Munley Patrick H, Anderson Mary Z, Briggs Denise, Devries Michael R, Forshee Wade J, Whisner Emily A
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Western Michigan University, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2002 Oct;91(2):411-20. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.2.411.
454 papers appearing in 10 journals published by the American Psychological Association during 1999 were reviewed to consider the frequency of publication of qualitative research. Journals reviewed included Health Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Family Psychology, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Psychological Assessment, and Psychology and Aging. Papers were classified as quantitative, qualitative, or mixed qualitative/quantitative studies. Quantitative papers were also dichotomously classified as either primarily descriptive or experimental. Qualitative studies were classified by type of qualitative methods specified by the authors. Most papers (97.6.%) were classified as quantitative. Only three journals reviewed published qualitative studies.
对1999年美国心理学会出版的10种期刊上发表的454篇论文进行了审查,以考量定性研究的发表频率。所审查的期刊包括《健康心理学》《变态心理学杂志》《咨询与临床心理学杂志》《咨询心理学杂志》《教育心理学杂志》《实验心理学杂志:总论》《家庭心理学杂志》《专业心理学:研究与实践》《心理评估》以及《心理学与衰老》。论文被分为定量研究、定性研究或定性/定量混合研究。定量论文也被二分法分类为主要描述性研究或实验性研究。定性研究根据作者指定的定性方法类型进行分类。大多数论文(97.6%)被归类为定量研究。所审查的期刊中只有三种发表了定性研究。