Given the cross-sectional design of this study, we are also not able to assess causality
among the study variables.
Analyses also revealed no gender differences
among the study variables in the structural model.
Pearson correlations were used to examine the association
among the study variables and hierarchical regression analyses were used to predict body satisfaction at age 16.
With regard to the validity of the measures, substantiation of criterion validity was obtained by examining the correlations
among study variables (Table III).
Pearson correlations were used to examine the associations
among the study variables for the total sample and by the sex of the adolescents.
Table 1 shows descriptive statistics and correlations
among all study variables.
First, we calculated correlations
among the study variables and among the family member reports of relationship quality.
Two - tailed Pearson correlations were computed
among study variables.
We used multivariate linear regression with TV - viewing time (in minutes) as the dependent variable to control for confounding and explore possible interactions
among study variables.
The explanations we offer about the associations
among studied variables are based on cross-sectional data, and longitudinal data are necessary to empirically test the processes involved.
Not exact matches
To date, results from several longitudinal
studies indicate that e-cigarette use
among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of
studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral
variables such as cigarette susceptibility.
But without multiple mutually corroborating & very rigorous population
studies to determine strong associations
among different
variables, one can't speak confidently on what causes what — and this in a discipline, psychology, already fraught with poorly designed and low - statistical - rigor
studies.
We compared socio - demographic and pregnancy - related characteristics
among the three
study groups using chi - square tests for categorical
variables, analysis of variance (ANOVA) for normally distributed continuous
variables and the nonparametric Kruskal - Wallis test for continuous
variables that were not normally distributed.
This
study was designed to examine the effect of human milk feedings on the incidence of infection and sepsis / meningitis
among hospitalized, VLBW infants controlling for potential confounding
variables.
Previous research from the UK and Canada has identified a lower risk of PPH
among planned home births than
among planned hospital births [4, 11], but the UK
study did not attempt to control for confounding
variables.
Subsequent prospective
studies yielded similar results, whether they controlled for parental age, child age, race and family structure; 12 poverty, child age, emotional support, cognitive stimulation, sex, race and the interactions
among these
variables; 13 or other factors.14 — 17 These
studies provide the strongest evidence available that physical punishment is a risk factor for child aggression and antisocial behaviour.
In total, after adjusting for
variables, 73 proteins were found to differ
among the four groups
studied.
For the
study, Levy and a team of 10 investigators looked at such
variables as harm from e-cigarettes, and amount of youth uptake, and the rate of cessation
among others.
«In our
study, we observed a widely
variable bleaching and mortality response
among corals,» Marcelino said.
In other words, could regions that are
variable among closely allied species be useful in intraspecific
studies?»
Professor Elaine Dennison, Professor of Musculoskeletal Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology within Medicine at the University of Southampton, noted: «
Among the challenges in carrying out this
study was the great heterogeneity in the RCTs, including in the exercise protocols and in the dosage of supplementation, all of which contributes to the
variable findings between
studies.
In the
study published in the journal American Naturalist, researchers developed a model based on food web interactions
among plants, grasshoppers, and spiders exposed to multiple changing climate
variables.
Ultimately, this will provide for current and future
studies such as those that evaluate the correlation of biological markers with clinical
variables and cancer outcomes, as well as those that identify interactions
among biological markers.
Distribution of demographic
variables by CFS case - control status
among persons from the combined Wichita and Georgia case - control population - based
studies.
To examine variation in fecal
variables, especially butyrate,
among individuals and the response to these fibers, a randomized cross-over
study was conducted that compared the effects of foods supplying 25 g of NSP or 25 g of NSP plus 22 g of RS / d over 4 wk in 46 healthy adults (16 males, 30 females; age 31 — 66 y).
Variable results
among these
studies could be due to factors such as differences in dietary composition, degree of energy deficit, compliance with the prescribed dietary regimens, and extract preparation / composition.
Table 1.1.3 reports correlations
among measures of all
variables in the
study.
In the chapter, with this perceptual barrier in mind, I assess the financial resources of the longstanding coalitions working for or against policy action, careful to situate spending in the first paragraphs of the chapter as one
variable among many influencing legislative outcomes (se discussion of past
study by Baumgartner et al..)
The climate and mankind's connection to it are
among the most complex topics scientists have ever
studied, with a seemingly endless number of
variables to consider over an incredibly long timespan.
Among the countries where wind and solar power account for at least 5 percent of total electricity generated in 2014, more than 80 percent have completed a grid integration
study to understand how to integrate
variable renewable energy.
Both
studies were descriptive because their goal was to identify certain features of the writing rather than examine the relationship
among variables.
Among the limits of the present
study, it is possible to point out the necessity: 1) to replicate this investigation with a large number of Italian healthy adolescents for the representativeness of the sample; 2) to adopt the double analysis both for positive and negative affect, considering that literature review seems to indicate these two aspects as separate but equally important
variables; and, finally, 3) to carry out a longitudinal
study, from early adolescence to young adulthood, in order to emphasize the change in these aspects of youth development.
Coyne discusses the limits of self reported distress
among college students as an analogue for clinical depression.5 Secondly, participants in analogue
studies differ from clinical populations in important sociodemographic
variables such as age, social class, and educational level.
Project EAT - II is a longitudinal, follow - up
study of Project EAT - I, which explored the socioenvironmental, personal, and behavioral determinants of dietary intake and weight - related
variables among an ethnically diverse adolescent population.
The main purpose of the present
study was to calculate percentile curves for total sleep duration per 24 hours, for nighttime and for daytime sleep duration from early infancy to late adolescence to illustrate the developmental course and age - specific variability of these
variables among subjects.
For example, some have found significant differences between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for personality traits such as depression and antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others have found higher rates of problems
among children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured
variables that, in principle, should include parents» personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few
studies have found that the link between parental divorce and children's problems is similar for adopted and biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another
study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.
As demonstrated in a recent investigation of resilience
among former foster youth), 28 empirical research may also benefit from person - oriented approaches, which begin with the experiences of individuals, as a complement to knowledge afforded by
variable - oriented perspectives, which focus on mean differences across groups of individuals.1 By
studying individuals in context, we are beginning to understand the complexity of resilience as a developmental construction over time and in the context of lived experience.
Family Influences on Female Offenders» Substance Use: The Role of Adverse Childhood Events
Among Incarcerated Women Bowles, Dehart, & Reid Webb (2012) Journal of Family Violence, 27 (7) View Abstract Describes a
study that sought to find a possible intervening
variable in the victimization - crime relationship in incarcerated women.
Characteristics of Child Abuse in Immigrant Korean Families and Correlates of Placement Decisions Chang, Rhee, & Weaver Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (8), 2006 View Abstract This
study examined the characteristics and patterns of child abuse
among immigrant Korean families in Los Angeles and critical
variables that contribute to the type of placement made by the child protective services system.
A
Study on the Relationship between Well - Being and Turnover Intentions
among Rural School Teachers: School Organizational Climate as a Moderating
Variable
Emerson et al. [38 • •], for example, conducted a secondary analysis of the Millennium Cohort
Study in the UK and found that after matching on socioeconomic
variables, probable psychiatric disorder was no more likely to be found
among fathers of children with early cognitive delay, and the strength of this association for mothers was substantially diminished.
Previous
studies in India have found that family level
variables do influence the premarital relationship
among youth (Alexander et al., 2007) although they did not focus on the type of family.
Third, because this
study is a cross-sectional
study, the results do not persuasively support causality
among variables.
Across the two time periods, we included cross-lag paths
among all seven key
study variables, autoregressive paths (i.e., within each
variable), and concurrent associations
among all
variables within each wave.
Using Baron & Kenny (1986)'s mediating analysis and Sobel test, the
study found that parenting stress has positive relationship with depression
among mothers in low - income families, while self - efficacy plays a partially mediating role between the two
variables.
In this
study three different pathways
among these
variables were assessed simultaneously: (1) cognitive vulnerabilities and stressors as predictors of depressive symptoms (vulnerability model), (2) depressive symptoms and cognitive vulnerabilities as predictors of stressors (stress generation model), and (3) depressive symptoms and stressors as predictors of cognitive vulnerabilities (consequence model).
We chose to employ one - tailed correlations due to the small sample size of this preliminary
study, as well as the directional assumptions regarding the correlation (i.e., positive versus negative)
among the assessed
variables.
Significant paths
among the seven key
study variables for both models (count - based and means - based) are depicted in Figs 1 and 2 (see S2 and S3 Tables for full results
among key
variables).
Means, Standard Deviations (SD), and Correlations
Among Primary
Study Variables Across the Full Sample
Thus, the purpose of this
study was to more fully explore the relations
among family
variables (i.e., parental guidance and control, parental warmth and caring, criticism and negativity, no responsibility for diabetes regimen), adherence, and metabolic control.