The Ethics of Reflective Research in Single Case Study Inquiry

Winship, Gary

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00132.x

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“…As regulations on privacy and ethics are becoming tighter, psychotherapists find themselves with a real problem in deciding what is publishable and what is not. Winship ( 2007 ) points out that there is a potential negative effect of research overregulation as clinicians may be discouraged from reporting ordinary and everyday findings from their clinical practice. But he also offers very good guidelines for approaching the issue of informed consent.…”

Section: Guidelines For Writing Clinical Case Studiesmentioning

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Clinical Case Studies in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatment

2017

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This manuscript provides a review of the clinical case study within the field of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic treatment. The method has been contested for methodological reasons and because it would contribute to theoretical pluralism in the field. We summarize how the case study method is being applied in different schools of psychoanalysis, and we clarify the unique strengths of this method and areas for improvement. Finally, based on the literature and on our own experience with case study research, we come to formulate nine guidelines for future case study authors: (1) basic information to include, (2) clarification of the motivation to select a particular patient, (3) information about informed consent and disguise, (4) patient background and context of referral or self-referral, (5) patient's narrative, therapist's observations and interpretations, (6) interpretative heuristics, (7) reflexivity and counter-transference, (8) leaving room for interpretation, and (9) answering the research question, and comparison with other cases.

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Clinical Case Studies in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatment

2017

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“…The use of clinical vignettes and the sharing of clinical material, for example, are among the specific issues that are still under debate in the psychotherapy research community (Saks et al, 2002;Winship, 2007;Levine & Stagno, 2001). Even though this research area shares many ethical guidelines with other fields, it has peculiarities and topics of its own that need to be taken into account.…”

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“…Even though this research area shares many ethical guidelines with other fields, it has peculiarities and topics of its own that need to be taken into account. The use of clinical vignettes and the sharing of clinical material, for example, are among the specific issues that are still under debate in the psychotherapy research community (Saks et al, 2002;Winship, 2007;Levine & Stagno, 2001). For example, the journal Psychotherapy dedicated a special section to address the lack of consensus among researchers and the contradictions in the regulations concerning the need to ask a subject's consent when publishing case studies (Samstag, 2012).…”

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Psychotherapy Researchers: Reported Misbehaviors and Opinions

Braun

Roussos

2012

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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The ethical practices of psychotherapy researchers were surveyed online. A total of 257 completed surveys were received from researchers worldwide. Eighty-nine percent of researchers admitted to at least one of the listed behaviors. The most common faults were related to excessive work demands: 44% of the respondents reported "inadequate monitoring of research projects due to work overload" and 37% reported "cutting corners in a hurry to complete a project." North America was lower in almost all of the reported behaviors. The results about specific behaviors related to psychotherapy research for which rules are still fuzzy reflect the disagreement among researchers. The high prevalence of misbehavior in psychotherapy research is a warning that cannot be ignored.

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“…Although there exist principles through which case evidence can be used to confirm or reject general statements (see McLeod, 2010, for a discussion of these ideas), case study evidence can never claim the intuitive general applicability that is present when a conclusion is derived from analysis of hundreds of diverse cases. The second limitation of case study research in counselling is that it is highly ethically sensitive (Kantrowitz, 2006;Winship, 2007). For example, in large N studies, it is possible to disguise the identity of all participants; however, in single case studies the life-story of the client is likely to have unique features that may make the case identifiable by close friends, family and colleagues.…”

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Systematic case study research: A practice‐oriented introduction to building an evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy

McLeod

Elliott

2011

Couns and Psychother Res

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Background: Historically, clinical case studies have played a central role in counselling and psychotherapy training and practice, by allowing practitioners to learn about ideas and interventions being developed by colleagues. In recent years, the development of methods for systematic collection and analysis of case data has made it possible for case study research to begin to make a contribution to the evidence base for therapy policy and practice. Aim: This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of rigorous case study research, introduces a set of studies that exemplify these principles, and reviews the relevance of systematic case study inquiry for policy, practice and training. Conclusions: If case study research is to fulfil its potential as a source of research‐based knowledge, it is essential for practitioners to publish more systematic case studies that document the range and scope of everyday therapeutic practice. It is also necessary to carry out further research into a variety of methodological issues associated with single‐case inquiry, as a means of further developing this approach to practice‐based research.

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The Ethics of Reflective Research in Single Case Study Inquiry

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Clinical Case Studies in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatment

Clinical Case Studies in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Treatment

Psychotherapy Researchers: Reported Misbehaviors and Opinions

Systematic case study research: A practice‐oriented introduction to building an evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy

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