LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AND MARIJUANA SMOKING - A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH

• NCJ Number: 19259
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 315-327
• Author(s): W L LUCAS; S E GRUPP; R L SCHMITT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER REPORTS ON SPECIFIC METHODS THAT WERE USED IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN WHICH 94 PERCENT OF THE SUBJECTS COOPERATED INITIALLY OR AT RE-CONTACT TWO YEARS LATER.

Abstract

THE FACTORS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SUCCESS ARE DESCRIBED, INCLUDING DETAILS REGARDING THE PREPARATION PRIOR TO THE STUDY, APPROACHING THE SUBJECT, ESTABLISHING RAPPORT AT INITIAL CONTACT, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF RAPPORT THROUGHOUT THE STUDY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)