Journal article
Comparing Face-to-Face and Online Data Collection Methods in Preterm and Full-Term Children: An Exploratory Study
Frontiers in psychology, Vol.12, 733192
10/01/2021
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733192
PMCID: PMC8581355
PMID: 34777114
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape for children’s daily lives and the landscape for developmental psychology research. Pandemic-related restrictions have also significantly disrupted the traditional face-to-face methods with which developmental scientists produce research. Over the past year, developmental scientists have published on the best practices for online data collection methods; however, existing studies do not provide empirical evidence comparing online methods to face-to-face methods. In this study, we tested feasibility of online methods by examining performance on a battery of standardized and experimental cognitive assessments in a combined sample of 4- to 5-year-old preterm and full-term children, some of whom completed the battery face-to-face, and some of whom completed the battery online. First, we asked how children’s performance differs between face-to-face and online format on tasks related to verbal comprehension, fluid reasoning, visual spatial, working memory, attention and executive functioning, social perception, and numerical skills. Out of eight tasks, we did not find reliable differences on five of them. Second, we explored the role of parent involvement in children’s performance in the online format. We did not find a significant effect of parent involvement on children’s performance. Exploratory analyses showed that the role of format did not vary for children at risk, specifically children born preterm. Our findings contribute to the growing body of literature examining differences and similarities across various data collection methods, as well as literature surrounding online data collection for continuing developmental psychology research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparing Face-to-Face and Online Data Collection Methods in Preterm and Full-Term Children: An Exploratory Study
- Creators
- Paige M. Nelson - University of IowaFrancesca Scheiber - University of IowaHaley M. Laughlin - University of IowaÖ. Ece Demir-Lira - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in psychology, Vol.12, 733192
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733192
- PMID
- 34777114
- PMCID
- PMC8581355
- NLM abbreviation
- Front Psychol
- ISSN
- 1664-1078
- eISSN
- 1664-1078
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000071, name: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; DOI: 10.13039/100000030, name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; DOI: 10.13039/100000057, name: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984193262202771
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