Methodological diversity of research published in selected psychological journals in 1999.
454 papers appearing in 10 journals published by the American Psychological Association during 1999 were reviewed to consider the frequency of publication of qualitative research. Journals reviewed included Health Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Family Psychology, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Psychological Assessment, and Psychology and Aging. Papers were classified as quantitative, qualitative, or mixed qualitative/quantitative studies. Quantitative papers were also dichotomously classified as either primarily descriptive or experimental. Qualitative studies were classified by type of qualitative methods specified by the authors. Most papers (97.6.%) were classified as quantitative. Only three journals reviewed published qualitative studies.
Munley
Patrick H
PH
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Western Michigan University, USA. patrick.munley@wmich.edu
Anderson
Mary Z
MZ
Briggs
Denise
D
Devries
Michael R
MR
Forshee
Wade J
WJ
Whisner
Emily A
EA
D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research