Music therapy research / edited by Barbara L. Wheeler & Kathleen M. Murphy.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword / Donald A. Hodges -- Preface / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Overview of music therapy research / Barbara L. Wheeler, Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Music therapy research : a historical portrait / Theresa R. Merrill -- The relationship between research and practice / Felicity A. Baker, Laurel Young -- The relationship between research and theory / Dorit Amir, A. Blythe LaGasse, Barbara J. Crowe -- Developing a topic / Alice-Ann Darrow -- Reviewing the literature / Elaine A. Abbott -- Ethical thinking in music therapy research / Kathleen M. Murphy -- Multicultural considerations in music therapy research / Seung-A Kim, Cochavit Elefant -- Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research / Wendy L. Magee, Annie Heiderscheit -- Funding research / Katrina Skewes McFerran, Andrea Hunt -- Epistomological foundations of objectivist and interpretivist research / Barbara L. Wheeler -- Overview of measurement issues in objectivist research / Eric G. Waldon -- Measurement of musical responses / Jorg Fachner -- Measurement of clinical events and processes / Robert E. Krout -- Potential problems in objectivist research / Arthur P. Sullivan, John A. Sullivan -- Introduction to statistical concepts / Anthony Meadows -- Introduction to SPSS / Gene Ann Behrens -- Data collection in interpretivist research / Douglas R. Keith -- Analysis and interpretation of musical data in interpretivist research / Lars Ole Bonde -- Analysis and intrepretation of clinical data in interpretivist research / Lillian Eyre -- Software used in data analysis of interpretivist research / Felicity A. Baker

Objectivist case study research / Hanne Mette Ridder, Jorg Fachner -- AB, ABA, ABAB, and pother withdrawal designs / Jennifer D. Jones, Laura S. Brown -- Multiple baseline, changing criterion, and multiple treatment designs / Jessica Napoles -- Survey research / Sandra L. Curtis -- Correlation and regression in nonexperimental and experimental research / Claire M. Ghetti -- Economic analysis / Barbara A. Else -- The Delphi Technique / Michael D. Cassity -- Longitudinal designs / Felicity A. Baker, Alison Ledger -- One-sample designs / Jennifer D. Jones -- Static group comparison designs / Shannon K. de l'Etoile -- Parallel group designs / Michael J. Silverman -- Crossover designs / Darcy DeLoach, Barbara L. Wheeler, Kathleen M. Murphy -- Factorial designs / Cathy H. McKinney -- Ethnographic research / Brynjulf Stige, Alison Ledger -- Naturalistic inquiry / Carolyn Arnason -- Action research / Brynjulf Stige, Katrina Skewes McFerran -- Phenomenological inquiry / Nancy A. Jackson -- First-person research / Andrea McGraw Hunt -- Hermeneutic inquiry / Joanne Loewy, Ann-Sofie Paulander -- Critical inquiries. Feminist perspectives and transformative research / Randi Rolvsjord, Susan Hadley -- Arts-based research / Michael Viega, Michele Forinash -- Morphological research / Eckhard Weymann, Rosemarie Tupker -- Discourse analysis / Brent C. Talbot -- Qualitative content analysis / Claire M. Ghetti, Douglas R. Keith

Narrative inquiry / Susan Hadley, Jane Edwards -- Grounded theory / Claire O'Callaghan -- Personal construct psychology and the Repertory Grid Technique / Brian Abrams -- Consensual qualitative research / Dong Min Kim -- Thematic analysis / Sarah Hoskyns -- Interpretivist case study research / Kathleen M. Murphy -- Microanalysis in objectivist research / Thomas Wosch, Jaakko Erkkila -- Microanalysis of interpretivist research / Gro Trondalen, Thomas Wosch -- Combining interpretivist with objectivist methods in explanatory sequential designs / Debra S. Burns, Meganne K. Masko -- Combining objectivist with interpretivist methods in explanatory sequential designs / Wendy L. Magee -- Mixing interpretivist methods / Michael L. Zanders -- Systematic review and meta-analysis in objectivist research / Joke Bradt -- Synthesis of interpretivist research / Anthony Meadows, Katherine Wimpenny -- Synthesis of mixed methods research / Anthony Meadows, Katherine Wimpenny -- Historical research in music therapy / Alan L. Solomon, William B. Davis -- Intrepretivist historical research / Susan Hadley -- Philosophical inquiries / Brynjulf Stige, Roger Strand -- Evaluating objectivist research / Cathy H. McKinney -- Evaluating intrepretivist research / Brian Abrams -- Reading, writing, and submitting objectivist research / Anthony Meadows -- Reading, writing, and submitting interpretivist research / Susan C. Gardstrom.

"A greatly expanded, updated, and detailed description of objectivist and interpretivist research in music therapy, guided by the recommendations of a diverse group of experienced music therapists. The book begins with an introduction to the nature of music therapy research and its relation to theory and practice. Steps in doing research are then detailed, and the foundations and principles of objectivist and interpretivist paradigms are outlined. After methodological issues inherent in each paradigm are examined, individual chapters are provided for every type, method, and design of research that has been used in music therapy, all using the same outline. Finally, guidelines are given for reading, writing, and evaluating research." -- Publisher's description.