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A handbook of research methods for clinical and health psychology [electronic resource] / edited by Jeremy Miles and Paul Gilbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinical psychology--Research--Methodology.
- Clinical psychology.
- Clinical health psychology--Research--Methodology.
- Clinical health psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 315 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- A practical guide to carrying out research in health psychology and clinical psychology. For both undergraduate and postgraduate students, the book will be essential in making them aware of the full range of techniques available to them, helping them to design scientifically rigorous experiments.
- Contents:
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Thinking about research: issues and dilemmas / Paul Gilbert and C. Irons
- Sampling in health and clinical psychology research / Heather Buchanan and Neil Coulson
- Ethical research is better research / Bruce Napier
- Research with children / Sally-Ann Clarke, Jo Lawford, Linda Sheppard and Christine Eiser
- The measurement of physiological outcomes in health and clinical psychology / Mark A. Wetherell and Kav Vedhara
- Semi-structured interviewing / Fiona Fylan
- Using focus groups: exploring the meanings of health and illness / Sue Wilkinson
- Using and evaluating psychometric measures: practical and theoretical considerations / Darcy A. Santor
- The use of diary methodologies in health and clinical psychology / Eamonn Ferguson
- Analysis of repertory grids in clinical practice / Chris Leach and Kate Freshwater
- Descriptive and interpretive approaches to qualitative research / Robert Elliott and Ladislav Timulak
- Discursive approaches / Elizabeth H. Stokoe and Sally Wiggins
- Experimental methods in clinical and health research / Andy P. Field and Graham C. L. Davey
- The importance of considering effect size and statistical power in research / David Clark-Carter
- Reliability / Susanne Hempel
- Analysing categorical data / Chris Fife-Schaw
- General and generalised linear models / Jeremy Miles
- Survival analysis / Peter Watson
- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in clinical and health psychology
- Mark shevlin
- Applications of structural equation modelling in clinical and health psychology research / Rick H. Hoyle
- Some statistical and graphical strategies for exploring the effect of interventions in health research / Gary Adamson and Brendan Bunting
- Meta-analysis / Andy P. Field
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180813-X
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