This exploratory study employed
a qualitative multiple case study approach to heterosexual couples (N = 7) that were currently in the process of seeking conjoint therapy to identify intra and interpersonal factors that influence relational help - seeking.
The strongest research methods for psychological
studies are:
qualitative findings versus quantitative; experimental rather than descriptive or correlational; controlled - experiment, meta - analysis, and observation designs over archival,
case study, computational modeling, content analysis, field experiment, interview, neuroimaging, quasi experiment, self - report inventory, random sample survey, or twin
study; and prospective (where subjects are recruited prior to the proposed independent effects being administered) and longitudinal (where subjects are
studied at
multiple time points) rather than retrospective or cross-section
study.
This article draws from the literature on cross-boundary leadership, relational leadership, and relational trust, and
qualitative data from a
multiple case study to explore the role of principals in the administration of full - service community schools.