Deck 16: Research and Assessment in Family Therapy

Question 1

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is based on the medical model and is individually oriented.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

measures the degree of association or relatedness between two variables; usually conducted after the fact (E)

Answer 2

D

Question 3

focuses on studying changes over time (C)

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Persons receiving individual, marital, or family therapy reduce their health care use after therapy, with the largest reductions associated with conjoint therapy. This is called

A) the offset effect
B) generalization
C) reliability
D) epistemology

Question 5

According to research findings, participation of _____ in family therapy is much more likely to bring positive results than family therapy without their participation.

A) fathers
B) mothers
C) co-therapists
D) extended family

Question 6

Match the following terms with the numbered definitions:

A) exploratory research
B) descriptive research
C) developmental research
D) experimental research
E) correlational research

Question 7

Qualitative research emphasizes _____, while quantitative research emphasizes _____.

A) closed ended questions; open ended questions
B) open ended questions; closed ended questions
C) large sample sizes; precise data gathering
D) precise data gathering; large sample sizes

Question 8

_____ approaches decrease relapse and rehospitalization rates among patients whose families receive such services.

A) couples therapy
B) marriage therapy
C) psychoeducation
D) brief

Question 9

Regarding the importance of research in family therapy, research findings help establish both similarities and distinct differences with other mental health practitioners. This is called

A) accountability
B) practicality
C) uniqueness
D) none of the above

Question 10

Brief therapy (20 sessions or less) is not as effective as open-ended or long-term therapies.

Question 11

_____ is the degree to which an assessment measures differrences betwen families.
A. validity
B. reliability
C. interrater reliability
D. accountability
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Question 12

classic research methodologies with hypotheses, dependent/independent variables with at least one variable manipulated (D)

Question 13

A _____ is used when the representiveness of a whole population is not as important as the information itself.

A) systematic random sample
B) convenience sample
C) probability sample
D) nonprobability sample

Question 14

In general, most individuals and families _____ with couple and family therapy, especially when compared with control groups.

A) improve
B) worsen
C) stay about the same
D) relapse

Question 15

Tomm's acronym approach (i.e., the "HIPS and Slips" approach) is a systems-oriented approach to diagnosing pathology and health in families and helps to understand how families change with time, events, and circumstances

Question 16

_____ is the extent to which a measuring instrument measures what it was intended to measure.
A. validity
B. reliability
C. interrater reliability
D. accountability

Question 17

In the initial development of the field of family therapy, therapy came first and research was secondary.

Question 18

a qualitative approach used when issues are still being defined (A)