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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.

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.

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

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Research Methods in Family Therapy, Second Edition

Research Methods in Family Therapy, Second Edition

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