The present study used meta-analytic techniques (number of samples= 92) to determine the
patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course. Results showed …

Evidence suggests that adverse experiences in childhood are associated with psychosis. To
examine the association between childhood adversity and trauma (sexual abuse, physical …

The current systematic review and meta-analysis provides an extended and comprehensive
overview of the associations between neurocognitive and social cognitive functioning and …

The presence of outliers and influential cases may affect the validity and robustness of the
conclusions from a meta‐analysis. While researchers generally agree that it is necessary to …

The meta-analytic random effects model assumes that the variability in effect size estimates
drawn from a set of studies can be decomposed into two parts: heterogeneity due to random …

Meta‐analyses are typically used to estimate the overall/mean of an outcome of interest.
However, inference about between‐study variability, which is typically modelled using a …

About 17% of humanity goes through an episode of major depression at some point in their
lifetime. Despite the enormous societal costs of this incapacitating disorder, it is largely …

In the mental health field, there is a growing awareness that the study of psychiatric
symptoms in the context of everyday life, using experience sampling methodology (ESM) …

Studies combined in a meta‐analysis often have differences in their design and conduct that
can lead to heterogeneous results. A random‐effects model accounts for these differences in …

One of the goals of a pilot study is to identify unforeseen problems, such as ambiguous
inclusion or exclusion criteria or misinterpretations of questionnaire items. Although sample …