Research Methods in Family Therapy, Second Edition

by Sprenkle, Douglas H.; Piercy, Fred P.

• ISBN13: 9781572309609
• ISBN10: 1572309601
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

In this widely adopted text and professional reference, leading contributors provide the knowledge needed to design strong qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies; analyze the resulting data; and translate findings into improved practices and programs. Following a consistent format, user-friendly chapters thoroughly describe the various methodologies and illustrate their applications with helpful concrete examples.

Author Biography

Douglas H. Sprenkle, PhD, is professor and director of the doctoral program in marriage and family therapy at Purdue University. He is a former editor of the <I>Journal of Marital and Family Therapy<I*>. Dr. Sprenkle has received three major career honors from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT): the Cumulative Career Contribution in Family Therapy Research Award, the Training Award, and the Significant Contribution to Family Therapy Award. He has also received the Osborne Award for excellence in teaching from the National Council on Family Relations. Among his seven books, Dr. Sprenkle is the editor of <I>Effectiveness Research in Marriage and Family Therapy<I*>.

Fred P. Piercy, PhD, is professor and head of the Department of Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has served two times on the Board of Directors of AAMFT, and as the chair of the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education. Dr. Piercy is also a member and fellow of both AAMFT and the American Psychological Association. He has written over 160 published articles, 5 books, and 35 funded grants. Most recently, he is the coeditor of the <I>Handbook of the Clinical Treatment of Infidelity<I*> (with Katherine Hertlein and Joseph Wetchler). Dr. Piercy has won both national and university teaching awards. He has also collaborated extensively with colleagues from the University of Indonesia and Atma Jaya University (in Jakarta, Indonesia) and was the principal investigator of a World AIDS Foundation-funded project in Indonesia.

Table of Contents

PART I. INTRODUCTION
Pluralism, Diversity, and Sophistication in Family Therapy Research	3	(16)
Douglas H. Sprenkle
Fred P. Piercy
A Graduate Student Guide to Conducting Research in Marriage and Family Therapy	19	(22)
Lenore M. McWey
Ebony Joy James
Sara A. Smock
PART II. QUALITATIVE METHODS
Let's Get Grounded: Family Therapy Research and Grounded Theory	41	(22)
Silvia Echevarria-Doan
Carolyn Y. Tubbs
The Use of Phenomenology for Family Therapy Research: The Search for Meaning	63	(22)
Carla M. Dahl
Pauline Boss
Focus Groups in Family Therapy Research	85	(15)
Fred P. Piercy
Katherine M. Hertlein
Action Research Methods in Family Therapy	100	(19)
Tai J. Mendenhall
William J. Doherty
Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software: General Issues for Family Therapy Researchers	119	(17)
Jennifer L. Matheson
Bridging Research: Using Ethnography to Inform Clinical Practice	136	(19)
Carolyn Y. Tubbs
Linda M. Burton
Feminist Autoethnography	155	(15)
Katherine R. Allen
Fred P. Piercy
Performance Methodology: Constructing Discourses and Discursive Practices in Family Therapy Research	170	(21)
Saliha Bava
Future Directions for Qualitative Methods	191	(20)
Ronald J. Chenail
PART III. MIXED METHODS
Survey Research in Marriage and Family Therapy	211	(27)
Thorana S. Nelson
David D. Allred
The Delphi Method	238	(16)
Linda Stone Fish
Dean M. Busby
Task Analysis of Couple and Family Change Events	254	(18)
Brent Bradley
Susan M. Johnson
Program Evaluation Science and Family Therapy	272	(25)
Jay A. Mancini
Angela J. Huebner
Eric E. McCollum
Lydia I. Marek
PART IV. QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Clinical Trials in Marriage and Family Therapy Research	297	(21)
Kevin P. Lyness
Stephanie R. Walsh
Douglas H. Sprenkle
Meta-Analysis in Family Therapy Research	318	(21)
Karen S. Wampler
Alan Reifman
Julianne M. Serovich
Economic Evaluation Methodology for Family Therapy Outcome Research	339	(29)
David P. Mackinnon
Approaches to Prediction: Correlation, Regression, and Classification Techniques	368	(37)
Douglas K. Snyder
Laurel F. Mangrum
PART V. ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Multilevel Growth Modeling in the Context of Family Research	405	(27)
Margaret K. Keiley
Nina C. Martin
Ting Liu
Megan Dolbin-MacNab
Covariance Structure Analysis: From Path Analysis to Structural Equation Modeling	432	(29)
Margaret K. Keiley
Mary Dankoski
Megan Dolbin-MacNab
Ting Liu
Index	461