COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH DESIGNS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6097 RESEARCH DESIGNS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim is to address traditional and modern |research strategies, methodological innovations and projections for future frequently emphasized in scientific studies in the field of clinical psychology, and to examine examples of current research topics in the relevant literature at the doctoral level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Defines the basic concepts of research methods frequently used in the field of clinical psychology
2   2. Examine the terms of efficacy and efficiency in research designs that are relatively specific to intervention methods
3   3. Question current scientific studies on intervention methods in the related literature in line with the principles of research designs
4   4. Exemplify the basic principles by preparing new research proposals on the determined topics
5   5. Prepare reviews with scientific implications by scanning current scientific research in the literature
6   6. Make applications for learning new research methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Trends in the Evolving Discipline of Clinical Psychology
2 2. The Efficacy and Effectiveness of Psychological Therapies
3 3. Practice- Based Evidence Findings from Routine Clinical Settings
4 4. Therapist Effects: History, Methods, Magnitude, and Characteristics of Effective Therapists
5 5. Personalized Treatment Approaches
6 6. Single-Case Experimental Designs and Small Pilot Trial Designs
7 7. Laboratory Methods in Experimental Psychopathology
8 8. The Randomized Controlled Trial: Basics and Beyond
9 9. Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Therapy Process Research
10 10. Measuring, Predicting, and Tracking Change in Psychotherapy
11 11. Internet Approaches to Psychotherapy: Empirical Findings and Future Directions
12 12. Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology Research
13 13. Experience Sampling Methods in Clinical Psychology
14 14.Statistical Methods for Use in the Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Utilizing a Pretreatment, Posttreatment, Follow-up (PPF) Paradigm

Recomended or Required Reading

Comer, J. S., & Kendall, P. C. (Eds.). (2013). The Oxford handbook of research strategies for clinical psychology. Oxford University Press.
Lambert, M. J. (Ed.). (2013). Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change. John Wiley & Sons.
Wright, A. G., & Hallquist, M. N. (2020). The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology. Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Question-answer
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The assessment will be based on the students' presentations, participation during thevdiscussions, as well as the final exam.

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2: via Midterm exam
LO 3-6: via presentation, project and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 12.00-13.00, Wednesday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1554
LO.25554
LO.35544
LO.45454
LO.5554
LO.6554

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