Jove
Visualize
Contact Us

Related Experiment Videos

Longitudinal research strategies: advantages, problems, and prospects.

D P Farrington1

  • 1Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, England.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
|May 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Longitudinal surveys offer insights into psychopathology but face challenges like delayed results and attrition. An accelerated longitudinal design can overcome these issues, improving our understanding of disorders.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Continuity of cannabis use and violent offending over the life course.

Psychological medicine·2016
Same author

Childhood Predictors and Adult Life Success of Adolescent Delinquency Abstainers.

Journal of abnormal child psychology·2015
Same author

Cohort differences in the progression of developmental pathways: evidence for period effects on secular trends of violence in males.

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention·2008
Same author

Male mental health problems, psychopathy, and personality traits: key findings from the first 14 years of the Pittsburgh Youth Study.

Clinical child and family psychology review·2002
Same author

The concentration of offenders in families, and family criminality in the prediction of boys' delinquency.

Journal of adolescence·2001
Same author

Young children who commit crime: epidemiology, developmental origins, risk factors, early interventions, and policy implications.

Development and psychopathology·2001
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Area of Science:

  • Psychopathology Research
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • Longitudinal surveys provide valuable data on offending and psychopathology.
  • They offer insights into onset, desistance, continuity, prediction, and within-individual change.
  • However, traditional longitudinal designs suffer from confounding effects, delayed findings, funding issues, and attrition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an accelerated longitudinal design as a solution to the limitations of traditional longitudinal surveys.
  • To enhance the study of psychopathological disorders' natural history, causes, prevention, and treatment.

Main Methods:

  • The paper advocates for a multiple-cohort sequential strategy, termed the 'accelerated longitudinal design'.
  • This approach aims to combine the benefits of longitudinal research with improved efficiency and reduced limitations.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • The accelerated longitudinal design is presented as a method to mitigate problems like confounding aging/period effects and cumulative attrition.
  • It offers a more efficient way to gather data on developmental trajectories of psychopathology.

Conclusions:

  • The accelerated longitudinal design offers a promising alternative for studying psychopathology.
  • This strategy can yield more timely and robust findings on the etiology and progression of mental health disorders.