Using Qualitative Methods in Psychology

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SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE METHODS PART ONE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY Qualitative Research - David L Rennie A Matter of Hermaneutics and the Sociology of Knowledge Locating the Qualitative Research Genre - Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand An Exploration of Quality in Qualitative Research - Elizabeth Merrick Are `Reliability' and `Validity' Relevant? The Role of the Qualitative Researcher - Daniel Sciarra Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives in a Research Identity - Joseph G Ponterotto and Ingrid Grieger PART TWO: PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR CONDUCTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Ethics in Qualitative Research - Cori Cieurzo and Merle A Keitel The Internet and Qualitative Research - Patricia O'Brien Libutti Opportunities and Constraints on Analysis of Cyberspace Discourse Teaching Qualitative Research in Psychology - Sally D Stabb Designing Qualitative Research Reports for Publication - Constance T Fischer SECTION TWO: APPLYING QUALITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY PART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT Exploring Mulitcultural Issues Using Qualitative Methods - Lisa A Suzuki et al Qualitative Methods for an Outsider Looking In - Nancy Salkin Asher and Kenneth Chavinson Asher Lesbian Women and Body Image Friendship Patterns Among Urban Adolescent Boys - Niobe Way and Kerstin Pahl A Qualitative Account PART FOUR: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A THERAPEUTIC CONTEXT Capturing the Process of Family Therapy as Social Meaning Construction - Joy M Tanji Using a Qualitative Method to Study Clinical Supervision - Virginia O'Brien and Mary Kopala What is Effective Clinical Supervision? Relationship-Based Change - Michelle Maher PART FIVE: QUALITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION RESEARCH AND EVALUATION The Use of Focus Groups Within a Participatory Action Research Environment - John O'Neill, Barbara B Small and John Strachan Qualitative Research in Program Evaluation - Leo Goldman Afterword - Mary Kopala and Lisa A Suzuki