Hoppe E W
Community Ment Health J. 1977 Winter;13(4):307-13. doi: 10.1007/BF01422532.
In a comprehensive rehabilitation center serving the mentally ill 64 dropouts and 42 successful terminees were interviewed monthly for 18 months following termination. The interview schedules elicited information about employment, heterosexual adjustment, living conditions, rent payment, social preferences, intimate friendships, and rehospitalization episodes. Analysis revealed that dropouts and successful terminees typically differed significantly on these variables for at least part of the follow-up period, but that by the end of the follow-up period there were no significant differences between the two groups on any of the variables, whether or not rehospitalization was controlled for. This hindsight examination of dropouts in comparison with successful terminees shows the concept of "dropping out" to be a time-limited concept.
在一家为精神病患者服务的综合康复中心，64名中途退出者和42名成功结业者在结业后的18个月里每月接受一次访谈。访谈提纲收集了有关就业、异性交往适应、生活条件、租金支付、社交偏好、亲密友谊和再次住院情况的信息。分析表明，在至少部分随访期内，中途退出者和成功结业者在这些变量上通常存在显著差异，但到随访期结束时，无论是否对再次住院情况进行控制，两组在任何变量上均无显著差异。与成功结业者相比，对中途退出者的这种事后考察表明，“中途退出”这一概念是一个有时间限制的概念。
