Attrition in Longitudinal Studies Using Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Attrition in Longitudinal Studies Using Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis

Creator

  • Author: Rhodes, Anthony Ryan
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Hayslip, Bert
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Kelly, Kimberly S.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Ingman, Stanley R.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2005-12
  • Digitized: 2008-02-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Longitudinal methods have become an improved and essential means of measuring intra-individual change over time. Yet one of the greatest and most hazardous drawbacks studying participants over multiple sessions can be the loss of participants over time. This study attempts to illuminate the problem of attrition in longitudinal research by estimating the mean effect sizes for participant loss across 57 studies published in 13 prestigious journals which regularly use older participants. Results estimate overall attrition to be around 34% of the original sample. The subsequent break down of attrition into its subtypes yield mean effect sizes for attrition due to Refusal (8%), Loss of contact (10%), Illness (6%), and Death (14%) in studies sampling from adults 50 years or older. Analyses were then conducted via meta-analytic one-way ANOVA and weighted regression to identify possible moderators of overall attrition and their four subtypes.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Older people -- Longitudinal studies.
  • Keyword: attrition
  • Keyword: longitudinal
  • Keyword: older adults
  • Keyword: meta-analysis
  • Keyword: elderly
  • Keyword: refusal
  • Keyword: aged

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Rhodes, Anthony Ryan
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 69245476
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc4938

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: Experimental Psychology
  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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