Compare And Contrast Correlational And Longitudinal Study

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This study will be correlational and longitudinal. Selecting a correlational and longitudinal design will allow us to collect a large sample, representative of the population, ensuring the external validity of the research. Research findings will provide valuable insights and open up avenues of further research on maternal religiosity and children/adolescents at risk of depression. In addition, correlational and longitudinal design will allow determining the strength and direction of the relationship between variables, which can be used in future research as a starting point and, if possible, determining causation experimentally.
One limitation of conducting longitudinal study is that it can be time consuming. In addition, it is very likely