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Testing hypotheses on specific environmental causal effects on behavior.

M Rutter1, A Pickles, R Murray

  • 1Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, London, England. j.wickham@iop.kel.ac.uk

Psychological Bulletin
|June 8, 2001
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Investigating environmental influences on psychological functioning requires rigorous methods. This study explores research designs to test environmental risk hypotheses for psychopathology, emphasizing combined strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Critiques challenge the impact of environmental influences on psychological functioning.
  • Methodological challenges in studying environmental effects on mental health are significant.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address critiques by examining methodological challenges in environmental influence research.
  • To discuss research designs for testing environmental risk mechanisms in psychopathology.

Main Methods:

  • Review of methodological critiques and causal inference principles.
  • Discussion of research designs including adoption, twin, natural experiment, migration, secular change, and intervention studies.
  • Emphasis on sample selection, longitudinal data, and hypothesis testing.

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Main Results:

  • Environmental risk hypotheses for psychopathology can be empirically tested.
  • Specific research designs are suitable for investigating environmental risk factors.
  • The need for samples that disentangle correlated variables is highlighted.

Conclusions:

  • Testing environmental risk hypotheses for psychopathology is feasible.
  • A combination of diverse research strategies is often necessary for robust findings.
  • Careful consideration of assumptions and sample characteristics is crucial.