Preface Section I: Introduction/Overview Chapter 1: General Introductory Chapter - Dean McKay Chapter 2: The Ethics of Informed Consent for Research in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology - Celia Fisher & Adam Fried Chapter 3: Internal and External Validity in Clinical Research - Steven Taylor & Gordon Asmundson Chapter 4: Statistical Conclusion and Construct Validity in Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs - Melanie Moretz & Dean McKay Section II: Foundations of Design and Analysis Chapter 5: Experimental Psychopathology - Bunmi Olatunji , Matt Feldner, Ellen Leen-Feldner, & John Forsyth Chapter 6: Analog Research - Derek R. Hopko & Carl Lejuez Chapter 7: Correlation Methods/Regression Models - Leona Aiken & Steven West Section III: Fundamental Issues in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology Chapter 8: Diagnosis - Elizabeth Nosen & Sheila Woody Chapter 9: Behavioral Assessment - Stephen Haynes, Catherine Pinson, Dawn Yoshioka, & Karen Kloezeman Chapter 10: Observational Methods - Frank Gresham, Clayton R. Cook, S. Dean Crews, & Ramon Barreras Chapter 11: Psychophysiological Research Methods - Frank Andrasik Chapter 12: Psychological Tests and Measures - Thomas Hogan Chapter 13: Programmatic Research on Basic Psychopathology - Jon Abramowitz & Stephen P. Whiteside Chapter 14: Treatment Deployment - Michael A. Southam-Gerow, A. Aukahi Austin, & Alyssa M. Hershberger Section IV: Methodological Advances and Data Analysis Chapter 15: Meta-Analytic Approaches To Abnormal And Clinical Research - Dean McKay Chapter 16: Confirmatory Factor Analysis/Structural Equation Modeling - Rick Hoyle Chapter 17: Qualitative Data Analysis - Larry Davidson Chapter 18: Item Response Theory and Rasch Models - Joanne Gorin & Susan Embretson Chapter 19: Taxometric Methods - Anthony Richey & Jill M. Holm-Denoma, Roman Kotov , Norman B. Schmidt & Thomas Joiner Chapter 20: Statistical Equivalence Testing - Warren Tryon Chapter 21: Assessment and analysis of clinically significant change - Paula Truax & Jay Thomas Chapter 22: Small samples and N-of-1 designs - Mathew Nock, Bethany D. Michel, and Valerie Photos Chapter 23: Treatment integrity and treatment competence - Art Nezu & Christine Maguth Nezu Section V: Topics in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology Chapter 24: Methods of Information Processing Research - Amy Wenzel Chapter 25: Forensic Psychology - Barry Rosenfeld & Debbie Green Chapter 26: Research with Children & Adolescents - Brian Chu Chapter 27: Geropsychology - Forrest Scogin Chapter 28: Cross-Cultural Research in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology - Sunita Stewart Chapter 29: Multi-Cultural research - Fons van de Vijver & Junko Tanaka-Matsumi Chapter 30: Health Psychology - Kathleen Schiaffino & Jessica McIlvane Chapter 31: Methods and Data Analysis in Behavior Genetics - Kerry Jang, Sonia Handa, & Roseann M. Larstone Chapter 32: Therapy outcome - Megan E. Spokas, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, & Richard G. Heimberg