Systemic Psychoterapy Assessment and Research Themes

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02018029
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

It is recommended the frequency, with approval, of 1st semester units in Systemic and Familiar Psychotherapy specialization subarea. The student must have good knowledge of English (reading) since many bibliographic references are in English.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical / practical methodologies using lectures, active methods and tutorial guidance.

Learning Outcomes

To acquire knowledge about the specificity of research in family and systemic approaches, including ethical and deontological issues. To know how to define the parameters of systemic assessment and how it differs and can be linked to individual assessment. The student should acquire skills so as to be critical consumer of research, knowing how to evaluate it and to decide when it should be incorporated into clinical practice; he/she should start the process of building an identity of researcher and expert in the scientific area. The student must be able to identify problems and research objectives in specific areas and domains, and to progressively achieve basic skills for development of research projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module I

Systemic and family psychology research: Conceptual issues

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Dilemmas and controversies - conceptual, methodological and statistics; individual assessment/systemic assessment relationship;

1.3 Ethical norms and principles in the Systemic and Family Psychology research

 

Module II

Systemic and Family Psychology research: theory – practice – research relationship

2.1 Searching, reading and critical interpretation of literature

2.2 The process of designing a research project

2.3 Writing scientific text

Practical exercise_1: Reading and critical interpretation of literature in the domain: systematic review, qualitative study, quantitative study

 

Module III

Assessment/Research themes: Examples

3.1 Normative and disruptive dynamics and family processes

3.2 Parenting

3.3 The therapeutic process

Practical exercise_2: Designing a research project for the Integrated Master dissertation (following FCT norms)

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria João Rama Seabra Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Conducting a group work focused on the analysis of scientific papers ( 25%). The development of a research project (partial tutorial guidance) following the model used in FCT projects submission, and focused on a topic included in one of the issues explored in Module III, represents the assessment component 2) (25%): 50.0%

Bibliography

Daly, K. (2007). Qualitative methods for family studies & human development. California: Sage.

Davies, M. B. (2007). Doing a successful research project: Using qualitative or quantitative methods. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Miller, Miller, R. B., & Johnson, L. N. (2014). Advanced methods in family therapy research: A Focus on validity and change. New York: Routledge.

Relvas, A. P., & Major, S. (2014). Avaliação familiar: Funcionamento e intervenção (Vol. I). Coimbra: Imprensa da UC.

Sanderson, J., Kosutic, I., Garcia, M., Melendez, T., Donoghue, J., Perumbilly, S., Franzen, C. & Anderson, S. (2009). The measurement of outcome variables in couple and family therapy research. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 37, 239-257.

Sprenkle, D. H., & Piercy, F. P. (2005). Research methods in Family Therapy. New York: Guildford.

Stanton, M., & Welsh, R. (2012). Systemic thinking in Couple and Family Psychology research and practice. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 1