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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorPovee, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:17:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:17:16Z
dc.date.created2014-10-26T20:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationRoberts, L. and Povee, K. 2014. A brief measure of attitudes towards qualitative research in psychology. Australian Journal of Psychology. 66: pp. 249-256.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30069
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ajpy.12059
dc.description.abstract

The use and teaching of qualitative research methods in psychology is increasing, but to date no measure has been developed to identify and measure changes in attitudes towards qualitative research in psychology student, academic, and scientist-practitioner populations. In this article, we present the development and initial validation of a new measure, Attitudes Toward Qualitative Research in Psychology. A pool of 46 items developed from previous qualitative research along with validation measures was administered via an online survey to a convenience sample of 288 psychology students, academics, and psychologists. Principal axis factoring with varimax rotation produced a four-factor, 18-item solution. All factors have acceptable internal reliability. Known-groups validity analyses based on preferred research orientation, and convergent and divergent validity analyses based on measures of attitudes towards quantitative research and researcher/practitioner orientation, provide initial validation of the measure. This brief, internally reliable measure can be used in assessing attitudes towards qualitative research in psychology and measuring change over time.

dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.subjectmeasure development
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.titleA brief measure of attitudes towards qualitative research in psychology
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume66
dcterms.source.startPage249
dcterms.source.endPage256
dcterms.source.issn0004-9530
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Psychology
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.contributor.orcidRoberts, Lynne [0000-0003-0085-9213]


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