Case study research methodology

Widdowson, MDJ

Abstract

Commenting on the lack of case studies published in modern psychotherapy publications, the author reviews the strengths of case study methodology and responds to common criticisms, before providing a summary of types of case studies including clinical, experimental and naturalistic. Suggestions are included for developing systematic case studies and brief descriptions are given of a range of research resources relating to outcome and process measures. Examples of a pragmatic case study design and a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design are given and the paper concludes with some ethical considerations and an exhortation to the TA community to engage more widely in case study research.

Citation

Widdowson, M. (2011). Case study research methodology. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 2(1), 25-34

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jan 17, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 17, 2014
• Journal: International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research
• Print ISSN: 2218-3159
• Publisher: European Association for Transactional Analysis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 25-34
• Publisher URL: http://www.ijtar.org
• Related Public URLs: http://www.ijtar.org/article/view/7940