Zand Debra, Thomson Nicole Renick, Dugan Mary, Braun James A, Holterman-Hommes Pat, Hunter Patricia L
University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, USA.
Eval Rev. 2006 Apr;30(2):209-22. doi: 10.1177/0193841X05281160.
This article explored retention patterns, as well as factors that predicted these patterns, in the evaluation of a relationship-based substance abuse prevention intervention study that targeted inner-city African American youth. A total of 851 contacts were made to retain 82% (n = 104) of the baseline sample (N = 127) in the evaluation. Results from multinomial regression analyses indicated that participants who were retained in the evaluation were more likely to perceive alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use as less risky and were more likely to report higher levels of family supervision than were evaluation attrits. Those who were easy to retain reported lower family conflict and fewer family relocations during the past year than those who were difficult to retain. Implications of these findings for developing retention strategies, as well as future research, are discussed.
本文在一项针对市中心非裔美国青少年的基于关系的药物滥用预防干预研究的评估中，探讨了留存模式以及预测这些模式的因素。在评估过程中，总共进行了851次联系，以保留基线样本（N = 127）中的82%（n = 104）。多项回归分析结果表明，在评估中被留存的参与者比退出评估者更有可能认为酒精、烟草和其他药物使用风险较低，并且更有可能报告更高水平的家庭监督。与难以留存的人相比，容易留存的人报告在过去一年中家庭冲突更少，家庭搬迁次数也更少。本文讨论了这些发现对制定留存策略以及未来研究的意义。
