Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research: a focus on validity and change

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
About the Editors......Page 12
About the Contributors......Page 14
1 Introduction: The Importance of Validity, Relationships, and Change in Marriage and Family Therapy Research......Page 24
SECTION I Foundational Issues......Page 36
2 Developing a Good Research Idea......Page 38
3 Integrating Theory and Research......Page 51
4 Measurement Issues with Couple- and Family-Level Data......Page 67
5 Ethical Guidelines for Conducting Clinical Research in Relationship-Focused Therapy......Page 82
SECTION II Data Collection......Page 100
6 Recruitment and Retention of Couples and Families in Clinical Research......Page 102
7 Using Questionnaires in Clinical Couple and Family Research......Page 117
8 Emergent Technologies in Marriage and Family Therapy Research......Page 135
9 Physiological Research in Couple and Family Therapy......Page 147
10 Electroencephalography in Marriage and Family Therapy Research......Page 165
SECTION III Methodologies......Page 182
11 Cultural Adaptation Research: A Critical Opportunity for Addressing Mental Health Disparities in the Couple and Family Therapy Field......Page 184
12 Randomized Clinical Trials: Putting Marriage and Family Therapy Interventions to the Test......Page 201
13 Single-Case Research with Couples and Families......Page 219
14 Examining Micro-Change in Clinical Populations Using a Daily Diary Approach......Page 231
15 Observational Research......Page 253
16 Qualitative Research for Family Therapy......Page 270
17 Mixed Methods Clinical Research with Couples and Families......Page 289
18 Community-Based Participatory Research: Where Family Therapists Can Make a Difference......Page 305
19 Health Services Research: Optimizing Delivery of Care......Page 321
SECTION IV Analysis......Page 336
20 Applied Statistical Analysis and Interpretation......Page 338
21 Missing Data......Page 352
22 Mediation and Moderation: Conceptual Foundations and Analytical Applications......Page 370
23 Dyadic or Systemic Data Analysis......Page 389
24 Observing Couple and Family Relationships: Data Management and Analysis......Page 406
25 Statistical Analysis with Small Samples......Page 424
26 Integrating Costs into Marriage and Family Therapy Research......Page 443
Author Index......Page 460
Subject Index......Page 479