Retracing participants in longitudinal studies
Trekking the timescape of fieldwork
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12594823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Ellis (0000-0003-1100-072X, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Caroline Lanskey (0000-0003-4866-4191, University of Cambridge), Lucy Markson (0000-0001-5901-9345, University of Cambridge), Karen Souza (0000-0003-1266-6718, University of Cambridge), Jennifer Barton-Crosby (0000-0002-8254-9907, NatCen Social Research), Friedrich Lösel (0000-0001-5461-3003, University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 453-468 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13645579.2022.2056993 |
| OpenAlex | W4220808805 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Retaining participants in longitudinal studies is important but challenging when retracing them after a substantial gap between study phases. Utilising our nine year mixed-methods longitudinal study of 54 families affected by paternal imprisonment, we qualitatively analysed our processes and experiences of retracing participants after a seven year gap in contact. Paying attention to the spatio-temporal features that are traditionally an analytical focus of qualitative longitudinal research helped to enhance our retention rates, and our fieldwork strategies can be more deeply understood as part of the 'timescape' of qualitative longitudinal research. In this paper, we describe the spatio-temporal contours that shaped our efforts, successes and failures, and distil the material practices that they led to during our 'tracking treks' through the timescape of longitudinal fieldwork
Criminology · Developmental psychology · Focus (optics · Focus group · Imprisonment · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Tracking (education · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Demography · Gender Studies · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Timespace
Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies
Space as a Keyword
Modernity and self-identity
Modernity and Self-Identity
Escape Routes
Conducting Studies with Fathers
Re‐framing the Analysis
Children’s contact with their imprisoned fathers and the father–child relationship following release
Male prisoners’ family relationships and resilience in resettlement
Sociological stalking? Methods, ethics and power in longitudinal criminological research
From “a Fair Game” to “a Form of Covert Research”
Time, texture and childhood
Hindsight, foresight and insight
New frontiers in qualitative longitudinal research
What ‘works’ when retracing sample members in a qualitative longitudinal study
Selective attrition in longitudinal studies
Social Boundary Mechanisms
Adding Time into the Mix
Beyond anonymity
The condition of postmodernity
Going back
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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