Qualitative research in family therapy: a substantive and methodological review.
Over the last decade, marriage and family therapy (MFT) researchers have developed a growing interest in qualitative research. In this article, we review substantive and methodological trends in the published qualitative studies within the MFT field. The research is compared and contrasted in the following areas: General topic, epistemological theory, methodological theory, sampling and sample, data collection, data analysis procedure, and approach to reliability and validity. We also provide recommendations for future research.
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Department of Counseling and Special Education, California State University, 5005 N. Maple ED 3, Fresno, CA 93740, USA. dianeg@csufresno.edu
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D003625:Data Collection; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*