valentine Flashcards
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what is valentines study in terms of the psychology spec
key studie
what is valentines aim
to determine the effectivness of psych-education material provided via group work
what was valentines sample
42 male pp detained in a high security hospital under the mental health act
what was valentines procedure
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
what where valentines findings
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.
what did valentine conclude
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
what is a supporting point for valentine
qualative data
how does valentines study have qualaltive data
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
what does the use of qualative data show
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
what is a weakness of ssi
flexability
why is flexability a weakness of ssri
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
what does felxability mean for ssi
t/f this reduces the validity of semi-structured interviews as they can be considered subjective
what is anouther weakness of vlaentines study
population validity
how is population validity a weakness of valentines study
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
what does the lack in population validity mean for valentine
t/f valentines findings on semi-structured interviews and the usefellnes of psych education are ungeneralisable to a wider population
what is anouther strenght of valentines study
interviews recorded
why is it beneficial that the interviews where recorded
Valintine recorded her semi-structured interviews with patients on their thoughts on psych education meaning they could be analysed by other clinicians
why is the interview being recorded beneficial
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
what ia anouther strength of valentine
rapport
how is rapport a strength
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
how does the rappor support valentine
t/f this increases the validity of the data on psych education and semi-structured interviews
what is a weakness of valentines study
reasearcher effect
how can the reasearch effect impact semi-structure interviews
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
what does the reasearche effect mean for valentine
t/f semi-structured interviews can reduce the validity of the findings of the usefullness of psych education as demand characteristics may have interfeared
