As such, these data should be viewed as exploratory pilot results requiring
replication in larger samples.
Nevertheless, the MECSH trial showed some significant results and some trends that require
replication in larger samples of mothers drawn from a similarly widely defined at - risk group, including older, multiparous mothers, and mothers with higher levels of education than have been reported in other trials.1 14 Mothers of infants and toddlers in the intervention group provided a home environment that was statistically significantly more supportive of their child's development through more verbal and emotional responsivity; however, the effect size was small.
However, this needs
replication in a larger sample.
Not exact matches
The
replication crisis refers to a growing concern
in experimental psychology — and the
larger scientific community — about the drop
in studies able to confirm previous work with experiments that achieve the same results using the same methods, as well as the increased risk of data manipulation
in studies with small
sample sizes.
We acknowledge that
replication of our findings
in larger study populations is required because the
sample size is small.
However, despite the wide use of the PSC - 17 and the passage of > 15 years, there have been no
replication studies
in a
large national outpatient pediatric
sample.
Current findings need
replication in a
larger, more representative
sample featuring ethnically diverse, low - income families.
Replication in other populations and health care systems,
larger samples, and including both parents
in the design would clarify the generality of the present findings.
Although bootstrap analyses allow for modeling with small
sample sizes,
replications with
larger samples of youth with T1DM
in poor metabolic control are warranted.
A
replication of these results
in larger samples would thus encourage the diffusion of this non-invasive technique
in terms both of relational support and enhancement of parenting abilities.