Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study took an exploratory, discovery-oriented look at 12 therapists' case conceptualizations.The process component of case conceptualizations was analyzed using process tracing methodology.The structural component was analyzed using multidimensional scaling.The two components were integrated via the constant comparative method of grounded theory, a method designed to facilitate the rigorous, systematic generation of theory that remains firmly rooted (or grounded) in the data ft^om which it came.A grounded theoretical understanding of therapists' case conceptualizations was derived that fits the empirical data ft-om which it emerged, and is open to future investigation.Case conceptualization was understood as assembling an image of the client.Common structural features to that image were described by the underlying dimensional structure of support versus aggression, and powerful versus ineffective figures in the client's world.The assembling process consisted of three main steps: identifying important information, establishing linkages, and consolidating understanding of the case.LIST OF TABLES 1. Frequency table of theoretical orientations 31 2. Therapists' participant weights 46 VI LIST OF FIGURES 1. Example of protocol analysis 2. Sample note card used in generating grounded theory 3. Sample memo used in generating grounded theory 4. Two-dimensional MDS solution 5. Generalized flow chart of the conceptualization process Vll
Author: Gregory S. Patterson
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2302954483