Methodological Issues and Problems in Family Health Care Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2589045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin B Thomas, Robin Thomas (0000-0002-9318-1458, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65 |
| Publication date | 1987-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/352670 |
| OpenAlex | W2040727472 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The need to understand the family's influence upon its members has spurred interest in research on the family and health care. Concern with accuracy of measurement of a concept or phenomenon is necessary in any investigation. The basic issues raised in this article, while of particular concern in research on health care within the family, are relevant for any investigation into family phenomena. The measurement issues discussed here arose in the course of an investigation of families experiencing the care of a child with the acute, chronic condition of ventilator dependency. The study design employed suggestions from the multitrait-multimethod paradigm of Campbell and Fiske (1959) and the multisystemmultimethod approach of Cromwell and Peterson (1981). Three areas of measurement concern are addressed: (a) questions about appropriate selection of informants and data sources when investigating family and health concerns; (b) questions about sample selection and the ability to generalize findings to the population as a whole; and (c) questions concerning the subject's ability to differentiate between research and therapeutic intervention
Dependency (UML · Environmental health · Epistemology · Family studies · Health care · Intervention (counseling · Phenomenon · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · Subject (documents · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |