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 …

Positive parenting and early childhood cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

H Prime, K Andrews, A Markwell, A Gonzalez… - Clinical child and family …, 2023 - Springer
This review examines the effectiveness of positive parenting interventions aimed at
improving sensitivity, responsiveness, and/or non-harsh discipline on children's early …

Avoiding overadjustment bias in social epidemiology through appropriate covariate selection: a primer

A van Zwieten, PWG Tennant, M Kelly-Irving… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obtaining accurate estimates of the causal effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) on
health is important for public health interventions. To do this, researchers must identify and …

Ocular symptoms in adolescents and young adults with electronic cigarette, cigarette, and dual use

AX Nguyen, SM Gaiha, S Chung… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite increasing use of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and
related health effects among youth, few studies have reported their effects on eyes …

Can large language models build causal graphs?

S Long, T Schuster, A Piché - ar** review
A van Zwieten, J Dai, FM Blyth, G Wong… - International Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Overadjustment bias occurs when researchers adjust for an explanatory
variable on the causal pathway from exposure to outcome, which leads to biased estimates …

Establishing causal inferences from experimental and observational data: A critical review and primer for sport and exercise psychology.

GR Ruissen - Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Causal inference is a central goal of research in sport and exercise psychology. However,
current norms in sport and exercise psychology privilege experimental designs over …

Distinguishing description, prediction, and causal inference: a primer on improving congruence between research questions and methods

C Ito, L Al-Hassany, T Kurth, T Glatz - Neurology, 2025 - neurology.org
This primer introduces the domains into which the aims of quantitative health research
generally fall and provides tools to improve the methodological quality of observational …

Use of stacked proportional bar graphs (“Grotta bars”) in observational neurology research: a meta-research study

MR Forrest, TL Weissgerber, ES Lieske… - Neurology, 2025 - neurology.org
Background and Objectives Stacked proportional bar graphs (nicknamed “Grotta bars”) are
commonly used to visualize functional outcome scales in stroke research and are also used …

Robustness of reported postacute health outcomes in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review

J Hirt, P Janiaud, VL Gloy, S Schandelmaier… - Archives of Disease in …, 2023 - adc.bmj.com
Objective To systematically assess the robustness of reported postacute SARS-CoV-2
infection health outcomes in children. Methods A search on PubMed and Web of Science …