Family Therapy and Qualitative Research*

Moon, Sidney M.; Dillon, Deborah R.; Sprenkle, Douglas H.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1990.tb00056.x

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“…Unfortunately, as noted above, our field, even given its interest in social constructionism and the narrative approach, has not yet embraced the move towards the growth of qualitative methods (see Moon et al, 1990;Silverman, 1993;Marshall and Rossman, 1994). Tesch (1990) identifies different types of qualitative research according to three major substantive questions: What are the characteristics of language itself?…”

Section: Family Therapy Training Research Update 95 (3) Methodologicamentioning

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Family Therapy Training Research – An Updating Review

Street

1997

Journal of Family Therapy

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a This paper provides an update of research into the training of family therapists. Issues from the overarching contexts of adult learning, professional training and current themes in the practice of family therapy are briefly outlined. The early organization of the training research field is seen as being programme orientated, lacking a multi-perspective approach (particularly that of the trainee) and not making use of qualitative research methods. The more recent empirical research is reviewed with these issues to the fore. The paper concludes by providing a new set of research questions, many of which can be addressed by qualitative methodologies and by calling for the research process to be an essential ingredient of training for family therapists aided by the development of the trainer/researcher role. IntroductionAny discussion of family therapy training should as a first step consider the general context of adult learning and professional education, for it is within this context that important issues and parameters will be found that have a direct bearing on the evaluation of training. Thus, of the models of professionalism that have been identified (Jones and Joss, 1995), the most applicable to the practice of family therapy would appear to be that of the reflective practitioner (Schon, 1983). The role that one is training for with this model is of facilitating the discovery of optimal courses of action and solutions to problems in an uncertain world. The model holds that there are no right single answers, there being a range of possible solutions and courses of actions which can vary from context to context. It is also recognized that the theories which inform such practice may be deficient or incomplete.The tasks of training reflexive practitioners have then to be © 1997 The Association for Family Therapy

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Section: Family Therapy Training Research Update 95 (3) Methodologicamentioning

confidence: 99%

Family Therapy Training Research – An Updating Review

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1997

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“…Qualitative research has been growing in popularity because it attempts to understand the significance of complex events and interactions in their natural context from the point of view of the participants involved (Moon et al, 1990). Qualitative research also seems to be more compatible with systems thinking and the aforementioned new process perspective.…”

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Contemporary family therapy in the United States

Sprenkle

Bischof

1994

Journal of Family Therapy

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Major issues in contemporary family therapy in the United States are described. Issues from outside the field impacting family therapy include health care reform, family ‘values’, multiple forms of ‘family’, and the growing aging population. Issues within the field include the challenge of social construction theory, the decline of the expert, the feminist critique, sensitivity to culture, rediscovering individuals within families, focus on strengths and resources, a both–and attitude toward collaboration with other professionals, emphasis upon the person of the therapist, and convergence of ‘schools’ of family therapy. Therapists in the United States are also opening up the private process of therapy through reflecting teams, including clients in therapist thinking, multi‐family groups, and through psychoeducational groups. Finally, attempts to bridge the gap between research and practice are analyzed.

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“…This flexibility allowed the researcher to go where the informants led and to uncover other facets of a phenomenon that may have gone undetected by a rigid, predetermined approach. Again, this freedom proved useful when the phenomenon was not well understood and the variables not easily identified by social scientists (Creswell, 1998;Denzin & Lincoln, 1994;Huberman & Miles, 1994;Lincoln & Cuba, 1985;Mastoukas, 1994;Moon, Dillon & Sprenkle, 1990;Searight & Young, 1994;Sells, Smith, Coe, Yoshioka & Robbins, 1994, Wolcott, 1994. Third, following the discovery of new information, qualitative research allowed for the creation of interrelated propositions and new theoretical models for these phenomenon (Creswell, 1998;Denzin & Lincoln, 1994;Glaser & Strauss, 1967;Lincoln & Cuba, 1985;Strauss & Corbin, 1990;Wolcott, 1994).…”

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“…Other justifications for a qualitative approach included its strengths in studying complex phenomena that are not well understood or scientifically immature (Huberman & Miles, 1994;Joanning, Newfield & Quinn, 1987;Moon, Dillon & Sprenkle, 1990;Sells, Smith, Coe, Yoshioka & Robbins, 1994). Second, qualitative inquiry offered the researcher discovery oriented design.…”

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What influences patients to change?: a qualitative exploration of health decision-making factors among diabetes patients

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Family Therapy and Qualitative Research*

Cited by 158 publications

References 61 publications

Family Therapy Training Research – An Updating Review

Family Therapy Training Research – An Updating Review

Contemporary family therapy in the United States

What influences patients to change?: a qualitative exploration of health decision-making factors among diabetes patients

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