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Content analysis of archival data

F Lee1, C Peterson

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1109, USA. fionalee@umich.edu

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
|January 8, 1998
PubMed
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Content analysis offers a valuable method for measuring cognitive variables in archived texts, enabling retrospective longitudinal studies and expanding research participant pools. This approach facilitates diverse clinical research applications, including the study of causal attributions and integrative complexity.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Content analysis is an underutilized method in clinical psychology.
  • Archived texts offer rich data for psychological research.
  • Measuring cognitive variables retrospectively presents unique challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the utility of content analysis for measuring cognitive variables from archived texts.
  • To demonstrate the benefits of content analysis in clinical psychology research.
  • To explore applications in studying causal attributions and integrative complexity.

Main Methods:

  • Content analysis of archived textual data.
  • Retrospective longitudinal study designs.
  • Focus on specific cognitive variables: causal attributions and integrative complexity.

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Main Results:

  • Content analysis facilitates retrospective longitudinal studies.
  • Research participant pools can be expanded to include historical or unavailable individuals.
  • Existing datasets can be re-analyzed for new research questions.

Conclusions:

  • Content analysis is a powerful, underused tool for clinical psychology.
  • It enables novel research designs and expands the scope of psychological inquiry.
  • Future applications include enhanced clinical research and practice.