Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research.

Packed with learning features, this book helps you get your psychology research off the ground, confidently collect and analyse qualitative data, and write up your project or dissertation.

An interdisciplinary introduction to the biological and medical underpinnings of health psychology from the cell to population level. It uses cross-cultural, real-world examples to create a readable and understandable guide to the biopsychosocial determinants of personal and public health for students of psychology.

Using a scientific and evidence based approach, this text addresses the neuroscience and psychology of addiction, with chapters focusing on psychological, biological and societal aspects.

This successful book, now available in paperback, provides academics and researchers with a clear set of prescriptions for estimating, testing and probing interactions in regression models. Including the latest research in the area, such as Fuller's work on the corrected/constrained estimator, the book is appropriate for anyone who uses multiple regression to estimate models, or for those enrolled in courses on multivariate statistics.

Offers an overview of the place of various concepts in Developmental Psychology under three headings, namely its meaning, origins and current usage. This book is suitable for undergraduate students who need to learn the language used by developmental psychologists in describing their studies.

This book presents, for the first time, a practical manual for psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy. This evidence-based conversational model places strong emphasis on the relational aspects of therapy, and provides a comprehensive approach to a wide variety of presenting issues.

The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision-making and the concept of strategic rationality. However, the rational model ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. In this landmark volume, Karl E Weick highlights how the `sensemaking' process shapes organizational structure and behaviour. The process is seen as the creation of reality as an ongoing accomplishmen...

This textbook takes an integrated approach to research methods and statistics, namely: given a question, what methods and statistical procedures should be employed? With a focus on the use of technology (Excel and SPSS) in the analysis of statistical results, it trains students to be researchers in the real world.