Research Methods in Family Therapy, Second Edition

Author: Sprenkle Douglas H.; Piercy Fred P.  

Publisher: Guilford Publications Inc‎

Publication year: 2005

E-ISBN: 9781593855604

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781572309609

Subject: R749.055 psychological therapy

Keyword: 神经病学与精神病学,基础医学,护理学,临床医学,社会学,社会科学理论与方法论,哲学理论

Language: ENG

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Description

In this widely adopted text and professional reference, leading contributors provide the knowledge needed to design strong qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies; analyze the resulting data; and translate findings into improved practices and programs. Following a consistent format, user-friendly chapters thoroughly describe the various methodologies and illustrate their applications with helpful concrete examples.

Chapter

CHAPTER 2. A Graduate Student Guide to Conducting Research in Marriage and Family Therapy

PART II. QUALITATIVE METHODS

CHAPTER 3. Let’s Get Grounded: Family Therapy Research and Grounded Theory

CHAPTER 4. The Use of Phenomenology for Family Therapy Research: The Search for Meaning

CHAPTER 5. Focus Groups in Family Therapy Research

CHAPTER 6. Action Research Methods in Family Therapy

CHAPTER 7. Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software: General Issues for Family Therapy Researchers

CHAPTER 8. Bridging Research: Using Ethnography to Inform Clinical Practice

CHAPTER 9. Feminist Autoethnography

CHAPTER 10. Performance Methodology: Constructing Discourses and Discursive Practices in Family Therapy Research

CHAPTER 11. Future Directions for Qualitative Methods

PART III. MIXED METHODS

CHAPTER 12. Survey Research in Marriage and Family Therapy

CHAPTER 13. The Delphi Method

CHAPTER 14. Task Analysis of Couple and Family Change Events

CHAPTER 15. Program Evaluation Science and Family Therapy

PART IV. QUANTITATIVE METHODS

CHAPTER 16. Clinical Trials in Marriage and Family Therapy Research

CHAPTER 17. Meta-Analysis in Family Therapy Research

CHAPTER 18. Economic Evaluation Methodology for Family Therapy Outcome Research

CHAPTER 19. Approaches to Prediction: Correlation, Regression, and Classification Techniques

PART V. ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS

CHAPTER 20. Multilevel Growth Modeling in the Context of Family Research

CHAPTER 21. Covariance Structure Analysis: From Path Analysis to Structural Equation Modeling

Index

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