Qualitative Research Methods for Psychologists

by Fischer

• ISBN13: 9780120884704
• ISBN10: 0120884704
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-18
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

This collection of 14 original articles teaches readers how to conduct qualitative research. Instead of characterizing and justifying certain methods, the contributors show by means of actual research studies what assumptions, procedures, and dilemmas they encountered. Fischer's introduction, which emphasizes the practical nature of qualitative research and the closing chapter, which uses a question-and-answer format to investigate, among other subjects, what is scientific about qualitative research, are complemented by a glossary and other features that increase the book's utility and value.

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS	XI
PREFACE	XIII
INTRODUCTION	XV
ABOUT THE EDITOR	XLIII
PART I CLINICAL PRACTICES
1 An Assimilation Analysis of Psychotherapy: Responsibility for "Being There"	3	(20)
Lara Honos-Webb, William B. Stiles, Leslie S. Greenberg, and Rhonda Goldman
2 Exploring Psychotherapy with Discourse Analysis: Chipping away at the Mortar	23	(36)
Anna Madill
3 The Grounded Theory Method: Application of a Variant of its Procedure of Constant Comparative Analysis to Psychotherapy Research	59	(20)
David L. Rennie
4 Phenomenological Analysis: Impression Formation during a Clinical Assessment Interview	79	(32)
Scott D. Churchill
5 Diagnostic Discourse in Patient—Staff Interactions: A Conversation Analysis Clarified by Participant Interviews	111	(32)
Jessie Goicoechea
PART II AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
6 Honor and Respect: Feminist Collaborative Research with Sexually Abused Women	143	(30)
Susan L. Morrow
7 An Empirical, Phenomenological Study: Being Joyful	173	(40)
Brent Robbins
8 Conceptual Encounter: The Experience of Anger	213	(34)
Joseph deRivera
9 Emergence of the Dialogal Approach: Forgiving Another	247	(32)
Steen Hailing, Michael Leifer, and Jan O. Rowe
10 A Thematic Analysis of Written Accounts: Thinking about Thought	279	(22)
Howard R. Pollio and Michael J. Ursiak
PART III LIFE SITUATIONS
11 Intuitive Inquiry: An Exploration of Embodiment among Contemporary Female Mystics	301	(30)
Vipassana Esbjörn-Hargens and Rosemarie Anderson
12 An Application of Experiential Method in Psychology: What Is It Like to Be a Stranger in a Foreign Land?	331	(46)
Arne Collen
13 Focus Groups and Related Rapid Assessment Methods: Identifying Psychoeducational HIV/AIDS Interventions in Botswana	377	(34)
Lisa Levers
Questions and Responses	411	(18)
Glossary	429	(14)
Index	443