Research Methods in Clinical Psychology: An Introduction for Students and Practitioners
Also known as Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, Research Methods in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (3rd ed.)
A plain guide to doing and judging clinical psychology research, from question to paper
At a glance
What it argues
Research tells a story, Methodological pluralism, Keep the quantitative tradition
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Four stages, Research genres, Models of the researcher-clinician …
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Evidence-based practice, Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy
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Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang and 3 others
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- A textbook that walks through a clinical research project from first idea to write-up.
- Its stance is methodological pluralism: fit the method to the question, quantitative or qualitative.
- It splits research into four stages: groundwork, measurement, design, and analysis and interpretation.
- The third edition adds systematic reviews, modern psychometrics, choosing among qualitative methods, and online research.
Why it matters
- For anyone who will read therapy research and wants to judge it, not just quote it.
- One of its authors, Robert Elliott, co-wrote the founding manual of emotion-focused therapy.
Key facts
- Authors
- Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, Robert Elliott1
- Published
- Third edition 2016; earlier editions over 20 and over 10 years before1
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell2
- ISBN (3rd ed.)
- 978-1-118-77320-8 (paperback)1
- Audience
- Students and practitioners in clinical psychology and allied fields such as counseling, health psychology, psychiatry and nursing1
- Earlier title
- The first edition was called Research Methods in Clinical and Counseling Psychology1
What it argues
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Research tells a story1
Ideally a detective story; in practice an adventure with twists, where you may learn you asked the wrong question.
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Methodological pluralism1
No single approach has all the answers; methods should flow from the research question.
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Keep the quantitative tradition1
The authors sympathize with critics of the 'received view' but think abandoning quantitative methods would be a disaster.
Key ideas
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Four stages1
Groundwork, measurement, design, and analysis and interpretation.
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Research genres1
Surveys, randomized trials, systematic case studies and qualitative interviews each have their own rules of good practice.
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Models of the researcher-clinician1
From the scientist-practitioner to the local clinical scientist and the practice-based evidence model.
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Questions for reflection1
New in this edition: questions at each chapter's end on how you feel about each approach.
Read next
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Where this research ends up in clinical decisions.
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Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy
Elliott's therapy work, built on the process research this book teaches.
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