Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, Robert Elliott

Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

An Introduction for Students and Practitioners

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Produktbeschreibung

Fully updated to reflect the latest developments, the third edition of Research Methods In Clinical Psychology offers a comprehensive introduction to the various methods, approaches, and strategies for conducting research in the clinical psychology field.

Represents the most accessible, user-friendly introduction to conducting and evaluating research for clinical psychologists and related professionals
Ideal for students and practitioners who wish to conduct their own research or gain a better understanding of published research
Addresses important issues such as philosophical underpinnings of various methodologies, along with socio-political issues that arise in clinical and community settings

Step-by-step guidance through all phases of a clinical psychology research project-from initial concept and groundwork, through to measurement, design, analysis, and interpretation
Updates to this edition include new or expanded coverage of such topics as systematic review and literature searching methods, modern psychometric methods, guidance on choosing between different qualitative approaches, and conducting psychological research via the Internet

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2015
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781118773208
• ISBN-10: 1118773209
• Artikelnr.: 42340504

Autorenporträt

Chris Barker is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL, UK, where he was formerly the joint Research Director on the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Nancy Pistrang is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL, UK, where she was formerly the joint Research Director on the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Robert Elliott is Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde, UK, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo, USA. He is a former President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and former co-editor of the journals Psychotherapy Research and Person-Centered Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Third Edition x 1 Introduction: The Research Process 1 The
Research Process 3 2 Perspectives on Research 5 Philosophical Issues 6 What
is Research? 6 What is Science? 12 Social and Political Issues 17
Professional Issues 18 The Intuitive Practitioner 19 The
Scientist-Practitioner 20 The Applied Scientist 20 The Local Clinical
Scientist 21 The Evidence-Based Practitioner 22 The Clinical Scientist 22
The Practice-Based Evidence Model 23 Comparison of Models 23 Implications
for Clinical Training 24 Personal Issues 24 Why Do Clinical Psychologists
Do Research? 25 Why Don't Clinical Psychologists Do Research? 26 Weighing
up the Pros and Cons of Doing Research 27 Chapter Summary 27 Further
Reading 28 Questions for Reflection 28 3 Doing the Groundwork 29
Formulating the Research Questions 30 Choosing the Topic 31 Developing the
Questions 32 Hypothesis-testing versus Exploratory Research Questions 33
Some Types of Research Question 34 Literature Review 37 The Proposal 41
Funding 44 The Politics of Research in Applied Settings 45 Access 45
Responding to Doubts 46 Authorship 48 Chapter Summary 48 Further Reading 49
Questions for Reflection 49 4 Foundations of Quantitative Measurement 50
The Process of Measurement 52 Domains of Variables 52 Measuring
Psychological Constructs 52 Measurement Sources and Approaches 54
Foundations of Quantitative Methods 54 Positivism 55 Psychometric Theory 58
Definitions 58 Reliability 60 Reliability Statistics 62 Validity 64
Generalizability Theory 67 Item Response Theory 68 Utility 69 Standards for
Reliability and Validity 70 Chapter Summary and Conclusions 71 Further
Reading 71 Questions for Reflection 72 5 Foundations of Qualitative Methods
73 Historical Background 75 Philosophical Background 76 Phenomenology 77
Social Constructionism 79 Families of Qualitative Approaches 84 Thematic
Analysis Approaches 84 Narrative Approaches 87 Language-Based Approaches 88
Ethnographic Approaches 90 Ways of Evaluating Qualitative Studies 91
Conclusion: Choosing and Combining Methods 92 Chapter Summary 94 Further
Reading 94 Questions for Reflection 95 6 Self-Report Methods 96 Mode of
Administration 99 Open-ended and Closed-ended Questions 100 Qualitative
Self-report Methods 101 Types of Qualitative Interview 102 Interview
Schedule 103 Interviewing Style 105 Quantitative Self-report Methods 109
Questionnaire Design 110 Chapter Summary 118 Further Reading 119 Questions
for Reflection 119 7 Observation 120 Qualitative Observation 122
Participant Observation 122 Text-based Research 126 Quantitative
Observation 128 Background 129 Procedures for Conducting Observations 130
Reliability and Validity Issues 134 Chapter Summary 135 Further Reading 136
Questions for Reflection 136 8 Foundations of Design 137 Nonexperimental
Designs 138 Descriptive Designs 138 Correlational Designs 139 Experimental
Designs 142 Cook and Campbell's Validity Analysis 144 Nonrandomized Designs
146 Randomized Designs 152 Conclusion: Choosing a Research Design 159
Chapter Summary 159 Further Reading 160 Questions for Reflection 161 9
Small?]N Designs 162 Historical Background 163 Single-case Experimental
Designs 165 Procedure 165 AB Design 166 Reversal (or ABAB) Design 167
Multiple-baseline Design 168 Changing-Criterion Design 169 Data Analysis
169 Generalization 169 Naturalistic Case-study Designs 170 Narrative Case
Studies 170 Systematic Case Studies 171 Time-Series Designs 175 Conclusion
175 Chapter Summary 176 Further Reading 176 Questions for Reflection 177 10
The Participants: Sampling and Ethics 178 Sampling 179 The Target
Population 181 Bias and Representativeness 182 Sample Size 183 Alternative
Approaches to Sampling and Generalizability 185 Summary and Conclusion 187
Ethical Issues 188 Informed Consent 189 Harms and Benefits 191 Privacy and
Confidentiality 192 Ethics Self-study Exercise 193 Ethics Committees 194
Chapter Summary 196 Further Reading 196 Questions for Reflection 197 11
Evaluation Research 198 What is Evaluation? 199 The Sociopolitical Context
201 Preparation for Evaluating a Service 203 Aims and Objectives 204 The
Impact Model 205 The Target Population 205 Estimating the Extent of the
Target Problem in the Target Population 206 Needs Assessment 207 Delivery
System Design 208 Monitoring the Process of Service Delivery 209 Coverage
and Bias 210 Service Implementation 211 Outcome Evaluation 212 Client
Satisfaction Surveys 213 Patient-focused Research and Outcomes Management
213 Cost-effectiveness 214 Chapter Summary 215 Further Reading 216
Questions for Reflection 216 12 Analysis, Interpretation, and Dissemination
217 Qualitative Data Analysis 218 Within-case and Cross-case Analysis 219
Preliminaries to Qualitative Data Analysis 219 Processes in Qualitative
Data Analysis 221 Good Practice in Qualitative Analysis 224 Quantitative
Data Analysis 224 Data Entry 224 Data Checking 225 Data Reduction 225 Data
Exploration 226 Statistical Significance Testing for Answering the Research
Questions 227 Analyzing the Strength and Significance of Quantitative
Effects 227 Interpretation 232 Contributions to Knowledge: Understanding
the Meaning of the Findings 232 Methodological Issues: Strengths and
Limitations of the Study 233 Scientific and Practical Implications 235
Dissemination 236 Writing up 237 Publication 238 Authorship Issues 239
Utilization 240 The End 240 Chapter Summary 241 Further Reading 241
Questions For Reflection 242 13 Epilogue 243 Methodological Pluralism 243
Appraising Research 244 Combining Research with Practice 246 Some Images of
Research 247 Questions for Reflection 248 References 249 Author Index 277
Subject Index 287