Prospective effects of mindfulness on anxiety and depressive symptoms may be spurious: Simulated reanalysis of a meta-analytic cross-lagged panel analysis

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(5), P. e0302141 - e0302141

Published: May 13, 2024

A recent meta-analysis claimed decreasing prospective effects of acting with awareness and non-reacting, two facets dispositional mindfulness, on subsequent anxiety depressive symptoms. However, the meta-analytic cross-lagged were estimated while adjusting for a prior measurement outcome variable it is known that such adjusted may be spurious due to correlations residuals regression mean. We fitted competing models simulations same data found mindfulness symptoms probably spurious. It important researchers aware limitations effects, meta-analytically or not, in order not overinterpret findings.

Language: Английский

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Spurious prospective effects between general and domain-specific self-esteem: A reanalysis of a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(2), P. e0298158 - e0298158

Published: Feb. 13, 2024

A recent meta-analysis, of 38 studies with data from 43 independent samples (total N = 24,668), claimed evidence for positive reciprocal prospective effects, and hence both top-down bottom-up processes, between general domain-specific self-esteem. However, the meta-analytic cross-lagged effects were estimated while adjusting a prior measurement outcome variable it is known that such adjusted may be spurious due to correlations residuals regression mean. In present reanalyses, we found all spurious. Consequently, claims about increasing processes self-esteem can questioned. It important researchers aware limitations panel analyses, analyses correlational in general, order not overinterpret findings.

Language: Английский

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A systematic review of individual, social, and societal resilience factors in response to societal challenges and crises

Communications Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Oct. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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In aqua veritas: Triangulation of cross-lagged effects for improved causal inference

Published: May 14, 2024

Objective: To show which adjusted cross-lagged and concurrent effects to expect from panel models in the case of true causal increasing decreasing effects.Design: Full factorial prospective situ experimental study.Setting: The first author’s kitchen.Participants: Twenty plastic cups.Main outcome measures: Total weight (i.e. including their content) cups before after adding or removing water to/from them. Results: We found amount added have: (1) A positive effect on subsequent total when adjusting for initial weight; (2) negative (3) - difference cups. Removing filled with had opposite effects.Conclusions: same combination signs as should be expected between studied constructs all areas research, such psychology. Estimation three these effects, instead only one, allows stronger inference about causality is recommended order triangulate scrutinize findings models.

Language: Английский

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Questioning the Reciprocal Effects Model of Academic Self-Concept and Achievement: A Reanalysis of a Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies and a Simulation

SAGE Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(4)

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

A recent meta-analysis claimed to provide evidence that academic self-concept and achievement have reciprocal prospective effects on each other (reciprocal model). However, were estimated while adjusting for a prior measurement of the outcome, this method is susceptible spurious findings due correlations with residuals regression mean. Here we re-analyze meta-analytic show different plausible models can support opposing claims: either had an increasing or decreasing effect achievement, vice versa. Consequently, claims beyond positive cross-sectional correlation between including model, be questioned. The validated by analyses simulated data, which indicated true not necessary observed associations. We further propose extended skill development model (ESDM) as more parsimonious alternative model.

Language: Английский

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Meta-analytic prospective associations between self-esteem and eating disorders appear to be spurious: a reanalysis and comment on Krauss et al. (2023)

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

In a recent meta-analysis, Krauss et al. found support for reciprocal model of low self-esteem and eating disorders where, in vicious circle, makes people more vulnerable to developing disorders, turn, scars individuals' self-esteem. However, the present reanalyses same meta-analytic data, we that prospective effects between are likely spurious, meaning they do not reflect true causal effect, but rather correlations with residuals regression mean. Consequently, claims by can be challenged. To avoid statistical artifacts, recommend researchers fit, as did study, complementary models their data order evaluate if may genuinely increasing or decreasing appear spurious.

Language: Английский

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Distorted meta-analytic findings on peer influence: A reanalysis

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(11), P. e21458 - e21458

Published: Oct. 24, 2023

In a recent meta-analysis, Giletta et al. (2021) [1] found positive effect of peers' behavior at time 1 on target youths' 2 while adjusting for and claimed to have quantified peer influence. However, it is established that controlled cross-lagged effects could be due correlations with measurement errors reversion in the direction mean rather than true decreasing or increasing effects. Here, reanalysis same meta-analytic data as used by al., we influence, operationalized may been distorted (i.e. spurious). We do not claim influence does exist, but hard, maybe even possible, prove analyses observational exist. Difficulties causal common all areas research specific

Language: Английский

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Spurious prospective effects between work experiences and self-esteem: A reanalysis of a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

European Journal of Personality, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(3), P. 534 - 543

Published: Aug. 28, 2023

A recent meta-analysis found reciprocal prospective effects between self-esteem and some aspects of work experience, for example, job satisfaction, the authors concluded that their findings were consistent with a causal model, where affects, is affected by, experiences. However, estimated while adjusting prior measure outcome variable, it known such adjusted cross-lagged may be spurious due to correlation predictor residuals in initial measurement regression mean. The present reanalyses same meta-analytic data all experiences spurious. It important researchers aware limitations order not overinterpret findings.

Language: Английский

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Sources of Social Support and Trauma Recovery: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations from a Recently Trauma-Exposed Community Sample

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 284 - 284

Published: March 29, 2024

Although the association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social support is well documented, few studies have tested causal pathways explaining this at several points in acute post-trauma recovery period or examined whether varies for different sources of support. To address these gaps, 151 community individuals (mean age = 37.20 years, 69.5% women) exposed to trauma within previous 6 months were recruited complete measures PTSD from intimate partners, friends, relatives four times 1 year. In line with recent recommendations research on symptoms, random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling (RI-CLPM) was used examine dynamic changes severity over time. The pattern RI-CLPM coefficients indicated that positive deviations one’s expected stable level total (across all sources) sped up symptoms end year, more severe than based started eroding midway through assessment When specific analyzed separately, within-person increases friends any given time point accelerated across entire Among participants partners (n 53), partner did not predict but predicted less following point. Results longitudinal study provide additional bidirectional relationship suggest perceived may be especially helpful during recovery.

Language: Английский

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Triangulation does not support reported prospective effects on work engagement: Simulated reanalyses of twelve cross-lagged panel models

Published: May 17, 2024

Studies using cross-lagged panel models (CLPM) have shown prospective effects of initial scores on various predictors, e.g., job control and depressive symptoms, subsequent work engagement when adjusting for engagement. However, it is well established that may be spurious due to correlations with residuals regression the mean. Here, we reanalyzed data simulated resemble in twelve studies CLPM, suggesting increasing/decreasing Through triangulation, show all these suggested appear been rather than truly increasing/decreasing. Researchers need aware correlations, including models, do not prove causality. For improved causal inference, recommend researchers triangulate scrutinize by fitting complementary their data.

Language: Английский

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