[Rating scales based on the phenomenological and structural approach].
A current tendency of research in clinical psychology consists in using an integrated quantitative and qualitative methodology. This approach is especially suited to the study of the therapeutic intervention where the researcher is himself part of the situation he is investigating. As to the tools of research, the combination of the semi-structured clinical interview, of psychometric scales and projective tests has proved to be pertinent to describe the multidimensional and fluctuating reality of the therapeutic relationship and the changes induced by it in the two partners. In arts therapeutic research the investigation of the artistic production or of the free expression of people may complete the psychometric and projective tools. The concept of "expressive test" is currently being used to characterise this method. In this context, the development of rating scales, based on the phenomenological and structural or holistic approach allows us making the link between qualitative analysis and quantification, leading to the use of inferential statistics, providing that we remain at the nominal or ordinal level of measurement. We are explaining the principle of construction of these rating scales and we are illustrating our practice with some examples drawn from studies we realized in clinical psychology.
Schiltz
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Centre de Recherche Publique-Santé, département des neurosciences, Université du Luxembourg. lony.schiltz@education.lu
D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design