Quantitative Approaches to Group Research in the Counseling Field: Content Analysis and Best Practice Recommendations

• In Event: 56.082 - Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: 56.082-7 - Using Quantitative Methodologies in the Study of Counseling Psychology

Abstract

Rigorous scholarship using a variety of methodologies is essential to the continued growth of the field of group work, yet this type of counseling intervention poses challenges for quantitative research. This proposal reviews unique challenges to quantitative group research, assesses current practice with a content analysis of recent quantitative research in the Journal for Specialists in Group Work, and provides recommendations for best practices in designing, analyzing, and reporting quantitative research. Results of the content analysis revealed that group researchers are inconsistent in terms of accounting for and acknowledging the strengths and limitations of quantitative designs and analyses. Based on these findings, we review suggestions for quantitative research based on recent developments in statistical methodology.

Authors

• Lauren Helena Boyle, The University of Texas - Austin

• Maytal Eyal, The University of Texas - Austin

• Tiffany Ann Whittaker, The University of Texas - Austin

• Christopher J. Mccarthy, The University of Texas - Austin