Causal inference on human behaviour

DH Bailey, AJ Jung, AM Beltz, MI Eronen… - Nature human …, 2024 - nature.com
Making causal inferences regarding human behaviour is difficult given the complex interplay
between countless contributors to behaviour, including factors in the external world and our …

Control variable use and reporting in macro and micro management research

G Atinc, MJ Simmering, MJ Kroll - Organizational Research …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores the use of control variables in management research, as reflected in
both macro and micro management studies published in four leading management journals …

Have we controlled properly? Problems with and recommendations for the use of control variables in information systems research

WL Shiau, PYK Chau, JB Thatcher, CI Teng… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Statistical controls can ensure accurate estimates of causal effects in the evaluation of
alternative explanations. However, the research method literature has raised concerns …

Why the cross-lagged panel model is almost never the right choice

RE Lucas - Advances in Methods and Practices in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) is a widely used technique for examining reciprocal
causal effects using longitudinal data. Critics of the CLPM have noted that by failing to …

Sibling constructs: What are they, why do they matter, and how should you handle them?

KM Lawson, RW Robins - Personality and Social …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers often study constructs that are conceptually and/or empirically related, but
distinct (ie,“sibling constructs”). In social-personality psychology, as well as psychology more …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide for researchers and reviewers using the ABCD Study and other large longitudinal datasets

NM Saragosa-Harris, N Chaku, N MacSweeney… - Developmental cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the largest longitudinal study of adolescent brain development and behavior to date, the
Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study® has provided immense …

Individual differences in changes in subjective well-being: The role of event characteristics after negative life events.

P Haehner, S Kritzler, M Luhmann - Journal of Personality and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Negative life events can lead to lasting changes in subjective well-being (SWB). However,
people change differently in their SWB after negative life events, and our understanding of …

The end game: respecting major sources of population diversity

J Kopal, LQ Uddin, D Bzdok - Nature Methods, 2023 - nature.com
Human neuroscience is enjoying burgeoning population data resources: large-scale cohorts
with thousands of participant profiles of gene expression, brain scanning and …

To omit or to include? Integrating the frugal and prolific perspectives on control variable use

F Mändli, M Rönkkö - Organizational Research Methods, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the recent years, two perspectives on control variable use have emerged in
management research: the first originates largely from within the management discipline …

The causal cookbook: Recipes for propensity scores, g-computation, and doubly robust standardization

A Chatton, JM Rohrer - Advances in Methods and Practices …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent developments in the causal-inference literature have renewed psychologists' interest
in how to improve causal conclusions based on observational data. A lot of the recent writing …