What Is a Longitudinal Study?

Longitudinal study is also called follow-up study, which refers to the repeated study of the same or the same batch of participants over a relatively long period of time.

Longitudinal study is also called follow-up study, which refers to the repeated study of the same or the same batch of participants over a relatively long period of time.
Chinese name
Longitudinal study
Foreign name
longitudinal study
Applicable subject
psychology
Scope of application
School psychology

Advantages of longitudinal research

1. Often you can see a more complete development process and some key turning points in the development process;
2. Particularly suitable for research on stability issues and the effects of early effects, but also for case studies

Disadvantages of longitudinal research

1. Compare time, money and manpower;
2. The timeliness is poor, sometimes it takes a long time to get the research results, and sometimes the meaning of the research topic gradually weakens with time, or the research methods gradually become backward;
3 Due to the long time taken for longitudinal research, the loss of subjects may occur, which will affect the representativeness of the subjects and the generality of the research results;
4 Because longitudinal studies require repeated studies of the same group of participants, exercise or fatigue effects may sometimes occur.

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