Attrition was significantly higher in the app group than in the wait-list control group¶

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q3 i? Attrition at post- and follow-up test was significantly higher in the HMP group (15.41%) than in WLC (6.29%). → Hirshberg Matthew J. 2022

Evidence¶

Hirshberg Matthew J. 2022¶

Hirshberg Matthew J., Frye Corrina, Dahl Cortland J., Riordan Kevin M., Vack Nathan J., Sachs Jane, Goldman Robin, Davidson Richard J., Goldberg Simon B. (2022). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-Based Well-Being Training in Public School System Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000739

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Baseline equivalence and missingness analyses in the N=662 intention-to-treat sample. "significantly higher in the HMP group" per logistic regression of missingness on assignment; attrition was unrelated to T1 distress levels.

"attrition (i.e., missing data at post- and follow-up test; %[n]) was significantly higher in the HMP group (15.41% [53]) than in WLC (6.29% [20]) z=−3.63, p<.001"

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