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When quantitative measures become a qualitative storybook : a phenomenological case analysis of validity and performativity of questionnaire administration in psychotherapy research

Femke Truijens (UGent) , Mattias Desmet (UGent) , Eva De Coster, Horanka Uyttenhove, Bram Deeren and Reitske Meganck (UGent)
(2022) QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY. 19(1). p.244-287
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In psychotherapy research, treatment efficacy is commonly studied by means of self-report questionnaires to gain quantitative data on symptom development. The data serve as input for statistical analyses up to the level of evidence-based treatment. We analyzed how a patient in a psychotherapy study experienced the translation of her story into quantitative data by combining a phenomenological qualitative analysis of her therapeutic narrative and a visual analysis of her extensively annotated paper-andpencil questionnaires. Our findings provide a practical empirical illustration of the nature and impact of known validity issues. Beyond, we found the act of questionnaire administration affected the primary complaint such that it became performative toward the symptoms under study. We discuss the epistemic consequences for the validity of data, and we argue that valid data collection requires qualitative scrutiny of meaning within data and a concept of validity that allows for consideration of performativity of data collection.
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Psychology, Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Philosophy of Science, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Case study, interpretative phenomenological analysis, psychotherapy research, quantitative data, validity of data collection, validity and performativity, CONSTRUCT-VALIDATION, OBJECTIVITY, EXPERIENCE, THINKING, SCIENCE, NUMBERS, ART

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Truijens, Femke, et al. “When Quantitative Measures Become a Qualitative Storybook : A Phenomenological Case Analysis of Validity and Performativity of Questionnaire Administration in Psychotherapy Research.” QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 19, no. 1, 2022, pp. 244–87, doi:10.1080/14780887.2019.1579287.
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Truijens, F., Desmet, M., De Coster, E., Uyttenhove, H., Deeren, B., & Meganck, R. (2022). When quantitative measures become a qualitative storybook : a phenomenological case analysis of validity and performativity of questionnaire administration in psychotherapy research. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY, 19(1), 244–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1579287
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Truijens, Femke, Mattias Desmet, Eva De Coster, Horanka Uyttenhove, Bram Deeren, and Reitske Meganck. 2022. “When Quantitative Measures Become a Qualitative Storybook : A Phenomenological Case Analysis of Validity and Performativity of Questionnaire Administration in Psychotherapy Research.” QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY 19 (1): 244–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1579287.
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Truijens, Femke, Mattias Desmet, Eva De Coster, Horanka Uyttenhove, Bram Deeren, and Reitske Meganck. 2022. “When Quantitative Measures Become a Qualitative Storybook : A Phenomenological Case Analysis of Validity and Performativity of Questionnaire Administration in Psychotherapy Research.” QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY 19 (1): 244–287. doi:10.1080/14780887.2019.1579287.
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Truijens F, Desmet M, De Coster E, Uyttenhove H, Deeren B, Meganck R. When quantitative measures become a qualitative storybook : a phenomenological case analysis of validity and performativity of questionnaire administration in psychotherapy research. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;19(1):244–87.
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F. Truijens, M. Desmet, E. De Coster, H. Uyttenhove, B. Deeren, and R. Meganck, “When quantitative measures become a qualitative storybook : a phenomenological case analysis of validity and performativity of questionnaire administration in psychotherapy research,” QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 244–287, 2022.
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illustration of the nature and impact of known validity issues. Beyond, we found the act of questionnaire administration
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1579287}},
  volume       = {{19}},
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