在神经发育婴儿研究中过度接触因果关系语言:方法论文献综述
Maria J Pighini1, Martin Guhn2, Bruno D Zumbo1
1Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, Canada.
Early human development
|May 31, 2023
概括
许多关于婴儿神经发育结果的研究使用因果语言,尽管没有因果设计. 这可能会误导对出生风险因素和发育轨迹的解释.
科学领域:
- 儿科研究的研究.
- 发育神经科学的发展神经科学.
- 方法论审查 方法论审查
背景情况:
- 进行了对78篇关于风险婴儿神经发育结果的经验性文章的综述.
- 研究期间 (1994年至2005年) 与神经发育研究和医疗干预的重大进展相吻合.
研究的目的:
- 分析神经发育研究中用于描述方法,结果和结论的语言.
- 在结果部分调查研究设计与因果语言之间的一致性.
- 为了识别在传达出生风险和结果之间的因果关系的潜在含糊性.
主要方法:
- 使用谷歌学者进行了系统的文献搜索,遵守PRISMA指南.
- 专注于危险婴儿神经发育结果的研究被选择并按设计分类.
- 语言分析检查了与研究设计有关的因果关系暗示术语的使用情况.
主要成果:
- 超过一半 (51.28%) 的审查研究使用了暗示因果关系的语言 (例如",效应"",预测").
- 这种因果语言经常被使用,尽管没有因果研究设计.
- 研究方法与报告结果所使用的语言之间存在重大差异.
结论:
- 一项拟议的框架旨在提高对神经发育研究中语言使用的认识.
- 该框架解决了纵向研究中因果关系术语的影响.
- 目标是减少研究人员,从业者和家庭关于因果关系的模两可.
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