Department of Psychiatry, Center for Culture and Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2011 Dec;25(6):795-8. doi: 10.1037/a0026203.
Mixed methods in family psychology refer to the systematic integration of qualitative and quantitative techniques to represent family processes and settings. Over the past decade, significant advances have been made in study design, analytic strategies, and technological support (such as software) that allow for the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods and for making appropriate inferences from mixed methods. This special section of the Journal of Family Psychology illustrates how mixed methods may be used to advance knowledge in family science through identifying important cultural differences in family structure, beliefs, and practices, and revealing patterns of family relationships to generate new measurement paradigms and inform clinical practice. Guidance is offered to advance mixed methods research in family psychology through sound principles of peer review.
家庭心理学中的混合方法是指将定性和定量技术系统地整合起来，以描述家庭过程和环境。在过去的十年中，在研究设计、分析策略和技术支持（如软件）方面取得了重大进展，这些进展允许定量和定性方法的整合，并从混合方法中得出适当的推论。《家庭心理学杂志》的这一特刊说明了混合方法如何通过识别家庭结构、信仰和实践方面的重要文化差异，以及揭示家庭关系模式来生成新的测量范式并为临床实践提供信息，从而促进家庭科学知识的发展。通过同行评审的合理原则，为家庭心理学中的混合方法研究提供了指导。
