Problems with and Alternatives to the Use of Coding Schemes in Research on Counseling

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ID8914731
AuthorsMichael J Patton (0000-0001-5056-6043, University of Missouri, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume17
Issue3
Pages490-506
Publication date1989-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000089173008
OpenAlexW2122031091
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited35

The uses and effects of coding schemes in research on counseling process and outcome are analyzed. It is concluded that the interpretation1 of counseling events in terms of the categories of a coding scheme attenuates at adequate description of those events whenever the researcher uses the coder `s interpretation of events as if it were veridical with the participants' inter prctation. Conversation analysis and ethnomethodology are proposed as alternate methods of data collection. These methods rely on detailed observation of the sequential utterances of counselor and client in order to identify the structures of their interaction that lend the encounter its perceived character for the participants. Thus, the context of meaning created by the participants through their relationship of interaction is made topical in the analysis of the ongoing even is of the interview

Coding (social sciences · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Epistemology · Ethnomethodology · Meaning (existential · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Communication · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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