add.12227
Subject(s) - clarity , construct (python library) , polysemy , psychology , addiction , behavioural sciences , term (time) , data science , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychotherapist , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Advancement in science requires clarity of constructs.Like other fields in behavioral science, addiction research is being held back by researchers' use of different terms to mean similar things (synonymy) and the same term to mean different things (polysemy). Journals can help researchers to stay focused on novel and significant research questions by challenging new terms introduced without adequate justification and requiring authors to be parsimonious in their use of terms. To support construct lucidity, new modes of thinking about research integration are needed to keep up with the aggregate of relevant research.