In this study, we investigated the personality variable quality of object relations (QOR) as a moderator of the relationship between the pattern of the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in two forms (interpretive, supportive) of short-term individual psychotherapy. In a sample of 72 psychiatric outpatients who completed interpretive therapy, QOR emerged as a moderator for the outcome f...

This article discusses the conduct and evaluation of interpretive research in information systems. While the conventions for evaluating information systems case studies conducted according to the natural science model of social science are now widely accepted, this is not the case for interpretive field studies. A set of principles for the conduct and evaluation of interpretive field research i...

Yorumlayıcı Fenomenolojik Analiz (IPA), felsefi kökeni fenomenoloji, hermenötik ve idiyografiye dayanan çağdaş bir nitel araştırma yöntemidir. Bireysel deneyimin sistematik olarak araştırılmasına bu yöntemin amacı olgunun nesnel ifadesine ulaşma amacının aksine belirli deneyimlerin, olayların durumların katılımcılar için taşıdığı anlamları ayrıntılı incelemektir. Başlangıçta “yaratıcı, esnek ak...

The Office of Public Health and Science in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS)—with input from other federal agencies, industry, and the public—conducted an assessment of the risk of illness associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef. This risk assessment details our current state of knowledge about (1) the occurrence of E. coli O157:...