The application of independent component analysis to discovery of a causal ordering between observed variables is studied. Path analysis is a widely-used method for causal analysis. It is of confirmatory nature and can provide statistical tests for assumed causal relations based on comparison of the implied covariance matrix with a sample covariance. However, it is based on the assumption of no...

The purpose of the study was to examine how young adults' beliefs about marriage related to past, self-reported family-of-origin variables, including parental marriage characteristics and parental support. A sample of 527 college students completed a survey about their beliefs about marriage and the nature of their family relationships while growing up. Parental variables differentially predict...

Three studies examined a model of attraction in which the cognitive evaluation of the target individual was the primary determinant of interpersonal attraction. In Study 1, the cognitive evaluation of the target individual mediated the influence of attitude similarity on interpersonal attraction. In Study 2, a path analysis revealed significant indirect effects of (a) similarity on cognitive ev...

This paper uses a mixed-methods approach to examine the relation between online academic disclosure and academic performance. A multi-ethnic sample of college students (N = 261; male = 66; female = 195; M age 22 years) responded to open-ended questions about their Facebook use. Thematic analysis revealed that over 14% of the Facebook wall posts/status updates (N = 714) contained academic themes...