Bridging the Clinician/Researcher Gap with Systemic Research: The Case for Process Research, Dyadic, and Sequential Analysis

Keywords

Marriage and Family Therapy, process research, dyadic data analysis, sequential analysis

Abstract

In Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), as in many clinical disciplines, concern surfaces about the clinician/researcher gap. This gap includes a lack of accessible, practical research for clinicians. MFT clinical research often borrows from the medical tradition of randomized control trials, which typically use linear methods, or follow procedures distanced from “real‐world” therapy. We review traditional research methods and their use in MFT and propose increased use of methods that are more systemic in nature and more applicable to MFTs: process research, dyadic data analysis, and sequential analysis. We will review current research employing these methods, as well as suggestions and directions for further research.

Original Publication Citation

Oka, M. & Whiting, J. B. (2013). Bridging the clinician-researcher gap with systemic research: The case for process research, dyadic, and sequential analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 39, 17-27. [5]. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00339.x

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2012-10-13

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5035

Publisher

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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