This comprehensive and highly practical 'how to' book guides researchers from start to finish through the research process. The easy-to-follow consecutive steps cover: basic academic skills, literature reviews, research aims, selection of quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods, research and ethics proposals, data collection and analysis, and final thesis or report. Supported by decision-making flowcharts, further reading, reflective questions, state-of-the-art trends and templates, this book ensures you produce a sound and coherent research project that fulfils your training and publication requirements. It is the go-to guide for beginning and advanced researchers in counselling, psychotherapy, counselling and clinical psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications LtdYear
2023Print ISBN
9781529733730
9781529733747
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1eBook ISBN
9781529764888
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Online Resources
- Part I Basic Skills
- 1 How to Become a Researcher on Psychological Therapies
- 2 How to Develop Basic Academic Skills
- Part II Essential Skills
- 3 How to Develop a Conceptual Overview of Your Research Area
- 4 How to Find a Research Topic and Use Self-Reflection
- 5 How to Conduct a Literature Review
- 6 How to Develop Research Aims
- 7 How to Decide the Methodology
- Part III Specific Skills
- 8 How to Conduct Quantitative Research
- 9 How to Conduct Qualitative Research
- 10 How to Conduct Mixed Methods Research
- 11 How to Conduct Ethical Research
- 12 How to Discuss and Disseminate Research
- Appendix: Templates
- References
- Index
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