The power of words: Is qualitative research as important as quantitative research in the study of autism?

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Bölte

Choque-Olsson

(2011) KONTAKT [Swedish version of Herbrecht

Bölte

Poustka

(2008) KONTAKT: Frankfurter Kommunikations- und soziales Interaktions-Gruppentraining bei Autismus-Spektrum- Störungen]. Stockholm; Göttingen: Hogrefe Psykologiförlaget.

Brown

Lloyd

(2001) Qualitative methods in psychiatric research. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 7: 350–356.

Calder

Hill

Pellicano

(2013) “Sometimes I want to play by myself”: understanding what friendship means to children with autism in mainstream primary schools. Autism 17: 296–316.

Chen

Huang

. (2013) Autism genetic testing: a qualitative study of awareness, attitudes, and experiences among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. Genetics in Medicine 15: 274–281.

Fleischmann

(2005) The hero’s story and autism: grounded theory study of websites for parents of children with autism. Autism 9: 299–316.

Gray

(2006) Coping over time: the parents of children with autism. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 50: 970–976.

Herbrecht

Poustka

Birnkammer

. (2009) Pilot evaluation of the Frankfurt Social Skills Training for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 18: 327–335.

Kisely

Kendall

(2011) Critically appraising qualitative research: a guide for clinicians more familiar with quantitative techniques. Australasian Psychiatry 19: 364–367.

Razafsha

Behforuzi

Azari

. (2012) Qualitative versus quantitative methods in psychiatric research. Methods in Molecular Biology 829: 49–62.

10.

Smith

Sharp

(2013) Fascination and isolation: a grounded theory exploration of unusual sensory experiences in adults with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 43: 891–910.