TY - JOUR
T1 - What they don't teach in graduate school: Family systems research in the real world
AU - Sipe, James W.
AU - Doherty, William J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The authors maintain that traditional training in research methods overlooks the power of interactional dynamics in the research process and, therefore, inadequately prepares students for understanding the obstacles to conducting research in community settings. Using family systems theory, the authors present and analyze the ecological dynamics of a research study of families and health conducted in collaboration with a health maintenance organization (HMO) and a Fortune 500 corporation. The authors call for family research literature and training programs to employ family systems theory to understand the research system created when the researcher engages research participants and community organizations.
AB - The authors maintain that traditional training in research methods overlooks the power of interactional dynamics in the research process and, therefore, inadequately prepares students for understanding the obstacles to conducting research in community settings. Using family systems theory, the authors present and analyze the ecological dynamics of a research study of families and health conducted in collaboration with a health maintenance organization (HMO) and a Fortune 500 corporation. The authors call for family research literature and training programs to employ family systems theory to understand the research system created when the researcher engages research participants and community organizations.
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U2 - 10.1080/01926189308250909
DO - 10.1080/01926189308250909
M3 - Article
SN - 1521-0383
VL - 21
SP - 99
EP - 110
JO - The American Journal of Family Therapy
JF - The American Journal of Family Therapy
IS - 2
ER -