discussed are eleven barriers to research : patriarchal ideology , preference for studying individual and dyad instead of family systems , preference for considering adults not children , overly rigid definition of parental roles , choosing not longitudinal but one-time cross-sectional study , reasoning about linear cause and effect , focus on attitudes not overt behavior , failure to control for adequate number of variables , neglect of adequate sampling procedures , confusing correlation with causation and an overemphasis on obvious pathology .
C0027361
individual
C0008059
children