This indispensable book provides diverse perspectives on the role of research in clinical psychology and a comprehensive collection of theoretical and methodological models that spans the spectrum of clinical research. Revised and updated, this Second Edition contains a preeminent cast of contributors who cover all the relevant aspects of and tactics for conducting clinical research, and includes: * Expanded coverage of specific methodological issues in all aspects of clinical research. * Focus chapters on specific methods and topics. * Updated chapters on new areas of research. * Discussions of research issues relevant to special populations such as children, older adults, and families. Acclaim for the Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology. "Kendall and Butcher have undertaken the monumental task of presenting...contemporary strategies and tactics of clinical research and have succeeded beyond any reasonable hope." --David H. Barlow on the First Edition "The first edition of this edited volume is almost a classic...I would predict that the second edition will...receive high marks in the professional psychology community." --Lewis R. Aiken, PhD "Kendall and Butcher have made a substantial contribution to research in clinical psychology . . . [and] a cornerstone among reference works for our science and profession in the coming years."--Contemporary Psychology on the First Edition

Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology at Temple University, where he also serves as Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic. He is the editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, coauthor of numerous books, and an alumnus of Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University, where he completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology. James N. Butcher, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and has published 36 books and more than 150 articles in the areas of personality assessment, abnormal psychology, and psychotherapy. Grayson N. Holmbeck, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago and associate editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

PART ONE GENERAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

Overview of Research Design Issues in Clinical Psychology

3

(28)

Alan E. Kazdin

Ethical Perspectives in Clinical Research

31

(23)

David M. Bersoff

Donald N. Bersoff

Ethnicity, Gender, and Cross-Cultural Issues in Clinical Research

54

(18)

Stanley Sue

Karen S. Kurasaki

Shobha Srinivasan

Statistical Methods in Clinical Research

72

(35)

Albert D. Farrell

Focus Chapter: Publishing and Communicating Research Findings: Seeking Scientific Objectivity

107

(18)

Larry E. Beulter

Benny R. Martin

PART TWO AREAS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH: ASSESSMENT

Psychometric Issues in Assessment Research

125

(30)

Stephen N. Haynes

Karl Nelson

Daniel D. Blaine

Research Design in Objective Personality Assessment

155

(28)

James N. Butcher

Observational Assessment: Measure Development and Research Issues

183

(41)

John D. Cone

Focus Chapter: Methodological Issues in Research Using Projective Methods

224

(17)

Drew Westen

Alison Feit

Carolyn Zittel

Focus Chapter: Methodological Issues in Research on Neuropsychological and Intellectual Assessment

241

(10)

George P. Prigatano

John DeLuca

Focus Chapter: Methodological Issues in Psychophysiological Research

251

(25)

Andrew J. Tomarken

Focus Chapter: Item Response Theory in Assessment Research

276

(21)

Susan E. Embretson

L. Katherine Prenovost

PART THREE AREAS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH: TREATMENT

Application of Time-Series (Single-Subject) Designs in Clinical Psychology

297

(33)

Scott T. Gaynor

Susan C. Baird

Rosemery O. Nelson-Gray

Therapy Outcome Research Methods

330

(34)

Philip C. Kendall

Ellen C. Flannery-Schroeder

Julian D. Ford

Treatment Process Research Methods

364

(39)

William B. Stiles

Lara Honos-Webb

Lynne M. Knobloch

Focus Chapter: Research Methods in Community-Based Treatment and Prevention

403

(16)

Patrick H. Tolan

Focus Chapter: Meta-Analytic Research Methods

419

(14)

Joseph A. Durlak

PART FOUR AREAS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND HEALTH

Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Developmental Psychopathology Research

433

(33)

Dante Cicchetti

Fred A. Rogosch

Research Methods in Adult Psychopathology

466

(33)

Lauren B. Alloy

Lyn Y. Abramson

David Raniere

Ilene M. Dyller

Methodological Issues in Adult Health Psychology

499

(38)

Timothy W. Smith

John M. Ruiz

Focus Chapter: Research Methods in Pediatric Psychology

537

(25)

Annette M. La Greca

Wendy B. Schuman

Focus Chapter: Research Methods in Behavioral Genetics

562

(22)

Steven O. Moldin

Focus Chapter: Research Methods in the Study of Sexual Behavior

584

(35)

Janet S. St. Lawrence

Mary McFarlane

PART FIVE SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Focus Chapter: Research Methods with Children

619

(15)

Jan L. Culbertson

Focus Chapter: Research Methods with Adolescents

634

(28)

Grayson N. Holmbeck

Wendy E. Shapera

Focus Chapter: Research Methods with Older Adults

662

(19)

Bruce Rybarczyk

Martita Lopez

Focus Chapter: Research Methods with Couples

681

(19)

Kathleen A. Eldridge

Erika Lawrence

Andrew Christensen

Focus Chapter: Research Methods with Families

700

(19)

Theodore Jacob

Ruth Ann Seilhamer

Miriam L. Jacob

Author Index

719

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Subject Index

739

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