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Parenting a Young Child with Conduct Problems

New Insights Using Qualitative Methods

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 18))

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What is qualitative research? Why should we do it? After all, isn’t quantitative research the only “legitimate” method of scientific research— objective, verifiable, and methodologically rigorous? Does qualitative research have scientific integrity? Is it reliable? Valid? Generalizable? Can it add anything new to the findings of quantitative research? Is it publishable? After all, haven’t psychology journals adhered almost exclusively to quantitative models of research? Why have they published so little qualitative research?

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  1. Department of Parent and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    Carolyn Webster-Stratton & Ada Spitzer

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick

  2. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

    Ronald J. Prinz

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Webster-Stratton, C., Spitzer, A. (1996). Parenting a Young Child with Conduct Problems. In: Ollendick, T.H., Prinz, R.J. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0323-7_1

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