Clinical Flashcards
who devised grounded theory?
Glaser and Strauss 1960
aim of grounded theory
research conducted to gather info about something of interest and theory emerges from data
(don’t start with a hypothesis)
Grounded theory - Nathaniel 2007
- gathered info from nurses
- codes and categories drawn out
- things coded in same way until patterns are seen
- more patterns discovered and codes more specific
- researchers memo their work, developing ideas which helps identify links
- one theoretical concept has emerged, researches will conduct more research
pros and cons of grounded theory
- good validity as it measures what the researchers sought to measure
- bias as research is subjective when they look at patterns as they are trying to find hypothesis
- lacks reliability as you can’t guarantee 2 researchers will gather the same info and hypothesis
- time consuming
clinical practical (content analysis)
A: see whether attitudes towards schizos has changed overtime using 2 newspapers 1995 and 2018
H: 2018 article will have significantly more positive refrences and fewer negative to schizophrenia compared to 1995
1995: london news group ‘schizo stern and wild’
2018: the guardian ‘bravely heroic’
method: tallies produced using pre-agreed coding units results compared and differences discussed
results: 1995 = 25 - 2018 = 10-
2+ 23+
practical evaluation
- inter-rater reliability
- subjective
- ecological validity
- task validity
- validity as both articles related to schizo
practical evaluation - methodology
- deep analysis of changing attitudes
- ensured 2 articles had similar content
- tallying + and - refrences too broad
- subjective
valentine et al
interviews
2010
A: see usefulness of psycho-educational material provided from offender patients at psychiatric hospital
P: 42 males given semi-structured interview where they discussed symptoms and illness
R: group interviews helped them improve
7 research methods
primary data secondary data cross sectional longitudinal meta-analysis case studies cross cultural
primary data
- directly by researcher
- up to date info
- high reliability
- time consuming
secondary data
- evidence by other researchers
- quicker
- unaware of validity and reliability
cross sectional data
- ppts diff age same time
- less time consuming
- individual differences
- cohort effect
cohort effect
research result is impacted by the characteristics of the cohorts
longitudinal data
- measured over specific time period at certain intervals
- time consuming
- attrition rates
meta-analysis
- statistical data from multiple studies
- identify common effect
- improves estimates
- only selection of studies (bias)