Personal Construct Methodology sets a new standard for those interested in constructivist and post-modern research approaches. The volume does more than merely review traditional personal construct approaches to assessment and research. It also explores the use of more qualitative and narrative ways of researching within personal construct theory. The chapters include a critical appraisal of where future work should be directed. Providing such a comprehensive overview, this volume is destined to be the defining work in this area for years to come. Larry M. Leitner, Professor of Psychology, Miami University, USA
This collection presents a comprehensive overview of established and emerging techniques for collecting and analyzing data within the framework of personal construct theory. Written by the leading international experts in the field, Personal Construct Methodology looks at both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as methods used in clinical and counseling settings.
Divided into four sections, the chapters present a history of this innovative approach and describe a range of methods, including content analysis scales, repertory grid methodology, narrative assessments and drawings, and the laddering and ABC techniques. Clear and authoritative, this book provides easy to follow descriptions and examples of applications in clinical and nonclinical settings and explains how and why certain methods are used and in which contexts they are likely to have the most success.
Written by an international team of experts, this collection provides a comprehensive account of established and emerging methods of collecting and analysing data within the framework of personal construct theory.
Covers methods such as content analysis scales, repertory grid methodology, narrative assessments and drawings, the laddering and ABC techniques, and discusses how and why they are used
Explores both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as methods used in clinical and counselling settings
Includes 13 contributions from leading international scholars
About the Editors ix List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
PART I: SETTING THE SCENE
1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of
Constructivist Techniques 3
Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer
2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible
Criteria 53
Linda L. Viney and Sue Nagy
PART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS
3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems 71
Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden
4 The ABC Model Revisited 89
Finn Tschudi and David Winter
5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration 109
Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar
6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct
Revision Pathway 129
Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. Viney
PART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS
7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149
Peter Caputi
8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159
Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy
9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183
Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw
10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales 223
Linda L. Viney and Peter Caputi
PART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS
11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach 247
Luis Botella and MaraGamiz
12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a
Personal Construct Framework 269
Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney
13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An
Integrated Model 287
Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne Fraser
Index 319
Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006). Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).
Beverley M. Walker is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited with Scheer & Walker).
Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research
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