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Breakfast Habits among Schoolchildren in the City of Uruguaiana, Brazil
Published on: July 29, 2020
Jolanda Jetten1, Hema Preya Selvanathan1, Charlie R Crimston1
1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072 QLD, Australia. j.jetten@psy.uq.edu.au; https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/2317/jolanda-jetten; h.selvanathan@uq.edu.au; https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/7410/hema-preya-selvanathan; c.crimston@uq.edu.au; https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/2698/charlie-crimston; s.bentley@uq.edu.au; https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/2536/sarah-bentley; a.haslam@uq.edu.au; https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/3181/alex-haslam.
Abstract:
Cesario's analysis has three key flaws. First, the focus on whether an effect is "real" (an "effects flaw") overlooks the importance of theory testing. Second, obsession with effects (a "fetishization flaw") sidelines theoretically informed questions about when and why an effect may arise. Third, failure to take stock of cultural and historical context (a "decontextualization flaw") strips findings of meaning.
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