Of course, even though it is not certain if attachment style developed before the individual relationship status, these variables were
treated as predictors.
Not exact matches
Presence of FMc was
treated as a binary outcome in logistic regression models, with age at diagnosis and various disease characteristics
as the
predictors.
In his book, Campbell states that he and his research team «found that one of the strongest
predictors of Western diseases was blood cholesterol,» 17 and proceeds to
treat cholesterol
as a proxy for animal food consumption.
That is why
treating them
as just a tool rather than
as predictors of a possible future is absurd.
The grouping variable is
treated just like any other dyad - level variable and can be used
as an outcome,
predictor, mediator, or moderator.
However, family functioning may be
treated not
as a
predictor but
as a measure of family adjustment.