Excuses found: "premature definition of variables"

Currently reading:

MURPHY E., DINGWALL R., GREATBATCH D., PARKER S., WATSON P. (1999). Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature. Health Technology Assessment. 2(16), p.84.

http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/64826/FullReport-hta2160.pdf

Marshall (1985) presented the flexibility of qualitative research as one of its strengths. She argued that, in qualitative research, the researcher does not assume that (s)he knows, at the outset, the exact nature of the research question. Rather, qualitative research offers the opportunity of discovery. In fact, researchers vary considerably in the extent to which they formulate the precise nature of the research question in advance of the study. Most seek to avoid what Silverman (1993) referred to as “premature definition of variables”.

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Ah, so this is what I've doing!

Yes, but for how long with h2cm, with Drupal...?

1997... 2007...  and counting... :-)

Case formulation and Reflection in Hodges' model

Case formulation is a process in which I believe Hodges’ model can be used. Johnstone and Dallos (2006) help conjoin case formulation with an original purpose of Hodges’ model, that of supporting reflective practice, as follows:

Formulation and reflective practice. The notion of reflective practice is becoming increasingly important in all therapeutic traditions; that is, the necessity of being aware of one’s own feelings and reactions as a therapist as well as one’s own position in terms of professional status, gender, class, ethnicity and so on, and how these impact upon the therapeutic process. How might these ideas be taken on board in formation? What kind of biases is formulation open to, and how can we minimise them? p.2.

There are of course many concepts mentioned above that are key in staging a therapeutic interaction. As a series of conjoined conceptual spaces Hodges’ model provides a stage were reflections can be made personally, professionally and therapeutically moving to the development of formulations that are shared with clients.

Johnstone, Dallos and contributors also describe the issue of integrative formulation an aspect also of relevance to further study of Hodges' model.

Johnstone L., Dallos, R., (Eds.) (2006). Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Making Sense of People's Problems, Routledge, Oxford.