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The Person-Centered Approach in Research

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The core of this article is the elaboration of characteristics of researching that spring from personal attitudes and values related to core concepts of the person-centered approach. These are worked out by means of a selective literature review. Subsequently, two approaches to research in social sciences and educational technology are described that integrate these characteristics, namely personal conversation as a research method and (participatory) action research.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    These questions are primarily adapted from Rogers (1985), except for “What is my heart truly burning for?” which was adapted from a question Jürgen Kriz asked doctorate students in a course on scientific methods at the University of Vienna in the summer term 2012.

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    Personal contribution by Renate Motschnig in an online conversation with the first author in 2012.

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  1. Postgraduate Center, University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 1, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    David Haselberger

  2. University of Vienna, Department of Educational Science, Sensengasse 3a, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Robert Hutterer

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    Renate Motschnig-Pitrik

  3. Rehabilitationszentrum Quellenhof, Neurologisches, Kuranlagenallee 2, Bad Wildbad, 75323, Germany

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Haselberger, D., Hutterer, R. (2013). The Person-Centered Approach in Research. In: Cornelius-White, J., Motschnig-Pitrik, R., Lux, M. (eds) Interdisciplinary Handbook of the Person-Centered Approach. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7141-7_22

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