On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology

Following a relevant contribution promoted by the American Psychological Association (Hanson, 2022), prediction statistics in Clinical Psychology represent a series of practices useful to predict the effect of an independent variable on possible outcomes. The study of the relationships between var...

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Main Author: Emanuele Maria Merlo
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Language:English
Published: University of Messina 2025-04-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
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Online Access:https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/4575
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description Following a relevant contribution promoted by the American Psychological Association (Hanson, 2022), prediction statistics in Clinical Psychology represent a series of practices useful to predict the effect of an independent variable on possible outcomes. The study of the relationships between variables enables predictions and dependencies between variables. Such practices would allow for causal clinical reasoning, but this must be evaluated with rigor and knowledge of the existing limitations.
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spelling doaj-art-6647ef598bde4df38ae73a262af73e252025-08-20T02:10:42ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192025-04-0113310.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-45753911On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical PsychologyEmanuele Maria Merlo0Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, MessinaFollowing a relevant contribution promoted by the American Psychological Association (Hanson, 2022), prediction statistics in Clinical Psychology represent a series of practices useful to predict the effect of an independent variable on possible outcomes. The study of the relationships between variables enables predictions and dependencies between variables. Such practices would allow for causal clinical reasoning, but this must be evaluated with rigor and knowledge of the existing limitations.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/4575assessmentcausalityclinical psychologypredictive modelsregression analysis.
spellingShingle Emanuele Maria Merlo
On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
assessment
causality
clinical psychology
predictive models
regression analysis.
title On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
title_full On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
title_fullStr On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
title_full_unstemmed On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
title_short On the Relevance and Limitations of Predictive Models in Clinical Psychology
title_sort on the relevance and limitations of predictive models in clinical psychology
topic assessment
causality
clinical psychology
predictive models
regression analysis.
url https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/4575
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