TY - JOUR
T1 - Are our samples representative? Understanding whether temperament influences infant dropout rates at 3 and 7 months
AU - Segal, Shira C.
AU - Marquis, Alexandra R.
AU - Moulson, Margaret C.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the families who gave their time to participate in this study. We would additionally like to thank the members of our research team who assisted with data collection and coding, including Tamara Meixner, Xiaomei Zhou, Alysha Bernstein, Anastasia Mekhael, Maire O’Hagan, and numerous research assistants. This research was supported by an Insight Grant (#435-2017-1438) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (PI: M. C. Moulson), an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science (PI: M. C. Moulson), and Ryerson University .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - In this study, we examined whether infant temperament predicted study dropout at 3.5 and 7 months and whether dropout was stable across time. Dropout was measured across four experimental tasks (free-play, ERP, still-face, and eye tracking). Temperament was not related to dropout at either timepoint. Dropout was not stable across time, nor was it stable across tasks. These findings suggest that individual differences in temperament are not systematically related to study completion across experimental tasks with varied requirements. These findings additionally suggest that dropout is not consistent across tasks, which may support the utility of multi-study data collection methods.
AB - In this study, we examined whether infant temperament predicted study dropout at 3.5 and 7 months and whether dropout was stable across time. Dropout was measured across four experimental tasks (free-play, ERP, still-face, and eye tracking). Temperament was not related to dropout at either timepoint. Dropout was not stable across time, nor was it stable across tasks. These findings suggest that individual differences in temperament are not systematically related to study completion across experimental tasks with varied requirements. These findings additionally suggest that dropout is not consistent across tasks, which may support the utility of multi-study data collection methods.
KW - Attrition
KW - Infant Behavior Questionnaire
KW - Infant temperament
KW - Personality
KW - Study dropout
KW - Subject loss
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U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101630
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101630
M3 - Article
C2 - 34418795
AN - SCOPUS:85114280086
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 65
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
M1 - 101630
ER -