In reading the original research at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122597249/PDFSTART it does appear the authors jump too easily from predictive to causal, and even more so in the lead author's conversation in the media. To what degree does the longitudinal, cross-lagged path model they used allow them to do that? Jon =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [email protected] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu
>>> Paul Brandon <[email protected]> 9/15/2009 2:42 PM >>> The usual-- It was a retrospective verbal report study, they didn't assign toddlers randomly to spanked/nonspanked groups etc etc. They could just as well concluded that more aggressive toddlers are more likely to be spanked. On Sep 15, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Christopher D. Green wrote: Apropos of the earlier debate on spanking here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090915/hl_hsn/earlyspankingsmakeforaggressivetoddlersstudyshows Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
