Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality, The University of Tennessee.
Department of Psychology and Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research, University of Florida.
J Couns Psychol. 2021 Apr;68(3):247-258. doi: 10.1037/cou0000560.
Fifteen years have passed since the publication of a landmark issue of the Journal of Counseling Psychology on qualitative and mixed methods research (Haverkamp et al., 2005), which signaled a methodological shift in counseling psychology and related fields. At the time, qualitative research was certainly less popular in the field and arguably less respected than it is now. This special issue charts advances in qualitative and mixed methods research since the publication of that issue, reflects on how these diverse approaches are conducted today, and points toward new methodological frontiers. The articles in this special issue include a range of methodological tools and theoretical perspectives that extend thinking about the ethics, practice, evaluation, and implications of psychological research. Notably, the articles are linked by a shared commitment to conducting psychological research critically-that is, to both critique dominant norms in the discipline and to sensitize psychological methods to power and inequality-and to advancing social justice. In this introduction, the guest editors survey authors' contributions and synthesize their insights to offer recommendations for future qualitative and mixed methods work in the field, particularly in terms of interdisciplinarity, methodological rigor, critical psychology, and social justice. They propose that counseling psychologists should cultivate a "qualitative imagination" with respect to all forms of empirical research (qualitative and quantitative) and offer specific guidance for enhancing methodological sophistication and sensitivity to power. Accordingly, this special issue is an important opportunity to set an agenda for the next decade-plus of critical inquiry in counseling psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
自《咨询心理学杂志》发表一篇关于定性和混合方法研究的里程碑式问题以来，已经过去了 15 年（Haverkamp 等人，2005 年），这标志着咨询心理学及相关领域的方法论转变。当时，定性研究在该领域的受欢迎程度肯定较低，而且可以说不如现在受到尊重。本期特刊追溯了自该期发表以来定性和混合方法研究的进展，反思了今天如何进行这些不同的方法，并指出了新的方法论前沿。本期特刊中的文章包括一系列方法工具和理论观点，这些观点扩展了关于心理研究的伦理、实践、评估和影响的思考。值得注意的是，这些文章通过共同致力于批判性地进行心理研究而联系在一起，即批判学科中的主导规范，并使心理方法对权力和不平等保持敏感，并推进社会正义。在这篇介绍性文章中，客座编辑调查了作者的贡献，并综合了他们的见解，为该领域未来的定性和混合方法工作提供了建议，特别是在跨学科性、方法严谨性、批判性心理学和社会正义方面。他们建议咨询心理学家应该对所有形式的实证研究（定性和定量）培养一种“定性想象力”，并为提高方法的复杂性和对权力的敏感性提供具体指导。因此，本期特刊是为咨询心理学批判性探究的下一个十年以上设定议程的重要机会。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
