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. 2020 Apr 16;15:21. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-00983-3

Table 8.

Kazdin criteria

Association Specificity Consistency Manipulation Timeline Gradient Plausibility Total
Qualitative
Bardosh et al. 2017 [16] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Brewster et al. 2015 [17] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Carrera and Lambooij 2015 [18] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Frykman et al. 2014 [19] 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Wiener-Ogilvie et al. 2008 [20] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Quantitative—randomized
Atkins et al. 2008 [21] 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
Baer et al. 2009 [22] 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
Bonetti et al. 2005 [23] 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Garner et al. 2011 [24] 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
Glisson et al. 2010 [25] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Holth et al. 2011 [26] 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
Lee et al. 2018 [27] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lochman et al. 2009 [28] 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rapkin et al. 2017 [29] 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
Rohrbach et al. 1993 [30] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Seys et al. 2018 [31] 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
Williams et al. 2014 [32] 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
Williams et al. 2017 [33] 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Quantitative—non-randomized
Aarons et al. 2009 [34] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Becker et al. 2016 [35] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Beenstock et al. 2012 [36] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Beets et al. 2008 [37] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Bonetti et al. 2009 [38] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Chou et al. 2011 [39] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Cummings et al., 2017 [40] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
David and Schiff 2017 [41] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Edmunds et al. 2014 [42] 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Gnich et al. 2018 [43] 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
Guerrero et al. 2018 [44] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Huis et al. 2013 [45] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Little et al. 2015 [46] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Llasus et al. 2014 [47] 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Nelson and Steele 2007 [48] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Potthoff et al. 2017 [49] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Presseau et al. 2016 [50] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Simmonds et al. 2012 [51] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Stockdale et al. 2018 [52] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Wanless et al. 2015 [53] 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Mixed methods
Armson et al. 2018 [54] 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Birken et al. 2015 [55] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kauth et al. 2010 [56] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Lukas et al. 2009 [57] 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Panzano et al. 2012 [58] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rangachari et al. 2015 [59] 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Shrubsole et al. 2018 [60] 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3

Studies that only tested mediation relationships are not included in this table