Lee N. Johnson – författare

Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research provides an accessible, understandable primer to advanced clinical research methods and statistics, all with the purpose of advancing therapy effectiveness and improving client care.This fully revised new edition is designed to help readers produce, consume, and understand research, keeping up to date with the latest developments in the field.Accessibly written with marriage and family therapists and researchers in mind, the chapters in the book address the changes in the research landscape of family therapy research, including new research designs, methods, and statistical techniques that are now considered best practice. Contributing authors share their wisdom on a wide variety of topics including randomized controlled trials, qualitative research, cultural adaptation research, and mixed methods research, with new chapters on metaanalysis, multilevel modelling, benchmarking, growth mixture modelling, Bayesian statistics, and more. New information on how to consume as well as produce research is featured, helping readers become informed consumers of journal articles and studies, produce quality, publishable research, and write fundable grant proposals. With further readings lists and online materials for classes, this textbook is essential reading for graduate students in MFT training, as well as MFT and clinical psychology researchers. It will also be an invaluable resource for marriage and family therapists to help them keep abreast of innovations in clinical practice.

Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research provides an accessible, understandable primer to advanced clinical research methods and statistics, all with the purpose of advancing therapy effectiveness and improving client care.This fully revised new edition is designed to help readers produce, consume, and understand research, keeping up to date with the latest developments in the field.Accessibly written with marriage and family therapists and researchers in mind, the chapters in the book address the changes in the research landscape of family therapy research, including new research designs, methods, and statistical techniques that are now considered best practice. Contributing authors share their wisdom on a wide variety of topics including randomized controlled trials, qualitative research, cultural adaptation research, and mixed methods research, with new chapters on metaanalysis, multilevel modelling, benchmarking, growth mixture modelling, Bayesian statistics, and more. New information on how to consume as well as produce research is featured, helping readers become informed consumers of journal articles and studies, produce quality, publishable research, and write fundable grant proposals. With further readings lists and online materials for classes, this textbook is essential reading for graduate students in MFT training, as well as MFT and clinical psychology researchers. It will also be an invaluable resource for marriage and family therapists to help them keep abreast of innovations in clinical practice.

Research is vital in moving the field of family therapy forward, but the myriad of possibilities inherent in working with systems and individuals can overwhelm even the most seasoned researcher. Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research is the best resource to address the day-to-day questions that researchers have as they investigate couples and families, and the best source for learning long-term theory and methodology. The contributors of this volume share their wisdom on a wide variety of topics including validity concerns, measuring interpersonal process and relational change, dyadic data analysis (demonstrated through a sample research study), mixed methods studies, and recruitment and retention. The volume contains one of the most detailed descriptions of data collections and covers interviewing, using questionnaires, and observing brain activity. Also addressed are suggestions to meaningfully reduce cultural bias, to conduct ethical research, and, in the Health Services Research chapter, to examine interventions for clients in various income brackets. A separate, ground-breaking chapter also addresses psychophysiological research in a couple and family therapeutic context. As an added benefit, readers will learn how to become informed consumers of journal articles and studies, how to produce quality, publishable research, and how to write fundable grant proposals. Each chapter provides a clear and detailed guide for students, researchers, and professionals, and as a whole Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research advances the field by teaching readers how to provide evidence that marriage and family therapy not only relieves symptoms, but also effects behavioral change in all family members.