Andres de Los Reyes

Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research (eBook, PDF)

What They Mean, Why They Matter, and How They Inform Scientific Practices

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research probes the most common outcomes of mental health studies. Discrepant results appear in scores of studies traversing the globe--a literature dating back to the 1950s. This literature reveals that any two studies often differ in their estimates of anything from the prevalence of mental health conditions to the effects of mental health treatments. In fact, researchers often encounter discrepant results among findings made in a single study. Discrepant results factor into what we think we know about how often mental health conditions occur, what causes them, and how to treat them. Yet, researchers do not know what to do with discrepant results when they encounter them. The problem is not with their methods--discrepant results appear even when researchers use high-quality instruments to collect data. The problem lies with how researchers interpret their data, and the decisions they make with those data. To address this problem, the book reveals a conceptually grounded, evidence-based approach to discrepant results in mental health research. It describes the robust nature of these discrepant results, along with theoretical models for understanding and interpreting them. These models inform sound scientific practices. The book reviews work that has implemented these practices, and it also leverages illustrative case examples to facilitate content mastery. Additionally, it describes future directions in research on discrepant results across several areas of work, including measurement development, intervention science, data analysis, and clinical populations that have received relatively little attention on issues surrounding discrepant results, such as suicide risk and autism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197686614
• Artikelnr.: 72256245

Autorenporträt

Andres De Los Reyes is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Chaired the American Psychological Association's (APA's) Board of Educational Affairs. He received the APA's Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, as well as an APA Presidential Citation. He is a Fellow of the APA and Association for Psychological Science, and a Fulbright Scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* 1. The Errors of Yesterday, and the Dark Matter of Today
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* Part I: Describing Discrepant Results
* 2. The Ubiquity of Discrepant Results in Research
* 3. Should Discrepant Results Promote a Crisis of Confidence?
* 4. How Discrepant Results Reveal Blueprints for Discovery
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* Part II: Conceptualizing Discrepant Results
* 5. Structurally Different Informants, Triangulation, and
Falsifiability
* 6. Why Theories about Rater Biases Fail to Explain Discrepant Results
* 7. The Operations Triad Model
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* Part III: Validating Discrepant Results
* 8. The CONTEXT Validation Paradigm
* 9. Constructing Measurement Batteries
* 10. Distinguishing Discrepant Results from Bias and Noise
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* Part IV: Project CONTEXT
* 11. The Operations Triad System and Connections to the History of
Science
* 12. Study Design and Measurement Validation Battery
* 13. Insights About Data Sources, Validation Testing, and Theory
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* Part V: How Discrepant Results Inform Scientific Practices
* 14. Clinical Utility
* 15. Meta-Analysis
* 16. Research, Education, and Training
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* Part VI: When Clinic Assessments Produce Discrepant Results
* 17. The Ubiquity of Discrepant Results in the Clinic
* 18. The Needs-to-Goals Gap Framework
* 19. How the Operations Triad System Informs Assessing Clients
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* Part VII: Future Directions in Discrepant Results Research
* 20. Instrumentation
* 21. Analytic Procedures
* 22. Clinical Populations
* 23. Replication and Reproduction
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* 24. The Power of Discrepant Results?The Dark Matter in Mental Health
Research
* About the Author
* References