Beverly M. Walker & Nadia Crittenden 
Personal Construct Methodology 

Written by an international team of experts, this collection
provides a comprehensive account of established and emerging
methods of collecting and analysing data within the framework of
personal construct theory.

* Covers methods such as content analysis scales, repertory grid
methodology, narrative assessments and drawings, the laddering and
ABC techniques, and discusses how and why they are used

* Explores both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as
methods used in clinical and counselling settings

* Includes 13 contributions from leading international
scholars

Daftar Isi

About the Editors ix

List of Contributors xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xvii

PART I: SETTING THE SCENE

1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of
Constructivist Techniques 3

Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer

2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of
Possible Criteria 53

Linda L. Viney and Sue Nagy

PART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS

3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems
71

Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden

4 The ABC Model Revisited 89

Finn Tschudi and David Winter

5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and
Elaboration 109

Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar

6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the
Construct Revision Pathway 129

Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. Viney

PART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS

7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149

Peter Caputi

8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159

Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy

9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183

Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw

10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales
223

Linda L. Viney and Peter Caputi

PART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS

11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist
Approach 247

Luis Botella and Maria Gamiz

12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool
within a Personal Construct Framework 269

Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney

13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents:
An Integrated Model 287

Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne Fraser

Index 319

Tentang Penulis

Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006).

Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).

Beverley M. Walker is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited with Scheer & Walker).

Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research