Sentences with phrase «inferences of a causal relationship»

It is important to highlight that an inference of a causal relationship between parental relationship dissolution and child maladjustment has been strongly debated, particularly because it has been difficult to investigate the association while controlling for variables that may be causes of parental dissolution as well as child maladjustment (Amato [2010]-RRB-.

Inferences of a causal relationship between parental relationship dissolution and child maladjustment have been strongly debated, and one important reason for this is the difficult task of investigating the association while controlling for variables that may be causes of parental dissolution as well as child maladjustment (Amato [2010]-RRB-.

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It is also important to remember that, although longitudinal studies (by showing evidence of temporal order) are far more powerful than cross-sectional ones in the search for possible causal relationships, they still do not permit any strong causal inferences.