Case Study Research Methodology

Commenting on the lack of case studies published in modern psychotherapy publications, the author reviews the strengths of case study methodology and responds to common criticisms, before providing a summary of types of case studies including clinical, experimental and naturalistic. Suggestions are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mark Widdowson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre For Transactional Analysis Qualifications 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research
Online Access:http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/17055
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Summary:Commenting on the lack of case studies published in modern psychotherapy publications, the author reviews the strengths of case study methodology and responds to common criticisms, before providing a summary of types of case studies including clinical, experimental and naturalistic. Suggestions are included for developing systematic case studies and brief descriptions are given of a range of research resources relating to outcome and process measures. Examples of a pragmatic case study design and a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design are given and the paper concludes with some ethical considerations and an exhortation to the TA community to engage more widely in case study research.
ISSN:2218-3159
2218-3159