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Attrition in Substance Abuse Prevention Research

A Meta-Analysis of 85 Longitudinally Followed Cohorts

Wake Forest University

Nancy S. Tobler

State University of New York at Albany

John W. Graham

University of Southern California

A meta-analysis of substance abuse prevention studies revealed that the mean proportion of subjects retained dropped from 81.4% at 3-month to 67.5% at 3-year follow-ups. Time from pretest alone accounted for less than 5% of the variance. Other available predictors of retention were not significant. Researchers are encouraged to interpret their results in light of these normative data and to adopt second-effort strategies to reduce attrition.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 14, No. 6, 677-685 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9001400608


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