Another limitation is the lack of self-report from foster children.
More than half of the discrepancies in this study were due to lack of self-report by the participants (Table 3).
A recent review of self-report general mental health measures [ 1] highlights the lack of self-report measures of general mental health for young people aged less than 11 years old.
Whilst sexual dysfunction has traditionally run the risk of being underestimated in clinical trials due to the lack of self-reporting and unwillingness to discuss the issue, there is increasing awareness amongst clinicians and allied mental health care professionals that sexual dysfunction is a common and distressing side effect of antipsychotic medication [ 22].
The major limitations are the small sample size, the use of self report to assess lifetime depression duration and the lack of longitudinal data.
Of the medium quality studies, one reported large differences in response rates for cases and controls, but lacked objective confirmation of self reported marijuana use.
Due to the lack of reliability of self-report measures, and the emotional and fitness caused bias of heart rate monitoring, objectively registration of PA with motion sensors is generally regarded as an improved measurement technique for monitoring PA in large scale population studies, especially when children are the target group.
The SEC must have been napping during the IPO process, when it let Facebook's lack of controls, self-reporting of fakes, and lack of mention of the identity theft problems go unchallenged.
Research on Gray's model of personality has been hindered by the lack of specific self-report measures of the reactivity and responsivity of these systems.
A lack of reliability in the use of self-report, may result in lack of precision and loss of power to detect an effect/association.
This study has a number of limitations such as the lack of comparison group, self reported nature of the survey, and the short duration of the intervention period.
