{"title":"Quantitative research artifacts as qualitative data collection techniques in a mixed methods research study","authors":"Cassie Wallwey , Rachel L. Kajfez","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The creative use of mixed methods is one way in which research designs can embrace and support the use of complex theoretical frameworks, such as those often used in psychology research. This manuscript explores a mixed methods engineering education study that leveraged artifact-based interviewing to elevate data collection. Artifacts from the quantitative phase of the mixed methods research were visually represented in follow-up interviews. The use of quantitative artifacts as visual aids in interviews improved the quality of interview data, as they gave participants language and imagery to dynamically create data in the interview. This integration aligned interview discussions with the theoretical foundations of the study while maintaining an engaging interview environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49437746","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":"Projective invariance and the measurement of visual shape","authors":"Keith K. Niall","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100113","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100113","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The problem of measurement in psychology is as old as experimental psychology. One narrow domain of psychology is privileged, in that it admits an absolute scale: a ratio scale of measurement with a point of origin. That domain is the assessment of shape or form through vision. Poincaré, Cassirer, and Gibson approached this topic by studying invariants, specifically projective invariants. In the study of vision, shapes should be measured in projective terms. As a convention or a strategy, measurement in projective terms may be conducted without hindrance. Many objections have been posed to the measurement of shape in projective terms; nearly all misrepresent basic geometric ideas. Projective invariants provide the right tools to evaluate goodness of shape constancy, and it provides these tools in its own right (in contrast to measures like distance and angle). Under conditions that allow shape constancy in human vision, sometimes stable estimates of projective invariants by observers do not match projective invariants at the eye. Some examples are given for projective invariants of coplanar conics, the computation of the measures is discussed, current objections to the approach are addressed, and consequences are drawn for the study of visual shape constancy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43943339","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":"Mapping migration detention: Mixed methods, grounded theory, transdisciplinary encounters","authors":"Julia Manek , Amy Nethery , Francesca Esposito , Pau Pérez-Sales , Holger Horz","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100129","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100129","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The more difficult it is to access a research field, the more substantial the need to develop creative methodological models. Investigating the psychosocial impact of migration-related carceral spaces constitutes one such research field. To shed light on these spaces and counter the challenges of opacity, harm, and power asymmetries, we propose a psycho-geographical counter-mapping as a mixed methods approach based on grounded theory (MM-GT). Applying it to immigration detention and refugee confinement sites in Mexico and Samos, our analysis proposes a fully integrated and sequential design that can be adapted to a range of carceral spaces and subjectivation in transdisciplinary research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590260123000206/pdfft?md5=c8b8d115ea9fe45a78b8070ebef9beb0&pid=1-s2.0-S2590260123000206-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135615594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect sizes for equivalence testing: Incorporating the equivalence interval","authors":"Naomi Martinez Gutierrez, Robert Cribbie","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Equivalence testing (ET) is a framework for determining if an effect is small enough to be considered meaningless, wherein meaningless is expressed as an equivalence interval (EI). Although traditional effect sizes (ESs) are important accompaniments to ET, these measures exclude information about the EI. Incorporating the EI is valuable for quantifying how far the effect is from the EI bounds. The proportional distance (PD) from an observed effect to the smallest effect that would render it meaningful is proposed as an ES measure for ET. We conducted two Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate the PD when applied to (1) mean differences and (2) correlations. The coverage rate and bias of the PD were excellent within the investigated conditions. We also applied the PD to two recent psychological studies. These applied examples revealed the beneficial properties of the PD, namely its ability to supply information above and beyond other statistical tests and ESs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590260123000188/pdfft?md5=49dafb89610aed83def557eb2b04d2b3&pid=1-s2.0-S2590260123000188-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92005338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to pretest non-psychometric tools: A field research example of exploring the acceptability, face validity and utility of Emotioncubes: A novel tool to support therapeutic working with emotions","authors":"Charlotte Emma Hilton , Brendan Murphy","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Working with emotion is central to therapeutic approaches. However, there are few appropriately tested creative tools designed for this purpose. There is also no evidence-based testing guidance for counseling tools available outside of the psychometric field. Therefore, this study combined cognitive pretesting with in-depth qualitative interviews to explore the acceptability, face validity and utility of Emotioncubes -12, three-dimensional wooden cubes that support the therapeutic exploration of emotion. This testing approach revealed performance insights that would not be established via alternative methods such as premature case studies or randomized trial. The findings also offer guidance for others seeking to test such tools.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71775147","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":"Mental rotation in depth as the optical difference of pictures","authors":"Keith K. Niall","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mental rotation in depth is a facile interpretation of the Shepard-Metzler effect for perspective pictures. Evidence for that interpretation is given by the linear trends of mean response times over depicted angular disparity, as is found for pairs of pictures of complex solids. Numeric simulation has shown how angular disparity in depth correlates with difference in the profiles of figures in picture pairs. (The profile of a figure is the area contained in its outline against the background, somewhat like its solid angle from a normal view.) Depicted angular disparities in three dimensions are tightly linked to differences in profile across picture pairs, which can be quantified as the autocorrelation coefficient of their difference image. This simple statistic predicts differences in response times for judgments of ‘same’ and ‘different’, and numeric averages over the same statistic mimic the linearity of trend which is characteristic of the Shepard-Metzler effect. The difference in picture profiles is an intervening variable between angular disparity and mean response times which accounts for ‘mental rotation in depth’. An extended demonstration is given of this experimental artifact.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42116709","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":"Use of a difference index approach to analyze the early dynamic efficiency of reappraisal and suppression","authors":"Elena Trentini, Elise Dan-Glauser","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We supposed that past contradictory findings on the efficiencies of emotion regulation strategies might come from temporal resolution limitations and we proposed the use of a difference index to gain sensitivity for signal differences. 102 participants reappraised, suppressed, or just watched positive or negative images, while experience, expressivity, and physiological arousal were recorded. Reappraisal regulated efficiently negative but not positive experience. Suppression presented opposite results in terms of experience, but was markedly more efficient than reappraisal on expressivity. Dynamic changes were found for physiological arousal. The difference index may be then an effective method for measuring the emotion unfolding and studying regulation dynamics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49799986","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}
Christoph Naefgen , Christine Blech , Michael Kriechbaumer , Hilde Haider , Nilam Ram , Robert Gaschler
{"title":"Between- and within-subject covariance perspectives matter for investigations into the relationship between single- and dual-tasking performance","authors":"Christoph Naefgen , Christine Blech , Michael Kriechbaumer , Hilde Haider , Nilam Ram , Robert Gaschler","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We expand the usually cross-sectional perspective on dual-tasking performance to include both intra- and interpersonal variability, which should capture within-person dynamics and psychological processes better. Two simple tasks, first as single-, then as dual-tasks, were performed by 58 participants over 20 sessions. We found positive relationships between (1) single- and dual-tasking performance and (2) the dual-task component tasks both inter- and intrapersonally. Better single-taskers were better dual-taskers and better single-tasking sessions were better dual-tasking sessions. This implies shared capacities that covary both inter- and intraindividually. We conclude that taking intra- and interpersonal variability into account is a promising future perspective.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48372893","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":"A reflective guide on the meaning of empathy in autism research","authors":"Caroline Bollen","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2022.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.metip.2022.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Empathy is an often researched but highly ambiguous concept. This makes research on empathy prone to miscommunication and misinterpretation. Careful reflection on what is meant by empathy in a certain context is essential. As the scope of the variety of possible meanings of empathy one could encounter is vast, such reflection would benefit from a guide that maps out this terrain of conceptual confusion. To this end, the present study maps out the diversity of the meaning of empathy within the scope of autism research. The autism context is of particular relevance as autism is often linked to empathy in research, and crucially, how one understands empathy shapes theories of autism as well as the societal perception of autism. An interdisciplinary literature search was conducted to collect different conceptualizations of empathy used in autism research. In 111 articles, 31 unique definitions of empathy were used. This diversity can be accounted for by a list of 12 dimensions along which the meaning of empathy can diverge, found in this study. These dimensions pinpoint which aspects of empathy require attention and reflection when engaging with empathy in research. It can be used as a practical framework to reflect on empathy in the design and documentation of research, defending methodological decisions, and interpreting the work of others. Furthermore, this study discusses various, and some worrisome, implications for findings and theories in autism research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44709537","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":"“I CAN'T SAY IT”! Doodling to emancipate adolescents' voices in a transformative mixed methods study of covert bullying in Jamaican high schools","authors":"Ingrid Hunt-Anderson , Peggy Shannon-Baker","doi":"10.1016/j.metip.2023.100114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93338,"journal":{"name":"Methods in Psychology (Online)","volume":"8 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49799987","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}