Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices of spiritual formation-of growing to have the mind of Christ? Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and theology and philosophy on the other. But psychology and spiritual formation draw upon distinct bodies of research and theory grounded in different methodologies, resulting in conversation that has suffered from a lack of interdisciplinary cross-pollination. Rooted in a year-long discussion held by Biola University's Center for Christian Thought (CCT), this volume bridges the gaps caused by professional specialization among psychology, theology, and philosophy. Each essay was forged out of an integrative discussion among theologians, psychologists, philosophers, New Testament scholars, educators, and pastors around the CCT seminar table. Topics that emerged included relational and developmental spirituality, moral virtue and judgment, and suffering and trauma. Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue speaks across disciplinary divides, fostering fruitful conversation for fresh insights into the nature and dynamics of personal spiritual change. Contributors include Justin L. Barrett, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Earl D. Bland, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University Ellen T. Charry, Princeton Seminary John H. Coe, Biola University Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis Stephen Evans, Baylor University Bruce Hindmarsh, Regent College, Vancouver Marie T. Hoffman, New York University James M. Houston, Regent College, Vancouver Steven J. Sandage, David R. Paine, and Jonathan Morgan, Boston University Siang Yang Tan, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Brandon J. Griffin, and Caroline R. Lavelock, Virginia Commonwealth University Edited by Thomas M. Crisp, professor of philosophy, Biola University Steve L. Porter, professor of theology, spiritual formation, and philosophy, Talbot School of Theology and Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University Gregg Ten Elshof, professor of philosophy, Biola University Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Der Band widmet sich dem Gruppendelphi, einer diskursiven Methode, die haufig zur Entwicklung von politischen Leitbildern und Planungszielen eingesetzt wird. Anhand verschiedener Beispiele aus der Praxis wird die Methode des Gruppendelphis vorgestellt und kritisch reflektiert. Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Fragebogen, dem methodischen Herzstuck eines Gruppendelphis. Zunachst wird das klassische Delphi-Verfahren vorgestellt und anschliessend das Gruppendelphi als eine modifizierte Variante des Verfahrens eingefuhrt. Anhand dieser Methode wird die Fragebogenkonstruktion kritisch diskutiert. Untermauert werden die methodischen Vorschlage durch die Darstellung von funf Praxisbeispielen, bei denen das Verfahren des Gruppendelphis angewendet wurde. Eine Software zur Auswertung eines Gruppendelphis findet sich auf der Homepage des Verlages.

Das "Manual Lehrevaluation" bietet einen kompakten und gut nachvollziehbaren Einstieg in die Praxis der Evaluation im Hochschulbereich und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zu Qualitatssicherung und Qualitatsverbesserung in der Lehre.

Das Buch erlautert das "Wie und Warum" der Messung und Analyse von Antwortreaktionszeiten fur computergestutzte Bevoelkerungsumfragen. Verfahren zur empirischen Erhebung von Antwortreaktionszeiten (z.B. aktive oder passive Zeitmessmethoden) werden ebenso erlautert wie statistische Methoden zur Behandlung und Bereinigung der erhobenen Reaktionszeiten (z.B. Operationalisierung und Kontrolle individueller Basisgeschwindigkeiten und statistische Identifizierung ungultiger Zeitmessungen). Das Buch beschreibt viele Anwendungsbeispiele von Reaktionszeitanalysen aus der aktuellen Forschungspraxis. Anwendungen aus der Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung und der Untersuchung von Befragtenverhalten (z.B. Aufdecken von Response-Effekten) verdeutlichen, welch vielfaltige Moeglichkeiten die Auswertung von Reaktionszeitmessungen zur Verbesserung von Survey-Analysen eroeffnet.

Am Beispiel eines von den Autoren realisierten Evaluationsprojektes fuhrt dieses Buch in die Planung und praktische Durchfuhrung von qualitativer Evaluation ein. Anhand einer detaillierten Schritt-fur-Schritt-Anleitung werden die Bestandteile eines Evaluationsprozesses von der Gegenstandsbestimmung, Erhebung und Codierung der Daten bis hin zur computergestutzten, kategorienbasierten Auswertung mit Hilfe der Software MAXQDA und der Verfassung des Berichts nachvollziehbar dargestellt.
Die im Buch beschriebene computergestutzte Vorgehensweise lasst sich auch bei knappen zeitlichen und finanziellen Ressourcen umsetzen. Eine Checkliste und weitere Arbeitshilfen unterstutzen die Gestaltung eigener qualitativer Evaluationsprojekte."

Statistics for Research in Psychology offers an intuitive approach to statistics based on estimation for interpreting research in psychology. This innovative text covers topic areas in a traditional sequence but gently shifts the focus to an alternative approach using estimation, emphasizing confidence intervals, effect sizes, and practical significance, with the advantages naturally emerging in the process. Frequent opportunities for practice and step-by-step instructions for using Excel, SPSS, and R in appendices will help readers come away with a better understanding of statistics that will allow them to more effectively evaluate published research and undertake meaningful research of their own.

Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan builds your knowledge of and confidence in making inferences from data. Reflecting the need for scripting in today's model-based statistics, the book pushes you to perform step-by-step calculations that are usually automated. This unique computational approach ensures that you understand enough of the details to make reasonable choices and interpretations in your own modeling work. The text presents causal inference and generalized linear multilevel models from a simple Bayesian perspective that builds on information theory and maximum entropy. The core material ranges from the basics of regression to advanced multilevel models. It also presents measurement error, missing data, and Gaussian process models for spatial and phylogenetic confounding. The second edition emphasizes the directed acyclic graph (DAG) approach to causal inference, integrating DAGs into many examples. The new edition also contains new material on the design of prior distributions, splines, ordered categorical predictors, social relations models, cross-validation, importance sampling, instrumental variables, and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. It ends with an entirely new chapter that goes beyond generalized linear modeling, showing how domain-specific scientific models can be built into statistical analyses. Features Integrates working code into the main text Illustrates concepts through worked data analysis examples Emphasizes understanding assumptions and how assumptions are reflected in code Offers more detailed explanations of the mathematics in optional sections Presents examples of using the dagitty R package to analyze causal graphs Provides the rethinking R package on the author's website and on GitHub

Anja Weissgerber entwickelt ein Modell zur Wirkung von Markenbeziehungen auf das Konsumentenverhalten im Fall von Krisensituationen und zeigt, dass gute Markenbeziehungen im Fall negativer Medienberichterstattung uber die Marke immunisierenden Einfluss haben. Abschliessend entwickelt sie Handlungsempfehlungen fur das Markenmanagement vor und in ereignisinduzierten Markenkrisen."

Das Buch fuhrt schrittweise in die faszinierende Welt statistischer Analysen ein. Es erfordert weder Vorwissen in Statistik noch in einem bestimmten Fachgebiet, nur einige Grundkenntnisse in Mathematik und Neugier auf Daten, die vor allem beobachtete Merkmale von Personen sind. Das Buch enthalt viele Beispiele fur Fragen, die mit Hilfe von Daten beantwortet werden konnen und einfache Zahlenbeispiele fur verschiedene Arten von Analysen. Es ist daher geeignet fur Erstsemester und fur alle, die damit beginnen, sich an Studien zu beteiligen, die Datenanalysen erfordern.

Der Leser findet insbesondere Antworten auf folgende Fragen: Was ist typisch und wie variabel sind beobachtete Merkmale? Wie sieht man, ob und wie die beobachten Merkmale voneinander abhangen? Was sind statistische Modelle? Wozu braucht man sie? Wie interpretiert man beobachtete Ergebnisse? Was sind Wahrscheinlichkeiten und was sind Zufallssvariablen und ihre Verteilungen? Wie erganzen sie beobachtete Merkmale? In welchen Situationen und wie kann man beurteilen, ob ein beobachtetes Ergebnis von allgemeinerer Bedeutung ist?"

Auf der Grundlage von Symbolischem Interaktionismus, Phanomenologie und Strukturaler Hermeneutik wird die Praxis fallrekonstruktiver Familienforschung an einem konkreten Fallbeispiel entwickelt.

Designing a study and writing up a research proposal takes time---often more time than actually conducting the study! This practical guide will save you time and frustration by walking you through every step of the process. For starters, it will help you hone in on a research topic - a huge (and hugely important) first step. Then it will guide you in developing the research question, designing the study, and choosing the best strategies for sampling and measurement. The figures, tables, and exhibits offer a wealth of examples and tools, including activities and worksheets to practice alone or in a study group. While many research design books focus on either qualitative or quantitative studies, this book presents a balanced discussion of the relative strengths and limitations of each, as well as differences in how validity is handled for each. No research study can be perfect or provide all the answers. In fact, the best studies result in more questions than answers. This book will deepen your understanding of study limitations and ways to build upon them in future research.

Der Band gibt einen umfassenden Uberblick uber aktuelle, praxisrelevante und zukunftsweisende Forschungsthemen und -methoden des Konsumentenverhaltens im 21. Jahrhundert."

The leading text that covers both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume has now been revised and updated with additional evaluation approaches (such as mixed methods and principles-focused evaluation) and new methods (such as technologically based strategies). The book features examples of small- and large-scale evaluations from a range of fields, many with reflective commentary from the evaluators; helpful checklists; and carefully crafted learning activities. Major theoretical paradigms in evaluation--and the ways they inform methodological choices--are explained. Readers learn effective strategies for clarifying their own theoretical assumptions; working with stakeholders; developing questions; using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs; selecting data collection and sampling strategies; analyzing data; and communicating and utilizing findings. The new companion website provides extensive recommended online resources and tools, organized by chapter. New to This Edition *Additional evaluation approaches: collaborative evaluation, principles-focused evaluation, and desk reviews. *Coverage of new data collection technologies and methods of qualitative coding. *Expanded discussions of logic models, cost-benefit analysis, and mixed methods designs. *Many new and updated sample studies. Pedagogical Features *Reflection questions that prepare students to read each chapter. *"Extending Your Thinking" questions and practical activities. *Boxes delving into key concepts and example studies. *End-of-book Glossary, and highlighted key terms throughout. *Companion website with links to helpful resources on all aspects of evaluation.

The Psychologist's Companion, 6th edition is written for students, young professionals, and even mid-career scholars. It is the most comprehensive guide available to both written and oral communication processes for academic psychologists. It covers the topics necessary for career success, including planning papers, writing papers, presenting data, evaluating one's papers, writing grant proposals, giving talks, finding a book publisher, doing job interviews, and doing media interviews. Because the book is in its sixth edition, it is market tested for success in reaching and engaging its readers. Two special (new) pedagogical features are 'Experience is the best teacher', which draws on the authors' personal experiences to help make the book more personalized and exciting to readers, and 'What's wrong here', which gives readers an opportunity for active learning while they read the book. The authors have written the book in a personable and often humorous style that will keep readers engaged.