A manual for repertory grid technique

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About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. The Basis of Repertory Grid Technique. Grids: What Are They? The Grid as Part of Personal Construct Theory. Grids: a Measure of What?. Grids are about Constructs. Some Personal Construct Theory Corollaries. Different Kinds of Construct. Constructs in Transition. Conclusions. 2. Constructs And Elements. What is an Element? What is a Construct? Elements in a Grid. The Nature and Types of Constructs in a Grid. Ways of Eliciting Personal Constructs from 'Elements'. Eliciting Personal Constructs in Ways other than from 'Elements'. Eliciting Constructs from Constructs. To Elicit or to Supply Constructs? Classification of Constructs. Which are more Important in a Grid - Elements or Constructs? Constructs and Elements: the Debate. Comment. 3. Varieties Of Grid In Use Today. The Grid Form of the Role Construct Repertory Test. The Split-Half Method of Allocating Elements. A Grid Using Rankings. A Grid Using Ratings. Implications and Resistance-to-Change Grids. Resistance-to-Change Grid. A Bipolar Implications Grid. Dependency Grid. A Textual Grid. A Qualitative Grid. Comment. 4. Analyzing Grid Data. Repertory Grids. Analyzing Constructs. Analyzing Elements. Joint Representations of Constructs and Elements. Representations of Multiple Repertory Grid Data. Dependency Grids. Implications Grids. Comments. 5. Some Summary Measures Of Structure. Cognitive Complexity. Extremity and Ordination. Conflict. Element Indices. Measures of Superordinacy. Measures of Intransitivity. Implications Grids. Dependency Grids. Comment. 6. Reliability and Validity. Reliability. Conclusions. Validity. Conclusions. 7. Specific Ways Of Using Grids. The Individual and the Grid. A Decision-Making Grid. Wholly or Partially Standardized Grid Formats. Conclusions. 8. Some Uses To Which Grids Have Been Put. Grids in General. In the Clinical Setting. Working with Children. Teachers and Teaching. The Construing of Professionals. Those With Learning Difficulties. Social Relationships. Language. Dependency. The Use and Abuse of Drugs. The Family. Forensic Work. Maps, Planning and Environment. Market Research. Politics. Careers. Sport. Organizational and Business Applications. More Unusual Uses of Grids. Appendix Computer Programs and Websites. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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