Donna Walck , Jennifer Parr , Kristin Rabb , Martin F. Lynch , Dena P. Swanson , Sheree L. Toth
{"title":"Diverse client motivation: Why using a transformative paradigm along with a critical race theory framework is important in this mixed methods study","authors":"Donna Walck , Jennifer Parr , Kristin Rabb , Martin F. Lynch , Dena P. Swanson , Sheree L. Toth","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144322132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing self-construal scales: Cultural implications for the United States, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East","authors":"Jon Lim, Christine Ma-Kellams","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100189","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Contemporary self-construal research indicates that people define themselves either as independent or interdependent. We review self-construal scales across the United States, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East to compare/contrast their operationalizations of interdependence (or independence). Taken together, this body of research suggests that, consistent with findings on American and East Asian selves, Southeast Asian cultures also exhibit interdependent self-construal. Latin Americans, however, display independent self-construal despite their long-standing characterization as a collectivist culture, while Arabs display both independence and interdependence. Future directions—including the improved validity of multidimensional measures of the self over dichotomous scales, cultural differences on distinctiveness, research on bicultural individuals, within-cultural comparisons, and the role of polyculturalism—are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144230043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Kutscher , W. Zeng , K. Reardon , S.L. McDaniel , V.L. Mazzotti
{"title":"Pursuing equity through transformative mixed methods Research: The case of secondary transition","authors":"E. Kutscher , W. Zeng , K. Reardon , S.L. McDaniel , V.L. Mazzotti","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how mixed methods research within secondary transition reflects transformative values. We develop nine guiding questions based on established transformative criteria (Sweetman et al., 2010) and transition literature (Scott and Shogren, 2023; Trainor et al., 2020; Trainor and Romano, 2023). We apply the guiding questions to investigate how 22 mixed methods studies enhanced equity and quality of life for transition-age disabled youth. Findings provide insights into how researchers are applying transformative approaches to promote equity and improved quality of life, as well as opportunities for advancing the application of transformative worldviews.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using transformative mixed methods to develop a measure of school belonging for Indigenous students","authors":"Macy L. Bowman, Matthew T. McCrudden","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We aimed to support the self-determination of Wolastoqey communities by developing a measure of contextual factors that contribute to school belonging for their middle school and high school students who attended school off-reserve. Most post-positivist methodologies of measure development minimize researcher bias <em>after</em> an item pool has been generated; however, there is limited check on researcher bias <em>before</em> the item pool has been generated. Transformative methodologies include checks on researcher bias throughout the research process by ensuring that individuals who are influenced by the research are actively involved. The mixed methods methodological aim of this paper was to illustrate the application of a transformative approach to instrument development. We used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design. A transformative mixed methods approach to scale development can support the self-determination of those influenced by the research and its outcomes. Methodological contributions of this approach are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144205539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piet van Tuijl, Peter Verboon, Jacques van Lankveld
{"title":"A short note on cue validity","authors":"Piet van Tuijl, Peter Verboon, Jacques van Lankveld","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In questionnaire development, content validity is usually operationalized by using items that comprehensively express all aspects of the object of measurement. We argue that this often leads to content coverage that is too broad, and that content validity needs pruning down when the intention is to measure conditions or constructs that should be discerned from other conditions or constructs – which is almost always the case. This pruned-down version of content validity we name “cue validity”, signifying the uniqueness of indicators for a construct. We show what negative consequences have been of ignoring cue validity in previously developed questionnaires and illustrate how taking cue validity into account can guide the validation of new questionnaires.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural barriers to the formation of theories about the mind: A proposal for a model-based paradigm for psychology","authors":"Daniel Kerschke","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psychology wields advanced empirical tools yet still resembles Kuhn's pre-paradigmatic science. I argue that progress is blocked by two ontological obstacles: the crud factor, in which variables are cross-linked, and the intrinsic opacity of subjective experience. Variable-isolation experiments or law-seeking programs struggle in such terrain. I propose a holistic gears-based framework that articulates mid-range, interrelated qualitative mechanisms and effectively orients subsequent empirical investigation. The approach decomposes contested constructs into empirically anchored parts, traces their context-bound interactions, and invites indirect tests through carefully chosen proxies. Finally, I examine institutional incentives that currently sideline heavy theoretical work and thereby sustain persistent fragmentation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andréanne Simard B.A. , Isabelle F.-Dufour Ph. D , Rose Malchelosse-Fournier M. Ps. éd , Jérémy Perreault B. Éd , Carol Hudon Ph. D
{"title":"Compatibility, integration, and epistemology: Contemporary issues from a mixed methods research experiment","authors":"Andréanne Simard B.A. , Isabelle F.-Dufour Ph. D , Rose Malchelosse-Fournier M. Ps. éd , Jérémy Perreault B. Éd , Carol Hudon Ph. D","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Combining quantitative and qualitative methods in Mixed Methods Research (MMR) makes it possible to benefit from the different strengths of each method. However, achieving a successful combination is not always easy. This article discusses the use of MMR in a study of clinical intervention, detailing the challenges, some insurmountable, encountered in designing the methodology, integrating the results, and preparing for the work for publication. These challenges are contextualized by reference to the current literature on MMR. The authors conclude by discussing the evolution of MMR and call for further critical reflection on compatibility, theory, and epistemology, and the resources and skills required to use the method effectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144195314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Jenner , Dimitris Raidos , Emma Anderson , Stella Fleetwood , Ben Ainsworth , Kerry Fox , Jana Kreppner , Mary Barker
{"title":"Using large language models for narrative analysis: a novel application of generative AI","authors":"Sarah Jenner , Dimitris Raidos , Emma Anderson , Stella Fleetwood , Ben Ainsworth , Kerry Fox , Jana Kreppner , Mary Barker","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study, a collaboration between the University of Southampton and Ipsos UK, aimed to develop and test a novel method for analysing qualitative data using generative artificial intelligence (AI). It compared large language model (LLM)-conducted analysis with human analysis of the same qualitative data, explored optimisation of LLMs for narrative analysis and evaluated their benefits and drawbacks. Using existing data, 138 short stories written by young people (aged 13–25 years) about social media, identity formation and food choices were analysed separately three times: by human researchers, and by two different LLMs (Claude and GPT-o1). The method was developed iteratively, combining Ipsos' artificial intelligence (AI) expertise and tools with researchers’ qualitative analysis expertise. Claude and GPT-o1 each conducted a narrative analysis of all 138 stories using the same analytic steps as the human researchers. Findings between the humans and both LLMs were then compared. Both LLMs quickly and successfully conducted a narrative analysis of the stories. Their findings were comparable to those of the human researchers and were judged by the researchers to be credible and thorough. Beyond replication, the LLMs provided additional insights into the data that enhanced the human analysis. This study highlights the significant potential benefits of LLMs to the field of qualitative research and proposes that LLMs could one day be seen as valuable tools for strengthening research quality and increasing efficiency. Additionally, this study discusses ethical concerns surrounding responsible AI use in research and proposes a framework for using LLMs in qualitative analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformative multilevel mixed methods design: A worked example for researching and advocating for the bereaved at work","authors":"Leesa Taylor, Roslyn Cameron","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100181","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2025.100181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this paper is to present a transformative mixed methods research design. This design advances the use of transformative paradigms and multilevel empirical research in mixed methods research. This design incorporates a set of key features. Firstly, it enacts the transformative worldview approach and its strong alignment to social justice, human rights and inclusivity of marginalized groups. Secondly, the design embeds quality criteria for a transformative methodology. This creates a transposing effect from the transformative paradigm to the methodology. This is also referred to as one of the dimensions of integration coherence, which means a consistent philosophical stance underpins the entire study. Thirdly, the design combines this with the stages for designing a multilevel mixed methods research design (ML-MMRD). These three key features combine to create an innovative design that is then demonstrated through the presentation of the worked example of a study which has adopted this design. The worked example draws upon two critical theories – thanatology and organizational support theory - to examine the organizational support required for bereaved employees and to expose the multifaceted impacts and vulnerabilities caused by bereavement for employees in the workplace. Additionally, the example also applies the new and more advanced mixed methods research notation system, the tailored approach to data integration and interpretation, and demonstrates advances in addressing the dynamic interdependence of the dimensions of integration in mixed methods research designs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143824268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}