Personal Construct Methodology

by Caputi, Peter; Viney, Linda L.; Walker, Beverly M.; Crittenden, Nadia

• ISBN13: 9780470770870
• ISBN10: 0470770872
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Provides comprehensive coverage of established and emerging methodologies in personal construct psychology to help clinical psychologists understand how and when to use a particular method. Presents comprehensive coverage of established and emerging methods of collecting and analysing data within a personal construct psychology framework Provides a series of 'mini-manuals' that guide practitioners through using each method in practice Methods covered include narrative assessment, content analysis scales, psycho-photography and repertory grids

Author Biography

Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster Viney, Wiley, 2006). Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and is the co-editor of Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (edited with D. Winter, 2005). Beverly M. Walker is Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong; Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society ant Personal Construct Theory (edited by Kalekin-Fishman Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited by Scheer Walker). Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Setting the Scene
Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of Constructivist Techniques	p. 3
Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible Criteria	p. 53
Qualitative Approaches: Exploring Process
The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems	p. 71
The ABC Model Revisited	p. 89
The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration	p. 109
Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct Revision Pathway	p. 129
Quantitative Approaches: Exploring Process
An Introduction to Grid-based Methods	p. 149
Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches	p. 159
Computer-aided Constructivism	p. 183
Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales	p. 223
Methods In Counseling And Clinical Settings
Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach	p. 247
Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a Personal Construct Framework	p. 269
Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An Integrated Model	p. 287
Index	p. 319
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