Using qualitative methods in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Kopala and Lisa A. Suzuki, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825210103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• ISBN: 1-4522-2548-6; 0-7619-1036-0; 1-4522-6215-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 237 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KopalaMary; SuzukiLisa A. <1961->
• Disciplina: 150.72
• Soggetti: Psychology - Research - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About This Text; Section 1 - Foundational Issues in Qualitative Methods; Part I - The Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Methods in Psychology; Chapter 1 - Qualitative Research: A Matter of Hermeneutics and the Sociology of Knowledge; Chapter 2 - Locating the Qualitative Research Genre; Chapter 3 - An Exploration of Quality in Qualitative Research: Are ""Reliability"" and ""Validity"" Relevant?; Chapter 4 - The Role of the Qualitative Researcher; Chapter 5 - Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives in a Research Identity; Part II - Practical Foundations for Conducting Qualitative ResearchChapter 6 - Ethics in Qualitative Research; Chapter 7 - The Internet and Qualitative Research: Opportunities and Constraints on Analysis of Cyberspace Discourse; Chapter 8 - Teaching Qualitative Research in Psychology; Chapter 9 - Designing Qualitative Research Reports for Publication; Section 2 - Applying Qualitative Methods in Psychology; Part III - Qualitative Research in a Cultural Context; Chapter 10 - Exploring Multicultural Issues Using Qualitative Methods; Chapter 11 - Qualitative Methods for an Outsider Looking In: Lesbian Women and Body ImageChapter 12 - Friendship Patterns Among Urban Adolescent Boys: A Qualitative Account; Part IV - Qualitative Research in a Therapeutic Context; Chapter 13 - Capturing the Process of Family ; Therapy as Social Meaning Construction; Chapter 14 - Using a Qualitative Method to Study Clinical Supervision: What is Effective Clinical Supervision?; Chapter 15 - Relationship-Based Change: A Feminist Qualitative Research Case; Part V - Qualitative Methods in Action Research and Evaluation; Chapter 16 - The use of Focus Groups within a Participatory Action Research EnvironmentChapter 17 - Qualitative Research in Program Evaluation; Afterword; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Addressing topics such as validity and reliability, training issues and ethics, this volume offers a searching examination of the critical issues involved in qualitative research.