Name: Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology By David F. Marks
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Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology by David F. Marks

`If you are teaching postgraduate research methods courses, including those aimed at a mixture of psychologists and other health professionals, this book is worth considering as a core text'

- John Hegarty, THES

This textbook offers an excellent introduction to the variety of research methods used within the fields of clinical and health psychology. The book provides a detailed, yet concise, explanation of both qualitative and quantitative approaches and draws upon case-study examples to illustrate how these can be used in a variety of health-care settings, with special relevance to clinical disorders, disease prevention and health promotion.

Key features of the book include:

- A clear and concise narrative

- Real-life case studies and examples drawn from clinical practice.

- Revision questions in each chapter

- Boxes, diagrams and tables to highlight key points

- Chapter outlines, summaries and a glossary of useful terms to help students and researchers with independent study and learning.

Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology fulfils the demand for a textbook explaining how qualitative and quantitative methods can be used explicitly in a health psychology context. It will be invaluable reading for clinical and health psychology students, trainees and practitioners, as well as those in nursing, medical and other healthcare departments taking an advanced psychology option.

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'The books gives a detailed treatment of a range of important methods. It will strike a chord with applied psychologists in particular - but will also be of interest to healthcare professionals generally

If you are teaching postgraduate research methods courses, including those aimed at a mixture of psychologists and other health professionals, this book is worth considering as a core text'

- John Hegarty, THES

'Most texts on research methods focus either on qualitative approaches or on quantitative approaches. A unique feature of this book is that the editors and authors are experts on both qualitative and quantitative methods, and that these two approaches to research in clinical and health psychology are given equal weight. The philosophy that guides this book is that different methods have different advantages and are used for different purposes, but that the understanding of substantive research issues such as medication adherence can benefit from the use of multiple methods. The methods are described in sufficient detail that readers can learn how to apply them without needing to consult other sources'

-Stephen Sutton, University of Cambridge

About David F. Marks

DAVID F. MARKS was born in Hampshire, England and lives in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. With his mother, Mary D Marks, David was a founding member of the Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament and attended Aldermaston Marches in the 1960s. After school in Portsmouth, David studied at the University of Reading to graduate for a BSc Honours degree in Psychology and at the University of Sheffield for a PhD. In 1970 David went to New Zealand to work at the University of Otago. He also was invited to carry out research as Visiting Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery at Hamamatsu School of Medicine, at Kyushu University in Japan and at the Universities of Oregon and Washington in the US. In 1986 David returned to the UK as Head of the School of Psychology at Middlesex Polytechnic and, from 1990 as Head of the Department of Psychology at City, University of London, UK. In addition to six previous editions of this book, David Marks has published 25 other books including: The Psychology of the Psychic (1980, 2000), Theories of Image Formation (1986), Imagery: Current Developments (1990), The Quit For Life Programme: An Easier Way to Stop Smoking and Not Start Again (1993), Improving the Health of the Nation (1996), Dealing with Dementia: Recent European Research (2000), The Health Psychology Reader (2002), Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology (2004), Overcoming Your Smoking Habit (2005), Obesity: Comfort vs. Discontent (2016), Stop Smoking Now (2017), A General Theory of Behaviour (2018) and Psychology and the Paranormal: Exploring Anomalous Experience (2020). David is a founding member of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology and Founder Editor of the Journal of Health Psychology and Health Psychology Open. Retired from teaching and journal editing, he writes, does bird watching, cat watching and photography, and follows the exploits of four grandchildren. After completing my first degree in psychology I trained and practiced clinically as an audiological scientist (testing and rehabilitating people with hearing and balance difficulties), before moving back into psychology to undertake a PhD. After a brief period as a non-clinical scientist at the MRC Unit in Numan Movement and Balance (National Hospital for Neurology, Queen Square, London). I became a lecturer and then senior lecturer in Psychology as Applied to Medicine at University College London. Returning to my home town of Southampton, I was appointed a Reader and then Professor of Health Psychology. I try to warn people that I have great difficulty recognising faces due to developmental prosopagnosia or 'face-blindness', which neuroscientists are now discovering is more common than was previously thought, affecting about 1 person in 50 (https://www.faceblind.org/people/yardley08jpsychosomres.pdf). The main effect of this is to make me appear very rude when I fail to recognise people I have met, so please say Hello when you meet me - I will remember you and our previous meeting, just not your face!

Introduction to Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology - Lucy Yardley and David F Marks Getting Started - Nichola Rumsey and David F Marks The Practicalities of Doing Research Qualitative Data Collection - Sue Wilkinson, H[ac]el[gr]ene Joffe and Lucy Yardley Interviews and Focus Groups Content and Thematic Analysis - H[ac]el[gr]ene Joffe and Lucy Yardley Qualitative Analysis of Experience - Kerry Chamberlain, Paul Camic and Lucy Yardley Grounded Theory and Case Studies Qualitative Analysis of Talk and Text - Lucy Yardley and Michael Murray Discourse and Narrative Analysis Observation and Action Research - Claire Ballinger, Lucy Yardley and Sheila Payne Questionnaires and Surveys - David F Marks Analysis of Questionnaire and Survey Data - David Clark-Carter and David F Marks Intervention Studies - David Clark-Carter and David F Marks Design and Analysis Synthesising Evidence - David F Marks and Catherine Marie Sykes Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis and Preference Analysis

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ISBN 13

9780761971917

ISBN 10

0761971912

Title

Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology by David F. Marks

Author

David F. Marks

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc

Year published

2003-11-18

Number of pages

248

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Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology David F. Marks

Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology by David F. Marks

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