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Informationen zum Autor Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, ABPP, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University. He is the Sterling Professor of Psychology and Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University and director of the Yale Parenting Center, a service for children and families. Before coming to Yale, he was on the faculty of The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At Yale, Dr. Kazdin has been chairman of the psychology department, director and chairman of the Yale Child Study Center at the School of Medicine, and director of Child Psychiatric Services at Yale amp ndash New Haven Hospital. Dr. Kazdin's work on parenting and childrearing has been featured on NPR, PBS, BBC, and CNN and he has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News, 2 /2 , and Dr. Phil. Dr. Kazdin has been editor of six professional journals, including Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Current Directions in Psychological Science, and Clinical Psychological Science. He has received a number of professional awards, including the Outstanding Research Contribution by an Individual Award and Lifetime Achievement Awards (Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies), Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology Award and Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology (APA), and the James McKeen Cattell Award (Association for Psychological Science). Some of his recent books include Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings (2nd ed.) Research Design in Clinical Psychology (5th ed.) The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills (with Carlo Rotella) Behavior Modification in Applied Settings (7th ed.) and Violence Against Women and Children: Volume I: Mapping the Terrain and Volume II: Navigating Solutions (with Jacqueline W. White and Mary P. Koss). Klappentext This fourth edition of Alan E. Kazdin's classic text will! like its predecessors! help students and professionals alike master a wide range of methodological approaches to examining clinical issues and phenomena. The goal is to help the reader design! conduct! recognise! and appreciate high quality research! and recognise the implications of crucial decisions about methodology and design. Zusammenfassung Delve into a spectrum of research methodologies for clinical issues, covering experimental design, bias identification, data analysis, and ethical considerations. New contributions illuminate translational and qualitative research, innovative data collection methods, and advanced modeling techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors PrefacePart I. Introduction: Overview and Background Chapter . Methodology: What It Is and Why It Is So ImportantAlan E. KazdinPart II. Beginning the Research ProcessResearch Ideas Chapter 2. Beginning the Research Process: Key Concepts That Can Guide a StudyAlan E. Kazdin Chapter 3. Getting Out of Our Conceptual Ruts: Strategies for Expanding Conceptual FrameworksAllan W. Wicker Chapter 4. Translational ResearchMichael T. Bardo and Mary Ann PentzFoci of Research Chapter 5. In Defense of External InvalidityDouglas G. Mook Chapter . When Small Effects Are ImpressiveDeborah A. Prentice and Dale T. MillerPart III. Sampling and Assigning Participants to ConditionsSamples and Selection of Participants Chapter 7. Most People Are Not WEIRDJoseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine, and Ara Norenzayan Chapter 8. The Neglected 95%: Why American Psychology Needs to Become Less AmericanJeffrey J. Arnett Chapter 9. Amazon's Mechanical Turk: A New Source of Inexpensive, Yet High-Quality, Data?Michael Buhrmester, Tracy Kwang, and Samuel D. GoslingRandomization and Group Equivalence Chapter . Random Sampling, Randomization, and Equivalence of Contrasted Groups...
