A Manual for Repertory Grid Technique 2e

<p>About the Authors ix</p>
<p>Preface xi</p>
<p>Acknowledgements xiii</p>
<p>1. The Basis of Repertory Grid Technique 1</p>
<p>Grids: What Are They? 1</p>
<p>The Grid as Part of Personal Construct Theory 5</p>
<p>Grids: a Measure of What? 5</p>
<p>Grids are about Constructs 7</p>
<p>Some Personal Construct Theory Corollaries 9</p>
<p>Different Kinds of Construct 12</p>
<p>Constructs in Transition 12</p>
<p>Conclusions 12</p>
<p>2. Constructs And Elements 15</p>
<p>What is an Element? 15</p>
<p>What is a Construct? 15</p>
<p>Elements in a Grid 18</p>
<p>The Nature and Types of Constructs in a Grid 23</p>
<p>Ways of Eliciting Personal Constructs from Elements 27</p>
<p>Eliciting Personal Constructs in Ways other than from Elements 30</p>
<p>Eliciting Constructs from Constructs 39</p>
<p>To Elicit or to Supply Constructs? 46</p>
<p>Classification of Constructs 49</p>
<p>Which are more Important in a Grid Elements or Constructs? 50</p>
<p>Constructs and Elements: the Debate 50</p>
<p>Comment 52</p>
<p>3. Varieties Of Grid In Use Today 54</p>
<p>The Grid Form of the Role Construct Repertory Test 54</p>
<p>The Split–Half Method of Allocating Elements 56</p>
<p>A Grid Using Rankings 56</p>
<p>A Grid Using Ratings 59</p>
<p>Implications and Resistance–to–Change Grids 65</p>
<p>Resistance–to–Change Grid 70</p>
<p>A Bipolar Implications Grid 73</p>
<p>Dependency Grid 76</p>
<p>A Textual Grid 78</p>
<p>A Qualitative Grid 79</p>
<p>Comment 80</p>
<p>4. Analyzing Grid Data 82</p>
<p>Repertory Grids 82</p>
<p>Analyzing Constructs 83</p>
<p>Analyzing Elements 91</p>
<p>Joint Representations of Constructs and Elements 93</p>
<p>Representations of Multiple Repertory Grid Data 98</p>
<p>Dependency Grids 101</p>
<p>Implications Grids 104</p>
<p>Comments 108</p>
<p>5. Some Summary Measures Of Structure 113</p>
<p>Cognitive Complexity 114</p>
<p>Extremity and Ordination 121</p>
<p>Conflict 122</p>
<p>Element Indices 124</p>
<p>Measures of Superordinacy 126</p>
<p>Measures of Intransitivity 127</p>
<p>Implications Grids 128</p>
<p>Dependency Grids 129</p>
<p>Comment 130</p>
<p>6. Reliability and Validity 132</p>
<p>Reliability 132</p>
<p>Conclusions 143</p>
<p>Validity 143</p>
<p>Conclusions 151</p>
<p>7. Specific Ways Of Using Grids 153</p>
<p>The Individual and the Grid 154</p>
<p>A Decision–Making Grid 162</p>
<p>Wholly or Partially Standardized Grid Formats 163</p>
<p>Conclusions 167</p>
<p>8. Some Uses To Which Grids Have Been Put 168</p>
<p>Grids in General 169</p>
<p>In the Clinical Setting 170</p>
<p>Working with Children 188</p>
<p>Teachers and Teaching 192</p>
<p>The Construing of Professionals 195</p>
<p>Those With Learning Difficulties 196</p>
<p>Social Relationships 199</p>
<p>Language 204</p>
<p>Dependency 210</p>
<p>The Use and Abuse of Drugs 211</p>
<p>The Family 212</p>
<p>Forensic Work 213</p>
<p>Maps, Planning and Environment 215</p>
<p>Market Research 217</p>
<p>Politics 218</p>
<p>Careers 219</p>
<p>Sport 220</p>
<p>Organizational and Business Applications 220</p>
<p>More Unusual Uses of Grids 226</p>
<p>Appendix Computer Programs and Websites 230</p>
<p>References 232</p>
<p>Author Index 258</p>
<p>Subject Index 262</p>