However,
the longitudinal research design reduces the chance that the information provided by mothers about child outcomes was contaminated by her responses to mental health questions at an earlier time.
Longitudinal research design describes patterns of change and helps establish the direction and magnitude of causal relationships [36]- [38].
Because we used
a longitudinal research design to test hypotheses regarding the effects of parenting on health, we identified protective parenting as a predictor of pro-inflammatory processes and so strengthened its claim to play a causal role in young adult health.
Longitudinal research designs could also contribute to the clarification of possible causal relationships between trait EI and the above constructs.
While intensive
longitudinal research designs have gained popularity, partly due to technological developments, statistical tools for the analysis of time series data can be further developed and refined to improve their potential, especially for the analysis of samples of multiple persons.
This is especially true for
longitudinal research designs that include many measurements, resulting in time series data, also referred to as intensive longitudinal data (Walls & Schafer, 2006).
Among several other principles, the authors suggest that researchers interested in measuring gambling's impact should avoid applying arbitrary monetary values to non-monetary impacts, create impact profiles instead of a bottom line, examine micro and macro geographic impacts, compare impacts with changes in control communities, apply basic economic principles to their evaluation, and use
longitudinal research designs when possible.
Not exact matches
The strongest
research methods for psychological studies are: qualitative findings versus quantitative; experimental rather than descriptive or correlational; controlled - experiment, meta - analysis, and observation
designs over archival, case study, computational modeling, content analysis, field experiment, interview, neuroimaging, quasi experiment, self - report inventory, random sample survey, or twin study; and prospective (where subjects are recruited prior to the proposed independent effects being administered) and
longitudinal (where subjects are studied at multiple time points) rather than retrospective or cross-section study.
Her
research is characterized by a developmental focus, and includes high risk and
longitudinal designs, psychophysiological assessment, treatment outcome and treatment development.
We comment on this kind of thing in our next book, which should be out in a couple of years and, in which, we describe innovations in the
design of
longitudinal research that arise as a consequence of the new statistical methods that we have described here.
Also in the future is a companion book (with the working title The Best Laid Plans) describing recent advances in the
design of
longitudinal research.
In addition to writing and co-writing nearly 100 papers and book chapters, she has also co-written three books: By
Design: Planning Better
Research in Higher Education, and Who Will Teach: Policies that Matter (both published by Harvard University Press), and Applied
Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence (Oxford University Press), which received honorable mention from the American Publishers Association for the best mathematics & statistics book of 2003.
Although our study was intended as a 1 - year proof - of - concept
research design, we have demonstrated sufficiently positive results for other researchers to pursue
longitudinal investigations that track preservice teacher behaviors into their first few years of practice.
Examples may include systems science approaches (e.g., computational modeling and simulation, network analysis, and engineering control methods) to conceptualize prevention at the micro - or macro-levels of analyses; alternative intervention
designs for when randomization is not possible; new methods for optimization of interventions; adaptive interventions and SMART
designs; and innovative analytic approaches including time varying effect models, and models for incorporating intensive
longitudinal data and / or real time data capture in prevention science
research.
This
longitudinal, field - based study of programs of study (POS) / career pathways was
designed using rigorous
research methods to estimate the impact of POS on high school students» academic and technical achievement outcomes through the completion of high school.
Reference [36] defines
longitudinal design as a time series correlational
research design.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a prospective
longitudinal study using MRI and spectroscopy to quantify whole - body and regional AT volumes, and IHCL content, within 2 weeks and 8 — 12 weeks after birth.
Several candidate mechanisms of CRCI have been proposed, including inflammation and cytokine dysregulation, chemotherapy - induced epigenetic changes, blood — brain barrier disruption, hormone deficiencies, oxidative DNA damage and shortened telomere length, and genetic susceptibility.21 — 26 However, the heterogeneity and
design limitations within the emerging body of evidence have led to recommendations for harmonising study methodologies and moving towards multisite,
longitudinal research.3 27 Such approaches would support the demonstration of robust relationships between measurable biological processes and cognitive outcomes.
Members of the Melbourne Institute's Household, Income and Labour Dynamics program undertake
research into
longitudinal survey
design and a variety of economic and social policy issues.
Future
research with a
longitudinal design could examine how attachment influences perceptions of LMX and the changes that may take place in LMX perceptions as the relationship develops over time.
In this session I will summarize
longitudinal research that demonstrates the importance of developing young children's math skills, and discuss the value of planned, teacher -
designed activities to support children's math learning.
A retrospective,
longitudinal research study conducted at the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center was
designed to determine the effectiveness of Corrective Attachment Therapy, a combination of emotional, cognitive and family - systems therapy and parenting - skills training.
Future
research should consider
longitudinal, multi-informant, and multi-method
designs that include direct observations of parent — child relationship quality, peer relationship and Facebook use.
T.S. conceived of and
designed the study, and coordinated and drafted the manuscript; S.B.O. participated in the study's
design, performed the statistical analyses, and participated in drafting the manuscript; H.S. conceived of the study,
designed the original
longitudinal research program, and helped with the writing of the manuscript.
Another interesting avenue for future
research, for which
longitudinal designs are a prerequisite, is the investigation of changes in partner's support behavior and motivation to provide support after the onset of chronic pain in couples.
She explores these issues using diverse
research designs, ranging from interventions to basic experimental methods to
longitudinal surveys.
In its work, the Center applies approaches such as ethnographies, case studies,
design experiments, randomized experiments,
research design, and
longitudinal research.
The authors» responsibilities were as follows — LLB (Principal Investigator; NIH grants M01 RR10732 and HD32973):
designed the larger
longitudinal study; BYR: developed the
research question, analyzed the data, and drafted the manuscript; LLB and EL: supervised the drafting of the manuscript; and JSS: contributed to the
design of the study and data collection.
The authors thank their coinvestigators who worked with them on the
design of the larger study, the site coordinators and
research assistants who collected the data, and the children and families who continue to participate in this
longitudinal study.
Most of this
research is cross-sectional, however, and little
research has focused on the developmental associations of direct and indirect aggression with types of psychological difficulties by prospective,
longitudinal designs.
In future
research a
longitudinal design that covers the entire age period of adolescence would be preferable.
Longitudinal and experimental
research designs are needed to assess this further.
Yet, little empirical
research has utilized a
longitudinal design that would allow exploration of this bi-directional influence.
For future
research, it would be interesting to investigate the developmental nature of the models using
longitudinal designs, taking into account domain specificity of vulnerability factors.
Although
research using a means - based approach has provided evidence for associations between coping and adjustment, little work has used a count - based approach or used this approach with a
longitudinal design.
Papers included in this review were those reporting empirical
research (cross sectional or
longitudinal in
design) exploring associations between a psychosocial variable and emotional adjustment, or the predictive effect of, at least one psychosocial variable on an emotional adjustment outcome measure.
Future
research might also apply experimental and
longitudinal designs with observational instruments to examine these constructs across different cultural samples, both in clinical and non-clinical populations.
Future
research should employ a
longitudinal design to help elucidate the temporal and potentially bi-directional nature of the associations we found.