The Oxford Handbook of Research Strategies for Clinical Psychology has recruited some of the field's foremost experts to explicate the essential research strategies currently used across the modern clinical psychology landscape that maximize both scientific rigor and clinical relevance.

1. A Place for Research Strategies in Clinical Psychology ; Jonathan S. Comer and Philip C. Kendall ; Part One: Design Strategies for Clinical Psychology ; 2. Laboratory Methods in Experimental Psychopathology ; Michael J. Zvolensky, John P. Forsyth, and Kirsten Johnson ; 3. Single Case Experimental Designs and Small Pilot Trial Designs ; Kaitlin Gallo, Jonathan S. Comer, and David H. Barlow ; 4. Randomized Controlled Trial: Basics and Beyond ; Philip C. Kendall, Jonathan S. Comer, and Candice Chow ; 5. Dissemination and Implementation Science: Research Models and Methods ; Rinad S. Beidas, Tara Mehta, Marc Atkins, Bonnie Solomon, and Jenna Merz ; 6. Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology Research ; Nina Wong and Deborah C. Beidel ; Part Two: Measurement Strategies for Clinical Psychology ; 7. Assessment and Measurement of Change Considerations in Psychotherapy Research ; Randall T. Salekin, Matthew A. Jarrett, and Elizabeth W. Adams ; 8. Observational Coding Strategies ; David J. Hawes, Mark R. Dadds, and Dave S. Pasalich ; 9. Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Therapy Process Research ; Bryce D. McLeod, Nadia Islam, and Emily Wheat ; 10. Structural and Functional Brain Imagining in Clinical Psychology ; Andrew J. Gerber and Marlen Z. Gonzalez ; 11. Experience Sampling Methods in Clinical Psychology ; Philip S. Santangelo, Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer, and Timothy J. Trull ; Part Three: Analytic Strategies for Clinical Psychology ; 12. Statistical Power: Issues and Proper Applications ; Helena Chmura Kraemer ; 13. Multiple Regression: Basics and Beyond for Clinical Scientists ; Stephen G. West, Leona S. Aiken, Heining Cham, and Yu Liu ; 14. Statistical Methods for Use in the Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Utilizing a Pretreatment, Posttreatment, Follow-up (PPF) Paradigm ; Kendra L. Read, Philip C. Kendall, Mathew M. Carper, and Joseph R. Rausch ; 15. Evaluating Treatment Mediators and Moderators ; David P. MacKinnon, Ginger Lockhart, Amanda N. Baraldi, and Lois A. Gelfand ; 16. Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in the Study of Psychopathology ; Erika J. Wolf and Timothy A. Brown ; 17. Meta-analysis in Clinical Psychology Research ; Andy P. Field ; 18. Item-response Theory ; Lynne Steinberg and David Thissen ; 19. Missing Data in Psychological Science ; Patrick E. McKnight and Katherine M. McKnight ; Part Four: Matters of Responsible Research Conduct in Clinical Psychology ; 20. Ethical Considerations in Clinical Psychology Research ; Gerald P. Koocher ; 21. Clinical Research with Culturally Diverse Populations ; Frederick T.L. Leong and Zornitsa Kalibatseva ; Part Five: Conclusion ; 22. Decades not Days: The Research Enterprise in Clinical Psychology ; Philip C. Kendall and Jonathan Comer

"The strength of the book is the focus on treatment evaluation and treatment methods rather than on the broader field. Evaluation of psychosocial interventions in laboratory, clinical, and community settings is a critically important topic and of widespread interest. The handbook would have great appeal to those beginning careers on intervention research and to those who teach the pertinent courses." -- PsycCRITIQUES "Professors of psychology write that the material for this book has been contributed by some of the top researchers--a list of Who's Who in the field. Streamlined organization of content in each chapter makes it easy for the student and practitioner to understand absorb the material. This is an excellent, very useful book on the design, measurement, and analysis of research strategies in clinical psychology, made possible through the efforts of its editors." -Nano Khilnani, Biz India

Selling point: Includes full chapters on brain imaging, experience sampling methods, virtual reality, process coding in psychotherapy research, and higher-level data analytic topics including meta-analysis, item-response theory, and missing data Selling point: Presents latest research findings from leading peer-reviewed journals in clinical psychology Selling point: The book concludes with an integrative summary of research strategies addressed across the volume, and guidelines for future directions in research methodology, design, and analysis that will keep our young science moving forward in a manner that maximizes scientific rigor and clinical relevance Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Florida International University and the Center for Children and Families. Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP., Distinguished University Professor, is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.

Selling point: Includes full chapters on brain imaging, experience sampling methods, virtual reality, process coding in psychotherapy research, and higher-level data analytic topics including meta-analysis, item-response theory, and missing data Selling point: Presents latest research findings from leading peer-reviewed journals in clinical psychology Selling point: The book concludes with an integrative summary of research strategies addressed across the volume, and guidelines for future directions in research methodology, design, and analysis that will keep our young science moving forward in a manner that maximizes scientific rigor and clinical relevance Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series