| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
Preface
|
ix
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| Part I: Qualitative Research in General |
|
1.
Benefits and Limitations of Quantitative Research
Introduction
Quantitative Research
Quantitative Single-Case Research
Conclusion
|
3 |
2.
Characteristics of Qualitative Research
Differences
between the Quantitative and Qualitative Paradigms
Qualitative Research Techniques
Conclusion
|
13 |
3. “Reliability” and “Validity” in Qualitative
Single-Case Research
Qualitative Single-Case Research
Nonscientific Case Studies
Scientific Case Studies
A Common Ground for Research Criteria?
Rules and Guidelines in Qualitative Research
The Music Therapist as Researcher
Qualitative or Quantitative Research?
Conclusion |
25 |
| Part II: Examples of Qualitative Research
in Music Therapy |
|
4. The Search for Meaning and Relevance:
Phenomenology
General Principles
Methods
|
51 |
5.
Grounded Theory
General Principles
Grounded Theory in Music Therapy Research
|
63 |
6.
Formation and Transformation of Gestalts:
Morphology
General Principles
Morphological Research in Music Therapy
|
79 |
7.
Writing Stories
Introduction
Philosophical and Methodological Background
The “Field of Play”
|
91 |
8.
“Resonating” with the Music Therapy Process
Introduction
The Resonator Function
|
103 |
9. Researchers as Instruments
The Process of Qualitative Research
Modes of Consciousness
Authenticity
|
|
10.
Constructing the Client’s Experience
Master Clinicians as Researchers
Using Constructs
|
136 |
11.
Researchers as Coactors
Introduction
The Research Method
Diagnostic Themes (Focus Points)
And Treatment
Outcomes
|
152 |
12.
Miscellaneous Qualitative Research Designs
A Method of Analyzing Improvisations
Studying the Musical Dialogue in
Single-Case Process Research
Meaningful Episodes
|
167 |
13.
A Continuing Dialogue
Qualitative Research in Music Therapy:
an overall Picture
Dialogues
Topics in the Qualitative Research Discussion
|
189 |
| Epilogue |
211 |
| References |
213 |
| Index |
225 |
