Attrition in a large-scale habituation task administered at home.

ABSTRACT: Infant research often struggles with selective samples, especially when focusing on behavioural measures, such as those drawn from habituation tasks. However, selectivity may threaten the generalizability and interpretation of results, which is why the current study investigates attrition in a habituation task administered in a household setting in 7-month-old infants. We used a large-scale German dataset, focusing on the children's socioeconomic background, and investigated two aspects of attrition, namely, participation and task completion. The findings suggest significant effects of the children's socioeconomic background on attrition: Maternal education, parental occupation, household income and household language (German vs. other) were positively related to participation and task com

SUBMITTER: Seitz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11823327 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature