Individuals with high fear of crime twice as likely to suffer from depression http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0709/09072801
― ken c, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:33 (seventeen years ago)
surely a cause/effect reversal here?
― darraghmac, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:36 (seventeen years ago)
oh well apparently they had taken this into account "Of course, you might expect that people who are depressed or frail might be more afraid of crime and venturing out of doors, so we have taken account of previous mental health problems and physical frailty and adjusted for those accordingly"
― ken c, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:38 (seventeen years ago)
'accordingly'
doesn't sound 'very' scientific though.
― darraghmac, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:58 (seventeen years ago)