Annette: No study is perfect, but I like the one cited below. It has an encouraging message for our students--couples show greater improvement in the quality of their marriage when working with a mental health professional than with a good self-help book.
Joe Cummings, E. M., Faircloth, W. B., Mitchell, P. M., Cummings, J. S., & Schermerhorn, A. C. (2008). Evaluating a brief prevention program for improving marital conflict in community families. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 193-202. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.2.193 Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. -----Original Message----- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] flawed research I've been dismayed the last few months over the wealth of information presented here and in other fora about the extensive amounts of research fraud, research deception, research misconduct as well as simply flawed studies. It is very difficult in trying to teach students to be good consumers of research that there really is something out there that they can safely believe in, when there is so much that is very poor. I almost feel like a need a dose of "positive research" (as a corollary to positive psychology) for use in teaching. So, does anyone have some recent research they can refer to that is nice, clean, understandable and has some impact (i.e., not fairly trivial). Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: jjhor...@gcc.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13276.cca437dfff11995edc035566eabec9a7&n=T&l=tips&o=20918 or send a blank email to leave-20918-13276.cca437dfff11995edc035566eabec...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20921 or send a blank email to leave-20921-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
