Jeffrey C. Valentine's research while affiliated with University of Louisville and other places

Publications (2)

Article
In this paper, we show how the methods of systematic reviewing and meta-analysis can be used in conjunction with structural equation modeling to summarize the results of studies in a way that will facilitate the theory development and testing needed to advance prevention science. We begin with a high-level overview of the considerations that resear...

Citations

... For example, Shen et al. (2021; in this issue) use MASEM to test different theories about the associations between hot and cool executive functions as they relate to children's injury risk. MASEM can also be useful for addressing questions about mediation and mechanisms of action (Bergh et al., 2016), as exemplified by Valentine et al.'s (2021; in this issue) use of MASEM to evaluate whether and how dysfunctional attitudes might have an indirect effect on depression via automatic thoughts. Another useful tool for examining questions of mediation are sequential Bayesian data synthesis (SBDS) approaches; Wurpts et al. (2021; in this issue) demonstrate the flexibility of SBDS for synthesizing evidence about mediation effects and provide users with an easy to use SAS macro. ...