A content analysis of articles focusing on single-case research design: ACA journals between 2003 and 2014

ABSTRACT

This content analysis presents an overview of single-case-specific articles published between 2003 and 2014 in 20 American Counselling Association (ACA) journals. In addition to the frequency of single-case design articles, contributors and their affiliation, methodological design, participant populations, and topics of interest and application settings are analysed.

KEYWORDS:

• Content analysis
• single-case design
• evidence-based practice

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Hongryun Woo

Hongryun Woo is currently working as an assistant professor at the University of Louisville. She earned her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Iowa. She is committed to research on counselors’/counselor educators’ professional identity and their development in general.

Junfei Lu

Junfei Lu is currently working as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, United States, from August, 2014. He received his PhD from the University of Iowa, United States, in May 2014. His current research interests are mindfulness, attitudes toward people with disabilities, and spirituality.

Patty Kuo

Patty Kuo is currently a doctoral student at the University of Utah. She received her bachelor B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park, in May 2014. Her current research is on psychotherapy processes and outcomes.

Namok Choi

Namok Choi is currently working as a professor of educational research at the University of Louisville. She received her PhD from Oklahoma State University in May 1997. Her current research interests include gender roles, self-constructs, resilience, and validation studies.