GCEP 566 Research Methods and Statistics: Print & Ebooks

A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work.

Fully updated to reflect the latest developments, the third edition of Research Methods In Clinical Psychology offers a comprehensive introduction to the various methods, approaches, and strategies for conducting research in the clinical psychology field.

The book that established itself as a standard text and reference work for students seeking to master research methods and procedures in psychology has been updated and revised in this new edition! The Second Edition of The Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for Graduate Students and Research Assistants once again offers a comprehensive guide for understanding and conquering the entire research process.

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on worldview beliefs, morality beliefs, and decision-making, contributions of experimental psychology to forensic science; sexism and empathy: differences as a function of sociodemographic variables and relations between both constructs; alexithymia in eating disorders; and grief, grieving and beyond.

This book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arena.

Addiction Research Methods' is a comprehensive handbook for health professionals, policy-makers and researchers working and training in the field of addiction.
The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide to research design, methods and analysis within the context of the field of alcohol and other drugs. The reader is introduced to fundamental principles and key issues; and is orientated to available sources of information and key literature.

Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods This user-friendly textbook teaches students to understand and apply procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It explains statistics while progressing through the steps of the hypothesis-testing process from hypothesis to results.

Links to Full Text Chapter title: Conducting and Writing Literature Reviews.

Research is a vital and often daunting component of many counselling and psychotherapy courses. As well as completing their own research projects, trainees across modalities must understand the research in the field - what it tells them and how to do it. Breaking down this seemingly mountainous task into easy to swallow pieces, this book will navigate your students through each stage of the research process, from choosing a research question, through the pros and cons of different methods, to data analysis and writing up their findings.

Studies have proven that involving the family in psychiatric care is efficacious, and yet many clinicians lack the specific skills to do this. This title outlines evidence-based family therapy skills, and also reestablishes the role of the psychiatrist as the leader of the team of professionals providing mental health care to patients in need.

This title is available in both print and e-book formats.