Minimizing subject loss in a longitudinal study of deviant behavior |
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Authors: | Judith L Navratil BA Stephanie M Green MS Rolf Loeber PhD Benjamin B Lahey PhD |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida;(2) Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O'Hara Street, 15213 Pittsburgh, PA |
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Abstract: | A number of techniques are described to prevent attrition of four different categories of subjects in a longitudinal study of deviant behavior.Difficult to schedule subjects required persistence, empathy and flexibility to ensure their continued participation.Reluctant subjects were persuaded to participate by taking special care to build rapport with that family.Subjects who initially refused were turned around by assuming that a subject's refusal one year was circumstantial, and approaching that subject the following year with personalized correspondence that emphasized the importance of their contribution to the research. Persistence was an important factor in successfully locating and recruitingtransient subjects. |
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Keywords: | attrition subject retention subject transience subject reluctance longitudinal research |
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