Open AccessExamining Postgraduate Thesis Held with Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey
Author(s) -
Mahide Özçelik,
Başak Bağlama
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista românească pentru educaţie multidimensională
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-9270
pISSN - 2066-7329
DOI - 10.18662/rrem/13.1/356
Subject(s) - psychology , autism spectrum disorder , qualitative research , autism , data collection , medical education , library science , sociology , developmental psychology , medicine , social science , computer science
Aim of this study is to examine current research trends in postgraduate thesis carried out with families of children with autism spectrum disorder in Turkey. Document analysis as one of the qualitative research methods was used. The study included 70 open-access postgraduate theses obtained from the thesis archive of Higher Education Council (YOK) of Turkey between 2015-2019. Theses included in the research were analyzed using thesis analysis form prepared by the researchers. In the prepared form, theses were examined according to year, level of thesis, university, institute, department, title of thesis supervisor, research model, participant and number of participants, data collection tool and data analysis method. The results obtained within the framework of the investigation were interpreted with percentage and frequency tables and recommendations were presented for future research.