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Research methods in clinical psychology : an introduction for students and practitioners /
"Offers a comprehensive introduction to the various methods, approaches, and strategies for conducting research in the clinical psychology field"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, MA :
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
2016.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Research Process
- Philosophical Issues
- What is Research?
- What is Science?
- Social and Political Issues
- Professional Issues
- The Intuitive Practitioner
- The Scientist-Practitioner
- The Applied Scientist
- The Local Clinical Scientist
- The Evidence-Based Practitioner
- The Clinical Scientist
- The Practice-Based Evidence Model
- Comparison of Models
- Implications for Clinical Training
- Personal Issues
- Why Do Clinical Psychologists Do Research?
- Why Don't Clinical Psychologists Do Research?
- Weighing up the Pros and Cons of Doing Research
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Formulating the Research Questions
- Choosing the Topic
- Developing the Questions
- Hypothesis-testing versus Exploratory Research Questions
- Some Types of Research Question
- Literature Review
- The Proposal
- Funding
- The Politics of Research in Applied Settings
- Access
- Responding to Doubts
- Authorship
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- The Process of Measurement
- Domains of Variables
- Measuring Psychological Constructs
- Measurement Sources and Approaches
- Foundations of Quantitative Methods
- Positivism
- Psychometric Theory
- Definitions
- Reliability
- Reliability Statistics
- Validity
- Generalizability Theory
- Item Response Theory
- Utility
- Standards for Reliability and Validity
- Chapter Summary and Conclusions
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Historical Background
- Philosophical Background
- Phenomenology
- Social Constructionism
- Families of Qualitative Approaches
- Thematic Analysis Approaches
- Narrative Approaches
- Language-Based Approaches
- Ethnographic Approaches
- Ways of Evaluating Qualitative Studies
- Conclusion: Choosing and Combining Methods
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Mode of Administration
- Open-ended and Closed-ended Questions
- Qualitative Self-report Methods
- Types of Qualitative Interview
- Interview Schedule
- Interviewing Style
- Quantitative Self-report Methods
- Questionnaire Design
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Qualitative Observation
- Participant Observation
- Text-based Research
- Quantitative Observation
- Background
- Procedures for Conducting Observations
- Reliability and Validity Issues
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Nonexperimental Designs
- Descriptive Designs
- Correlational Designs
- Experimental Designs
- Cook and Campbell's Validity Analysis
- Nonrandomized Designs
- Randomized Designs
- Conclusion: Choosing a Research Design
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Historical Background
- Single-case Experimental Designs
- Procedure
- AB Design
- Reversal (or ABAB) Design
- Multiple-baseline Design
- Changing-Criterion Design
- Data Analysis
- Generalization
- Naturalistic Case-study Designs
- Narrative Case Studies
- Systematic Case Studies
- Time-Series Designs
- Conclusion
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Sampling
- The Target Population
- Bias and Representativeness
- Sample Size
- Alternative Approaches to Sampling and Generalizability
- Summary and Conclusion
- Ethical Issues
- Informed Consent
- Harms and Benefits
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Ethics Self-study Exercise
- Ethics Committees
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- What is Evaluation?
- The Sociopolitical Context
- Preparation for Evaluating a Service
- Aims and Objectives
- The Impact Model
- The Target Population
- Estimating the Extent of the Target Problem in the Target Population
- Needs Assessment
- Delivery System Design
- Monitoring the Process of Service Delivery
- Coverage and Bias
- Service Implementation
- Outcome Evaluation
- Client Satisfaction Surveys
- Patient focused Research and Outcomes Management
- Cost-effectiveness
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions for Reflection
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Within-case and Cross-case Analysis
- Preliminaries to Qualitative Data Analysis
- Processes in Qualitative Data Analysis
- Good Practice in Qualitative Analysis
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Data Entry
- Data Checking
- Data Reduction
- Data Exploration
- Statistical Significance Testing for Answering the Research Questions
- Analyzing the Strength and Significance of Quantitative Effects
- Interpretation
- Contributions to Knowledge: Understanding the Meaning of the Findings
- Methodological Issues: Strengths and Limitations of the Study
- Scientific and Practical Implications
- Dissemination
- Writing up
- Publication
- Authorship Issues
- Utilization
- The End
- Chapter Summary
- Further Reading
- Questions For Reflection
- Methodological Pluralism
- Appraising Research
- Combining Research with Practice
- Some Images of Research
- Questions for Reflection.