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Using Bi‐Weekly Surveys to Portray Adolescent Partnership Dynamics: Lessons From a Mobile Diary Study

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Partnership formation is an important developmental task for adolescents, but cross-sectional and periodic longitudinal studies have lacked the measurement precision to portray partnership stability and flux and to capture the range of adolescent partnership experiences. This article assesses the promises and challenges of using bi-weekly mobile diaries administered over the course of a year to study adolescent partnership dynamics. Descriptive findings illustrate the potential of bi-weekly diaries for both capturing the longitudinal complexity and fluidity of adolescent partnerships as well as for reducing retrospection biases. Results also underscore several challenges, including those posed by missing data, and highlight several strategies for maximizing participant engagement and reliably tracing adolescent partnerships.

Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence

DOI: 10.1111/jora.12472

Authors: Rachel E. Goldberg, Dawn Koffman, Marta Tienda

Institutions: University of California, Irvine, Princeton University

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Research Topics

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Demography, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing - Young Adulthood