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About the Editors ix <p>List of Contributors xi</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p><b>PART I: SETTING THE SCENE</b></p> <p>1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of Constructivist Techniques 3<br /> <i>Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer</i></p> <p>2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible Criteria 53<br /> <i>Linda L. Viney and Sue Nagy</i></p> <p><b>PART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS</b></p> <p>3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems 71<br /> <i>Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden</i></p> <p>4 The ABC Model Revisited 89<br /> <i>Finn Tschudi and David Winter</i></p> <p>5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration 109<br /> <i>Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar</i></p> <p>6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct Revision Pathway 129<br /> <i>Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. Viney</i></p> <p><b>PART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS</b></p> <p>7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149<br /> <i>Peter Caputi</i></p> <p>8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159<br /> <i>Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy</i></p> <p>9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183<br /> <i>Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw</i></p> <p>10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales 223<br /> <i>Linda L. Viney and Peter Caputi</i></p> <p><b>PART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS</b></p> <p>11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach 247<br /> <i>Luis Botella and Marıa Gamiz</i></p> <p>12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a Personal Construct Framework 269<br /> <i>Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney</i></p> <p>13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An Integrated Model 287<br /> <i>Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne Fraser</i></p> <p>Index 319</p>

<b>Peter Caputi</b> is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of <i>Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas</i> (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006). <p> <b>Linda L. Viney</b> is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).</p> <p> <b>Beverley M. Walker</b> is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include <i>The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory</i> (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and <i>The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology</i> (edited with Scheer & Walker).</p> <p> <b>Nadia Crittenden</b> is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research</p>

This collection presents a comprehensive overview of established and emerging techniques for collecting and analyzing data within the framework of personal construct theory. Written by the leading international experts in the field, <i>Personal Construct Methodology</i> looks at both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as methods used in clinical and counselling settings. <p> Divided into four sections, the chapters present a history of this innovative approach and describe a range of methods, including content analysis scales, repertory grid methodology, narrative assessments and drawings, and the laddering and ABC techniques. Clear and authoritative, this book provides easy to follow descriptions and examples of applications in clinical and non-clinical settings and explains how and why certain methods are used and in which contexts they are likely to have the most success.</p>

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