Strength + Counterpoint

A strength of conducting longitudinal studies on Romanian orphans is that they have…

Followed the lives of children over many years

Such studies take a lot of time, which means a lot of planning and…

Waiting for results, but the benefits are large

Without such studies, we may mistakenly conclude that there are major effects due to…

Being in institutional care that are irreversible

Rutter and La Mare and Audet have shown that the effects…

Disappear after sufficient time and early intervention

Therefore, this research strengthens the argument that recovery, even after severe…

Privation, is possible provided that the children move to a loving environment

However, a common problem associated with longitudinal research is….

This is where participants…

Subject attrition

Drop out of the study and do not wish to take part

This is a limitation for _______ research because particular kinds of participants, such as those who were ___________, are more likely to be ______________

Rutter's

Less well adjusted

The ones that drop out

This leaves the study with a _________, making the findings ____________

Biased sample

Difficult to generalise