Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research

Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research provides an accessible, understandable primer to advanced clinical research methods and statistics, all with the purpose of advancing therapy effectiveness and improving client care.

Richard B. Miller, PhD, is a Camilla Eyring Kimball professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University, where he teaches in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program. He has taught research methods classes to doctoral and master's students for over 35 years. Lee N. Johnson, PhD, is a marriage and family therapy professor at Brigham Young University. Before becoming a faculty member at BYU, he taught at the University of Georgia for 12 years and at Friends University for 3 years. He has taught research methods and statistics to doctoral and master's students for over 25 years.

Section 1: Foundational Issues 1. Introduction: Seven Principles for Producing High Quality Research 2. Innovations in Measurement in Clinical Research 3. "Nothing About Us, Without Us" - Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented and Marginalized Populations in Clinical Research 4. Practice-Based Research: Routine Outcome Monitoring and Practice Research Networks Across Contexts Section 2: Methodologies 5. Randomized Control Trials in Couple and Family Therapy 6. Alternatives to RCTs: Benchmarking and Propensity Score Analysis 7. Task Analysis in Couple and Family Therapies 8. Examining Micro-change in Clincial Populations Using Intensive Longitudinal Approaches 9. Physiological Research in Couple and Family Therapy 10. A Qualitative Quick Guide: How to Design and Complete Your First Research Project 11. Deductive Qualitative Analysis: A Qualitative Method for Theory Testing and Refinement 12. Mixed Methods Research into Couple and Family Therapy 13. Meta-analysis in Couple and Family Therapy 14. Cultural Adaptation Research Section 3: Analysis 15. Applied Statistical Analysis and Interpretation 16. Testing Mediation: Conceptual Foundations and Recommended Analytical Applications 17. All Things in Moderation 18. Principles and Applications of Structural Equation Modeling 19. Multilevel Modeling and Applications in Couple and Family Therapy 20. Latent Class/Profile Analyses 21. Growth Modeling and Growth Mixture Modeling 22. Observational Research 23. "Our Relationship" vs "My Relationship": Considering Couple-Level Phenomeno with Common-Fate and Latent Congruence Models 24. Bayesian Modeling