ABSTRACT
In this collection, international contributors come together to discuss how qualitative and quantitative methods can be used in psychotherapy research. The book considers the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, and recognises how each method can enhance our understanding of psychotherapy.
Divided into two parts, the book begins with an examination of quantitative research and discusses how we can transfer observations into numbers and statistical findings. Chapters on quantitative methods cover the development of new findings and the improvement of existing findings, identifying and analysing change, and using meta-analysis.
The second half of the book comprises chapters considering how qualitative and mixed methods can be used in psychotherapy research. Chapters on qualitative and mixed methods identify various ways to strengthen the trustworthiness of qualitative findings via rigorous data collection and analysis techniques. Adapted from a special issue of Psychotherapy Research, this volume will be key reading for researchers, academics, and professionals who want a greater understanding of how a particular area of research methods can be used in psychotherapy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|240 pages
Quantitative methods
part |78 pages
Developing new and improving existing measures
chapter 2|35 pages
Increasing measurement precision in psychotherapy research
chapter 3|9 pages
Multitrait–multimethod analysis in psychotherapy research
chapter 4|19 pages
Generalizability theory in psychotherapy research
chapter 5|13 pages
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging in psychotherapy research
part |133 pages
Identifying and analyzing change in psychotherapy
chapter 7|15 pages
Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data for psychotherapy researchers
chapter 8|25 pages
Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data for psychotherapy researchers
chapter 9|15 pages
Three-level multilevel growth models for nested change data
chapter 12|15 pages
Using clinical significance in psychotherapy outcome research
chapter 13|14 pages
Patient-focused research in psychotherapy
part |28 pages
Aggregating research findings
chapter 15|12 pages
A primer on meta-analysis of correlation coefficients
part II|129 pages
Qualitative methods
part |76 pages
Methodological developments in qualitative research
chapter 16|25 pages
Task analysis
chapter 19|15 pages
Meta-analysis of qualitative studies
part |51 pages
Methodological Issues in Qualitative Research
chapter 20|15 pages
From single-case studies to practice-based knowledge
part III|5 pages
Epilloge