| Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About This Text; Section 1 -- Foundational Issues in Qualitative Methods; Part I -- The Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Methods in Psychology; Chapter 1 -- Qualitative Research: A Matter of Hermeneutics and the Sociology of Knowledge; Chapter 2 -- Locating the Qualitative Research Genre; Chapter 3 -- An Exploration of Quality in Qualitative Research: Are ""Reliability"" and ""Validity"" Relevant?; Chapter 4 -- The Role of the Qualitative Researcher; Chapter 5 -- Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives in a Research Identity |
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Part II -- Practical Foundations for Conducting Qualitative ResearchChapter 6 -- Ethics in Qualitative Research; Chapter 7 -- The Internet and Qualitative Research: Opportunities and Constraints on Analysis of Cyberspace Discourse; Chapter 8 -- Teaching Qualitative Research in Psychology; Chapter 9 -- Designing Qualitative Research Reports for Publication; Section 2 -- Applying Qualitative Methods in Psychology; Part III -- Qualitative Research in a Cultural Context; Chapter 10 -- Exploring Multicultural Issues Using Qualitative Methods |
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Chapter 11 -- Qualitative Methods for an Outsider Looking In: Lesbian Women and Body ImageChapter 12 -- Friendship Patterns Among Urban Adolescent Boys: A Qualitative Account; Part IV -- Qualitative Research in a Therapeutic Context; Chapter 13 -- Capturing the Process of Family Therapy as Social Meaning Construction; Chapter 14 -- Using a Qualitative Method to Study Clinical Supervision: What is Effective Clinical Supervision?; Chapter 15 -- Relationship-Based Change: A Feminist Qualitative Research Case; Part V -- Qualitative Methods in Action Research and Evaluation |
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Chapter 16 -- The use of Focus Groups within a Participatory Action Research EnvironmentChapter 17 -- Qualitative Research in Program Evaluation; Afterword; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
The authors analyze the observational methods which historically form the basis of the field of psychology. They go on to address topics such as: validity and reliability, training issues, ethics, and use of qualitative computer programmes. In the second part, issues related to the application of qualitative methods are considered, for example HIV//AIDS, feminist perspectives, vocational, and adolescent development |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suzuki, Dr. Lisa A. A
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| ISBN |
9781452262154 |
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1452262152 |
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