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A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH IN FAMILY THERAPY JOURNALS
Author(s) -
Hawley Dale R.,
Bailey C. Everett,
Pennick Koby A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2000.tb00271.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , variety (cybernetics) , content analysis , psychology , sample (material) , qualitative research , medical education , medicine , psychotherapist , social science , sociology , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , artificial intelligence
In order to assess trends in family therapy research, empirical articles (N = 195) from three family therapy journals over a 5‐year period were coded for several variables: authorship, external funding, methodology, sample, purpose, cost effectiveness, use of therapeutic model, and topic. Results indicated that a large pecentage of research in these journals focused on nonclinical issues and used nonclinical samples. Authors were affiliated with a wide variety of disciplines and reported low levels of external funding for their research. While a majority of the studies used quantitative methods, there appeared to be a growing number of studies using qualitative methods. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of research reviews over the past two decades.