Table 3 Quality assessment of theory studies
Paper | Clarity of constructs | Clarity of relationship between constructs | Testability | Parsimony | Generalisability | Total score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB/JT | KH | CB/JT | KH | CB/JT | KH | CB/JT | KH | CB/JT | KH | CB/JT | KH | |
Benson et al. [19] | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Benson [18] | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
Benson et al. [20] | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 |
Benson et al. [21] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 |
Berg et al. [22] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Busseri et al. [23] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 5 |
Catalano et al. [24] | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Ginwright and Cammarota [25] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kia-Keating et al. [26] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Kim et al. [27] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Lee [28] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
Lerner and Lerner [29] | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Lerner et al. [30] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 |
Perkins et al. [31] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Roth and Brooks-Gunn [12] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Schwartz et al. [32] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
These scores were agreed between KH and JT | ||||||||||||
Ginwright and Cammarota [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Perkins et al. [31] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Roth and Brooks-Gunn [12] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||