Further implications for counseling research

Discusses articles by D. E. Polkinghorne , G. S. Howard , and M. J. Patton , who recommended that counseling research be reoriented. The accepted definition of science, based primarily on the work of pre-20th-century physical scientists, does not fit in with the current advanced thinking about the p...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1984-10, Vol.31 (4), p.474-476
Main Author: Tyler, Leona E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Counseling Psychology
Human
Medical sciences
Methodology
Philosophies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Therapeutical relation and framework
Treatments
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Summary:Discusses articles by D. E. Polkinghorne , G. S. Howard , and M. J. Patton , who recommended that counseling research be reoriented. The accepted definition of science, based primarily on the work of pre-20th-century physical scientists, does not fit in with the current advanced thinking about the philosophy of science. Similarities and differences in the 3 articles are considered, and problems that arise from the inadequacy of available psychometric and statistical techniques for the new kinds of research envisaged are discussed. It is concluded that the rethinking of some assumptions with regard to determinism and the way counseling is defined are necessary. (4 ref)
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.31.4.474