Research Books
Argumentative and Aggressive Communication: Theory, Research, and Application
"Argumentative and Aggressive Communication" is the first book entirely devoted to the theory-building, research and application issues on aggressive communication. In addition to fully describing... (more)
Action Research: Living Theory
Defines the philosophy behind action research and the process of doing action research for those interested in this area. This book sets in place the foundations of action research as a discipline,... (more)
The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods
Provides the user with up to date definitions of all major concepts and methods encountered when attempting to conduct research in the social and cultural fields. The SAGE Dictionary of Social and... (more)
Constructing Grounded Theory
This is the second edition of Kathy Charmaz's groundbreaking and bestselling text on grounded theory. It retains the accessible and engaging style of the first edition to present for readers a... (more)
Empirical Research on Logotherapy and Meaning-Oriented Psychotherapy: An Annotated Bibliography
An ambitious project, this book offers an organized, comprehensive, and invaluable compilation of relevant research material regarding meaning in life - the central axis of logotherapy. A relevant... (more)
Personality Disorders: Current Research and Treatments
As with a number of specific areas in the medical professions, the field of personality disorders has experienced a period of rapid growth and development over the past decade. This volume offers the... (more)
Multiple Case Study Analysis
Examining situational complexity is a vital part of social and behavioural science research. This engaging text provides an effective process for studying multiple cases - such as sets of teachers,... (more)
What is Psychotherapeutic Research?
This book marks an important watershed in the development of psychotherapy. It provides examples of how psychotherapeutic research and the abilities to carry it out can help the practising... (more)
Researching the Psychotherapy Process: A Practical Guide to Transcript-Based Methods
This hands-on introduction to psychotherapy process research methods takes the student clinician/researcher through the basic steps of developing a research project based on a transcript of a... (more)
Critical Discursive Psychology
Critical Discursive Psychology addresses issues in critical discursive research in psychology and outlines the historical context in the discipline for the emergence of qualitative debates. Key... (more)
Buying and Clearing Rights:
Provides a truly practical guide to the clearing of rights in print, visual and multimedia productions with accessible step-by-step assistance in planning, clearing and paying for clearances. An... (more)
Qualitative Research Practice
Written by internationally-recognized qualitative researchers who recount and reflect on their own and others' research experiences, this text demonstrates the benefits of using particular methods... (more)
Gender and Qualitative Methods:
This text outlines the practical and philosophical issues of gender in qualitative research, and covers areas including field work, life story, membership categorization analysis, and analysis of... (more)
Research Training for Social Scientists:
Provides an introduction for beginning researchers to the skills required for successful research. (more)
Reflexivity: A Practical Guide to Reflexive Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care
Reflexivity is a tool that empowers by opening up a more radical consciousness, but it often proves initially difficult to grasp. In this book a collection of researchers offer six maps of the... (more)
Beginning Qualitative Research: A Philosophical and Practical Guide
Focuses on the serious, beginning, qualitative researcher. The book has three main features: it provides a theoretical base for understanding competing research paradigms; it features a "methods"... (more)
Research on Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Adults
Volume 7 in the EFPP Series that aims to promote the pan-European community of psychoanalytic psychotherapists. The contributors come from different cultures but are united in their view of the... (more)