Qualitative research methods for psychologists : introduction to empirical studies / [edited] by Constance T. Fischer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Constance T., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Methodology.

Psychology.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (506 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of 14 original articles teaches readers how to conduct qualitative research. Instead of characterizing and justifying certain methods, the contributors show by means of actual research studies what assumptions, procedures, and dilemmas they encountered. Fischer's introduction, which emphasizes the practical nature of qualitative research and the closing chapter, which uses a question-and-answer format to investigate, among other subjects, what is scientific about qualitative research, are complemented by a glossary and other features that increase the book's utility and value.<

Contents:

An assimilation analysis of psychotherapy : responsibility for being there / Lara Honos-Webb ... [et al.]

Exploring psychotherapy with discourse analysis : chipping away at the mortar / Anna Madill

The grounded theory method : application of a variant of its procedure of constant comparative analysis to psychotherapy research / David L. Rennie

Phenomenological analysis : impression formation during a clinical assessment interview / Scott D. Churchill

Diagnostic discourse in patient-staff interactions : a conversation analysis clarified by participant interviews / Jessie Goicoechea

Honor and respect : feminist collaborative research with sexually abused women / Susan L. Morrow

An empirical, phenomenological study : being joyful / Brent Robbins

Conceptual encounter : the experience of anger / Joseph de Rivera

Emergence of the dialogal approach : forgiving another / Steen Halling, Michael Leifer, and Jan O. Rowe

A thematic analysis of written accounts : thinking about thought / Howard R. Pollio and Michael J. Ursiak

Intuitive inquiry : an exploration of embodiment among contemporary female mystics / Vipassana Esbjorn-Hargens and Rosemarie Anderson

An application of experiential method in psychology : what is it like to be a stranger in a foreign land / Arne Collen

Focus groups and related rapid assessment methods : identifying psychoeducational HIV/AIDS interventions in Botswana / Lisa Levers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63327-1

9786610633272

0-08-045412-7

OCLC:

475997100