Using Qualitative Methods in Psychology

Mary Kopala (Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University) is an associate professor in Educational Foundations and Counseling, Division of Education, at Hunter College, CUNY. In addition to her book with Merle Keitel, Counseling Women with Breast Cancer: A Guide for Professionals (Sage, 7/00), she is editor of Using Qualitative Methods in Psychology (Sage, 1999) and numerous journal articles and book chapters. She is also a licensed psychologist in private practice. Lisa Suzuki conducts research in the area of multicultural assessment in particular understanding how culture impacts the process of cognitive assessment. Her work also focuses on the usage of qualitative research strategies with diverse ethnocultural groups. She serves as an Associate Editor of The Counseling Psychologist, Consulting Editor of The Journal of Psychological Assessment, and Consulting Editor of The Asian Journal of Counseling. She is senior co-editor of the Handbook of Multicultural Assessment now in its third edition (with Joseph Ponterotto) and co editor of The Handbook of Multicultural Counseling (with Joseph Ponterotto, Manuel Casas, and Charlene Alexander) also in its third edition. She is co-author of Intelligent Testing with Minority Students (with Richard Valencia) and co-editor of Using Qualitative Methods in Psychology (with Mary Kopala). Suzuki currently co-editing a text (with Donna Nagata and Laura Kohn-Wood) entitled Qualitative Strategies with Ethnocultural Populations to be published by APA Books. She is currently working with Jacqueline Mattis and a group of doctoral students on a study focusing on meaning making among survivors of the Holocaust in collaboration with Elizabeth Edelstein of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Suzuki is the recipient of the Distinguished Contribution bestowed by the Asian American Psychological Association (2006) and the Visionary Leadership Award from the National Multicultural Conference and Summit (2007). Suzuki served as the Vice-President of Diversity and Public Interest for the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association (2002-2005). Suzuki received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992 and has taught in the counseling psychology programs at Fordham University and the University of Oregon.

`The text has a good layout and is an excellent introduction to the broad area of qualitative research.' - Psychology Research Journal

SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE METHODSPART ONE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGYQualitative Research - David L Rennie A Matter of Hermaneutics and the Sociology of KnowledgeLocating the Qualitative Research Genre - Lisa Tsoi HoshmandAn Exploration of Quality in Qualitative Research - Elizabeth Merrick Are `Reliability¿ and `Validity¿ Relevant?The Role of the Qualitative Researcher - Daniel SciarraMerging Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives in a Research Identity - Joseph G Ponterotto and Ingrid GriegerPART TWO: PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR CONDUCTING QUALITATIVE RESEARCHEthics in Qualitative Research - Cori Cieurzo and Merle A KeitelThe Internet and Qualitative Research - Patricia O¿Brien Libutti Opportunities and Constraints on Analysis of Cyberspace DiscourseTeaching Qualitative Research in Psychology - Sally D StabbDesigning Qualitative Research Reports for Publication - Constance T FischerSECTION TWO: APPLYING QUALITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGYPART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A CULTURAL CONTEXTExploring Mulitcultural Issues Using Qualitative Methods - Lisa A Suzuki et alQualitative Methods for an Outsider Looking In - Nancy Salkin Asher and Kenneth Chavinson Asher Lesbian Women and Body ImageFriendship Patterns Among Urban Adolescent Boys - Niobe Way and Kerstin Pahl A Qualitative AccountPART FOUR: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A THERAPEUTIC CONTEXTCapturing the Process of Family Therapy as Social Meaning Construction - Joy M TanjiUsing a Qualitative Method to Study Clinical Supervision - Virginia O¿Brien and Mary Kopala What is Effective Clinical Supervision?Relationship-Based Change - Michelle MaherPART FIVE: QUALITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION RESEARCH AND EVALUATIONThe Use of Focus Groups Within a Participatory Action Research Environment - John O¿Neill, Barbara B Small and John StrachanQualitative Research in Program Evaluation - Leo GoldmanAfterword - Mary Kopala and Lisa A Suzuki