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Kimmo Sorjonen¹, Bo Melin¹, Marika Melin¹

¹Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Summary

The study questions previous findings on a negative feedback loop between internalizing problems and aggression. Alternative models suggest these effects may be spurious, highlighting the need for caution with observational data.

Keywords:

Aggression Cross-lagged panel network (CLPN) models Internalizing problems Spurious prospective effects Statistical scrutiny

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Psychology
Psychiatry
Behavioral Science

Background:

Previous research suggested a negative feedback loop between internalizing problems and aggression using cross-lagged panel network (CLPN) models.
The CLPN model, similar to traditional cross-lagged panel models (CLPM), is known to be susceptible to spurious findings.

Purpose of the Study:

To re-evaluate the relationship between internalizing problems and aggression by testing the robustness of findings from CLPN models.
To investigate whether the previously reported negative feedback loop is a reliable association or a statistical artifact.

Main Methods:

Analysis of simulated data designed to mimic the dataset used by Wei et al.
Fitting alternative statistical models to assess prospective effects between internalizing problem symptoms and aggression.
Meta-analytic aggregation of discrepant effects derived from various models.

Main Results:

Alternative models produced discrepant prospective effects (both positive and negative) between internalizing problems and aggression.
Meta-analytic aggregation of these effects did not significantly deviate from zero.
The findings suggest that the negative feedback loop reported by Wei et al. may not be a genuine association.

Conclusions:

The previously concluded negative feedback loop between internalizing problems and aggression may be spurious.
Researchers should exercise caution when interpreting cross-lagged effects from observational data due to potential spuriousness.
Scrutinizing findings by fitting alternative models and comparing results is recommended to avoid overinterpretation.