The three stages of building and testing mid-level theories in a realist RCT: A theoretical and methodological case-example

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jamal, Farah ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^b   Shackleton, Nichola ^c   Elbourne, Diana ^d   Viner, Russell ^c   Bonell, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Generalisability; Randomised controlled trials; Realist; Schools; Social epidemiology; Social experiments

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMPIRICISM; ENGLISHMAN; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING TOGETHER INTERVENTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTORATIVE INTERVENTION; SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TIME FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944896272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0980-y     Document Type: Article

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