Understanding Research in Clinical and Counseling Psychology

Jay C. Thomas, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Distinguished University Professor, Assistant Dean, and Director of the Counseling Program at the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University. His research interests include applied research methodology, outcome studies, behavioral change, program development and evaluation, personnel selection, job stress, mental health and the workplace, and psychometrics.Michel Hersen, Ph.D., ABPP, is a professor and Dean at the School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University. His research interests include assessment and treatment of older adults, single care research, and administration.

• Part I: Research Foundations. Thomas, Rosqvist, Introduction: Science in the Service of Practice. Thomas, Christiansen, Measurement Theory in Research. Minke, Haynes, Sampling: The Generalizability of Data Across Persons, Behaviors, Settings, and Time. Scotti, Morris, Stacom, Cohen, Validity: Controlling and Balancing Interrelated Threats. Part II: Research Strategies. Freeman, Eagle, Single Subject Research Designs. Moyer, Gross, Group Designs. Goldstein, Correlational Methods. Durand, Wang, Clinical Trials. Thomas, Michael, Meta-analysis. Part III: Research Practice. Miller, Williams, Ethical Guidelines in Research. Gilman, Thomas, Winder, Literature Reviews. Thomas, Meeke, French, Planning Data Collection and Performing Analyses. Part IV: Special Problems. Rosqvist, Thomas, Truax, Effectiveness versus Efficacy Studies. Sue, Cheng, Sue, Problems in Generalizing Research to Other Cultures. Clement, Research in Private Practice: How to Determine Your Effectiveness as a Therapist. Sexton, Research with Families. Rapport, Bolden, Chung, Issues in Doing Research with Children. Feliciano, Yochim, Steers, Jay, Segal, Research with Older Adults.

"There is no doubt that the book is a solid text that serves students in professional training programs quite well and it has likely done quite well in this market. It has been reported that the modal number of publications among professional clinical and counseling psychologists is zero and that the majority of practicing psychologists in these fields needs to know more about understanding research findings and learning how to conduct research in their practice settings. Certainly, this text has a place in this market and I know of no other texts with this explicit stated goal.The 2003 volume represents a constellation of chapters, many authored by recognized authorities in the field. The editors have done an exemplary job of identifying these individuals and helping them develop their chapters using a uniform style of presentation. Chapters are well written and a high level of scholarship is evident in all the contributed works."- Kevin Larkin, West Virginia University