valentine

Question 1

what is valentines study in terms of the psychology spec

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key studie

Question 2

what is valentines aim

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to determine the effectivness of psych-education material provided via group work

Question 3

what was valentines sample

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42 male pp detained in a high security hospital under the mental health act

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what was valentines procedure

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studied 42 male pp detained in a high security hospital detained under the mental health act. a semi-structured interview was conducted with paitens after they hads finished group work. the interview schedual used core-om and the scq used to assess self -esteem. lead researcher carried out semi-structured interviews at the end of the group, these where then recorded and transcribed

Question 5

what where valentines findings

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found that out of 42 original pp 31 completed
21 completers wher interviewed and said they found group valuable and usefull.
interviewer identified four core themes from transcript e.g ‘what pp valued and why’ and ‘clinical implications’.
some of the key findings where that the paitents valued understanding their illness.

Question 6

what did valentine conclude

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valentine concluded that their is a usefullness in psych education-material via group work for offender paitents.interviews showed how pp valyed knowladge about their illness

Question 7

what is a supporting point for valentine

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qualative data

Question 8

how does valentines study have qualaltive data

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valintines study provides indepth detailed qualative data on paintents mental disorders. valentine used the core-om scale when conducting semi-structured interviews meaning that the information gathered on paitents mental health disorder is detailed

Question 9

what does the use of qualative data show

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t/f semi structured interviews and the core-om scale provide indepth and detailed data incearing the validity of valentines findings on paitents mental health

Question 10

what is a weakness of ssi

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flexability

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why is flexability a weakness of ssri

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the flexability of questions asked can cause problems. follow up questions based on paitents response valentine saw as important to beter paitents understanding of psych education. the four key themes asked “ what the paitent values and why” are subjective and not what the paitent may have wanted to focus on

Question 12

what does felxability mean for ssi

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t/f this reduces the validity of semi-structured interviews as they can be considered subjective

Question 13

what is anouther weakness of vlaentines study

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population validity

Question 14

how is population validity a weakness of valentines study

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valentine only uses 42 male pp detained in a high security hospital detained under the mental health act. this is an androcentric sample as it only accounts for male offeders and not everyone is male or an offender

Question 15

what does the lack in population validity mean for valentine

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t/f valentines findings on semi-structured interviews and the usefellnes of psych education are ungeneralisable to a wider population

Question 16

what is anouther strenght of valentines study

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interviews recorded

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why is it beneficial that the interviews where recorded

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Valintine recorded her semi-structured interviews with patients on their thoughts on psych education meaning they could be analysed by other clinicians

Question 18

why is the interview being recorded beneficial

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t/f this means anouther clinican can listen to and analyse the semi-structured interviw and the answers on the usefulness of psych education. this means it has objectivity aswell as increasing the validity

Question 19

what ia anouther strength of valentine

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rapport

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how is rapport a strength

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valentines semi structured interviews where conducted face to face between the clinican and paitent meaning rappor is built between clinican and paitent. this means paitent is more likely to divulge their opinions of the usefullness of psych education

Question 21

how does the rappor support valentine

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t/f this increases the validity of the data on psych education and semi-structured interviews

Question 22

what is a weakness of valentines study

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reasearcher effect

Question 23

how can the reasearch effect impact semi-structure interviews

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valentines study used semi-structured interviews where clinican asked paitent questions on their opinion on the usefullnes of psych education. the precence of the clinican asking the semi-structured questions could alter the paitents response and opnions on the usefullness of psych education and produce demand characteristics according to clincians presence

Question 24

what does the reasearche effect mean for valentine

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t/f semi-structured interviews can reduce the validity of the findings of the usefullness of psych education as demand characteristics may have interfeared

Question 25

what is anouther weakness of valentine

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spontanious questions

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why is spontanious questions a weakness

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in valentines semi-structure interview paitents where asked paitents by clinican based off their pervious responses to other questions on the usefullness of psych education. in valentines study a semi-structured interview was conducted where clincian asked paitents questions on group therapy and then asked spontanious questions based off paitents answers

Question 27

what does the use of spontaneous questions mean for valentine

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t/f this decreases the validity of semi-structured interviews as procedure is not standerdised and so the findings cannot be easliy replicated to establish consistant findings reducing the validity

Question 28

what is anouther strength of valentine

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semi-structured interviews

Question 29

how is semi-structured interviews a strength in valentine

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a strength of semi structured interviews is the use of follow up questions to gain quallative in depth deatiled data. this allowed valentine to gain a clear understanding and expand on paitents opinions and views on the usefulness of psych-education and group therapy

Question 30

what does this mean for valentines study

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t/f semi-structured interviews produce valid and detailed opinions on usefullnes on psych education and the finding of the four core-om themes