Testing the Efficacy of Horticultural Therapy in Conditions of Continuous War-Related Stress : Comparison of the Randomized and Pretest-Posttest Experimental Designs / Inna Datsiuk, Oksana Senyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Datsiuk, Inna Datsiuk, author.

Senyk, Oksana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 356 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015.

Summary:

The presented case study is part of a master's project by Inna Datsiuk, a student in the Clinical Psychology program at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine). It focuses on comparing randomized experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest design to test the effects of horticultural therapy on depression, anxiety, and perceived stress under conditions of continuous war-related stress. Based on the criteria of internal validity, issues of implementation, and obtained results, the pros and cons of different experimental designs are analyzed. The case study also addresses issues such as participant non-compliance, confounding factors, and the sensitivity of dependent variables that impact the results obtained from different experimental designs. The presented case study shows that the randomized experimental design is a better alternative for estimating the effects of psychotherapeutic interventions than the one-group pretest-posttest design. It is more accurate in estimating the effect, leading to more valid conclusions and practical significance of the obtained results. Practical recommendations are suggested for consideration in future research planning. We believe that this case study will be most interesting to advanced graduate students planning their own scientific research.

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ISBN:

1-03-621605-5

9781036216054

OCLC:

1523170673