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This indispensable book provides diverse perspectives on the role of research in clinical psychology and a comprehensive collection of theoretical and methodological models that spans the spectrum of clinical research. Revised and updated, this Second Edition contains a preeminent cast of contributors who cover all the relevant aspects of and tactics for conducting clinical research, and includes:
* Expanded coverage of specific methodological issues in all aspects of clinical research.
* Focus chapters on specific methods and topics.
* Updated chapters on new areas of research.
* Discussions of research issues relevant to special populations such as children, older adults, and families. Acclaim for the Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology.
"Kendall and Butcher have undertaken the monumental task of presenting...contemporary strategies and tactics of clinical research and have succeeded beyond any reasonable hope." --David H. Barlow on the First Edition

"The first edition of this edited volume is almost a classic...I would predict that the second edition will...receive high marks in the professional psychology community." --Lewis R. Aiken, PhD

"Kendall and Butcher have made a substantial contribution to research in clinical psychology . . . [and] a cornerstone among reference works for our science and profession in the coming years."--Contemporary Psychology on the First Edition

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Part I General Issues in Clinical Research'
• Chapter 1 Overview of Research Design Issues in Clinical Psychology
• Chapter 2 Ethical Perspectives in Clinical Research
• Chapter 3 Ethnicity, Gender, and Cross-Cultural Issues in Clinical Research
• Chapter 4 Statistical Methods in Clinical Research
• Chapter 5 Focus Chapter: Publishing and Communicating Research Findings: Seeking Scientific Objectivity'
• Part II Areas of Clinical Research: Assessment.'
• Chapter 6 Psychometric Issues in Assessment Research
• Chapter 7 Research Design in Objective Personality Assessment
• Chapter 8 Observational Assessment: Measure Development and Research Issues
• Chapter 9 Methodological Issues in Research Using Projective Methods
• Chapter 10 Methodological Issues in Research on Neuropsychological and Intellectual Assessment
• Chapter 11 Methodological Issues in Psychophysiological Research
• Chapter 12 Item Response Theory in Assessment Research '
• Part III Areas of Clinical Research: Treatment'
• Chapter 13 Application of Time-Series (Single-Subject) Designs in Clinical Psychology
• Chapter 14 Therapy Outcome Research Methods
• Chapter 15 Treatment Process Research Methods
• Chapter 16 Research Methods in Community-Based Treatment and Prevention
• Chapter 17 Meta-Analytic Research Methods'
• Part IV Areas of Clinical Research: Psychopathology and Health'
• Chapter 18 Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Developmental Psychopathology Research
• Chapter 19 Research Methods in Adults Psychopathology
• Chapter 20 Methodological Issues in Adult Health Psychology
• Chapter 21 Research Methods in Pediatric Psychology
• Chapter 22 Research Methods in Behavioral Genetics
• Chapter 23 Research Methods in the Study of Sexual Behavior'
• Part V Special Populations'
• Chapter 24 Research Methods with Children
• Chapter 25 Research Methods with Adolescents
• Chapter 26 Research Methods with Older Adults
• Chapter 27 Research Methods with Couples
• Chapter 28 Research Methods with Families'

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology at Temple University, where he also serves as Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic. He is the editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, coauthor of numerous books, and an alumnus of Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University, where he completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology.

James N. Butcher, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and has published 36 books and more than 150 articles in the areas of personality assessment, abnormal psychology, and psychotherapy.

Grayson N. Holmbeck, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago and associate editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.