Dance/Movement Therapists in Action: A Working Guide to Research Options / Edition 2

by Robyn Flaum Cruz

Overview

Practitioners of dance/movement therapy (DMT) have traditionally viewed their healing modality as inherently incompatible with empirical research. Cruz (expressive art therapies, U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center) and Berrol (emerita, DMT, California State U., Hayward) thus introduce a dozen chapters pursuing ways to validate their practices—to insurers among others. Contributors discuss the relevance of research to the field, and present a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches beyond descriptive studies of the creative process. Chapters include examples of research models including case studies, surveys, quasi-experimental and mixed methods. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900398087066
Publisher:	Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Limited
Publication date:	03/28/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
Section 1	Introduction
Chapter 1.	Different Conceptualizations of Research: A Reader's Guide to This Text	5
Chapter 2.	What Does Research Have to Do with It?	11
Section 2	Traditional Methods and Research Considerations
Chapter 3.	The Expanding Options of Experimental Research Design in Dance/Movement Therapy	23
Chapter 4.	Issues of Validity and Reliability in the Use of Movement Observations and Scales	45
Chapter 5.	The Case Study	69
Chapter 6.	Single-Subject Designs in Clinical Dance/Movement Therapy Research	92
Section 3	Interpretive Methods and Research Considerations
Chapter 7.	Postpositivist Inquiry: Multiple Perspectives and Paradigms	109
Chapter 8.	Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis: Interviews, Observations, and Content Analysis	125
Chapter 9.	Applying Anthropological Methods in Dance/Movement Therapy Research	144
Section 4	Creative Alternatives and Options
Chapter 10.	What Is Evaluation Research?	171
Chapter 11.	Artistic Inquiry in Dance/Movement Therapy	181
Chapter 12.	How to Mix Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in a Dance/Movement Therapy Research Project	206
	Author Index	225
	Subject Index	231