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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN FAMILY THERAPY: PUBLICATION TRENDS FROM 1980 TO 1999
Author(s) -
Faulkner Rhonda A.,
Klock Kathryn,
Gale Jerry E.
Publication year - 2002
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.1752-0606.2002.tb01174.x
Subject(s) - qualitative research , family therapy , inclusion (mineral) , mental health , psychology , psychotherapist , content analysis , medical education , medicine , social science , sociology , social psychology
In the early 1990s, scholars from a variety of disciplines encouraged greater inclusion of qualitative research methodology in the mental health field. Moon, Dillon, and Sprenkle (1990) hoped their paper “Family therapy and qualitative research” would serve as a stimulus for further development of qualitative research in the field of family therapy. Ten years later, entering the new millennium, has the field been influenced by recommendations for an increase in use of qualitative methodology in family therapy? A content analysis was conducted on articles published in the marriage and family therapy literature from 1980 to 1999. Of the numerous articles examined in four journals, 131 articles were published using qualitative research methodology. Findings support the contention that qualitative research is increasing, but still accounts for a small number of research articles published in marriage and family therapy journals.