SUBJECT ATTRITION IN PREVENTION RESEARCH

Authors
BIGLAN A HOOD D BROZOVSKY P OCHS L ARY D BLACK C
Citation
A. Biglan et al., SUBJECT ATTRITION IN PREVENTION RESEARCH, Substance use & misuse, 32(12-13), 1997, pp. 1673-1678
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse","Substance Abuse",Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
Substance use & misuse → ACNP
ISSN journal
10826084
Volume
32
Issue
12-13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1673 - 1678
Database
ISI
SICI code
1082-6084(1997)32:12-13<1673:SAIPR>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Experimental evaluations of substance use prevention programs are hamp ered by high rates of subject attrition. Attrition threatens the inter nal validity of these studies when attrition is greater in one conditi on than another. Statistical tests of the effects of attrition are typ ically lacking. Attrition threatens the external validity of studies b ecause one may not be able to generalize effects of programs to dropou ts who are systematically different from those who remain.