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Research methods in family therapy / edited by Douglas H. Sprenkle, Fred P. Piercy. - 2nd ed. - New York : Guilford Press, c2005. - xvii, 473 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Part I. Introduction --
Pluralism, diversity, and sophistication in family therapy research / Douglas H. Sprenkle and Fred P. Piercy --
A graduate student guide to conducting research in marriage and family therapy / Lenore M. McWey, Ebony Joy James, and Sara A. Smock --
Part II. Qualitative methods --
Let's get grounded : family therapy research and grounded theory / Silvia Echevarria-Doan and Carolyn Y. Tubbs --
The use of phenomenology for family therapy research : the search for meaning / Carla M. Dahl and Pauline Boss --
Focus groups in family therapy research / Fred P. Piercy and Katherine M. Hertlein --
Action research methods in family therapy / Tai J. Mendenahll and William J. Doherty --
Computer-aided qualitative data analysis software : general issues for family therapy researchers / Jennifer L. Matheson --
Bridging research : using ethnography to inform clincial practice / Carolyn Y. Tubbs and Linda M. Burton --
Feminist autoethnography / Katherine R. Allen and Fred P. Piercy --
Performance methodology : constructing discourses and discursive practices in family therapy research / Saliha Bava --
Future directions for qualitative methods / Ronald J. Chenail --
Part III. Mixed methods --
Survey research in marriage and family therapy / Thorana S. Nelson and David D. Allred --
The Delphi method / Linda Stone Fish and Dean M. Busby --
Task analysis of couple and family change events / Brent Bradley and Susan M. Johnson --
Program evaluation science and family therapy / Jay A. Mancini [and others] --
Part IV. Quantitative methods --
Clinical trials in marriage and family therapy research / Kevin P. Lyness, Stephanie R. Walsh, and Douglas H. Sprenkle --
Meta-analysis in family therapy research / Karen S. Wampler, Alan Reifman, and Julianne M. Serovich --
Economic evaluation methodology for family therapy outcome research / David P. MacKinnon --
Approaches to prediction : correlation, regression, and classification techniques / Douglas K. Snyder and Laurel F. Mangrum --
Part V. Advanced quantitative methods --
Multilevel growth modeling in the context of family research / Margaret K. Keiley [and others] --
Covariance structure analysis : from path analysis to structural equation modeling / Margaret K. Keiley [and others].

ISBN: 1572309601 (hardcover) 9781572309609

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Family psychotherapy--Research--Methodology.

LC Class. No.: RC488.5 / .R31