A Study of the Reliability and Validity of the Repertory Grid Technique as a Measure of the Hysteroid/Obsessoid Component of Personality

1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (528) ◽  
pp. 1305-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Caine ◽  
D. J. Smail
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Test Of Hypotheses ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Measure Change ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mathematical Relationships

One of the most attractive features of the Repertory Grid Technique from the clinician's point of view is that it provides a quantifiable test of hypotheses concerning data which are not readily measurable by more traditional standardized instruments (such as questionnaires). An example of such a situation as this would be where the psychologist wishes to measure change in a person's construing of his world before and after psychotherapy. This immediately involves, however, questions concerning the “reliability” and “validity” of the particular grid or grids used. How do we know whether reasonably stable psychological processes within the individual are reflected in equally stable mathematical relationships between constructs, and how do we know that we have chosen, or elicited, those constructs which really are most psychologically meaningful to the subject, or indeed psychologically meaningful at all ?

scholarly journals Identifying the Values and Preferences of Prosthetic Users: A Case Study Series Using the Repertory Grid Technique

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schaffalitzky ◽  
Sinead NiMhurchadha ◽  
Pamela Gallagher ◽  
Susan Hofkamp ◽  
Malcolm MacLachlan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Factor ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Personal Constructs ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Prosthetic Devices ◽  
User Choice ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
The Individual

Purpose: The matching of prosthetic devices to the needs of the individual is a challenge for providers and patients. The aims of this study are to explore the values and preferences that prosthetic users have of their prosthetic devices; to investigate users' perceptions of alternative prosthetic options and to demonstrate a novel method for exploring the values and preferences of prosthetic users. Methods: This study describes four case studies of upper limb and lower limb high tech and conventional prosthetic users. Participants were interviewed using the repertory grid technique (RGT), a qualitative technique to explore individual values and preferences regarding specific choices and events. Results: The participants generated distinctive patterns of personal constructs and ratings regarding prosthetic use and different prosthetic options available. The RGT produced a unique profile of preferences regarding prosthetic technologies for each participant. Conclusions: User choice is an important factor when matching prosthetic technology to the user. The consumer's values regarding different prosthetic options are likely to be a critical factor in prosthetic acceptance and ultimate quality of life. The RGT offers a structured method of exploring these attitudes and values without imposing researcher or practitioner bias and identifies personalized dimensions for providers and users to evaluate the individuals' preferences in prosthetic technology.

The Use of the Repertory Grid Technique in the Individual Case

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (479) ◽  
pp. 965-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Slater
Keyword(s):  
Individual Case ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
The Individual

The terms “macrocosm” and “microcosm” have been taken by Jung from the traditions of the alchemists and the philosophy of Leibnitz for expressing his theories, but they are not often used elsewhere in psychiatry or psychology so it may be as well to define them when introducing them here.

Gridding a Grid: An Artist Reviews and Comprehends his Own Exhibition

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Patrick Diamond
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Personal Constructs ◽  
Phenomenological Methodology ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Voice

The empirical study of appreciators' psychological processes includes the examination of self-generated aesthetic schemas and meanings. If the individual voice and vision of the artist has often been missing from much of the previous literature and discussion of aesthetic response, non-empirical art critics may have promoted their own voices and positions instead by using the recondite and all but impenetrable metalanguage of criticism. As a counterexample from numerical phenomenological methodology, Kelly's psychology of personal constructs and its Repertory grid technique [1] are shown helping an artist-spectator to recover and to reflect on his own responses to one of his exhibitions. Shaw's interactive and multivariate FOCUS technique enables the grid to serve these ideographic purposes [2].

Repertory Grid Technique as a Group Psychotherapy Research Instrument

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Winter
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Psychotherapy ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Therapeutic Change ◽  
Therapy Outcome ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
S Application

This article provides a brief description of repertory grid technique and the measures which can be derived from it which may be of value to the investigator of group therapy. It reviews the technique `s application in this area of research, with particular reference to studies of group therapy outcome, studies of the prediction of therapeutic change and studies of the group process.

Using the Repertory Grid Technique to Examine Nursing Staff's Construal of Mothers with Mental Health Problems

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Blundell ◽  
Anja Wittkowski ◽  
Angelika Wieck ◽  
Dougal Julian Hare
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Grid Technique

scholarly journals APLICAÇÃO DO RGT PARA A AVALIAÇÃO DE PRODUTOS: VIABILIDADE, PROPOSIÇÕES E DESDOBRAMENTOS

Plural Design ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
André Leonardo Demaison ◽  
Esliany Reis Cantanhede ◽  
Isaelma Giullia Soares ◽  
Luiz Adriel Oliveira ◽  
Rodolfo Nucci Porsani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Grid Technique

Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar o desempenho da aplicação do método RGT (Repertory Grid Technique), proposto por Kelly (1955), para a avaliação de produtos na área do design, trazendo observações e propondo possíveis “melhorias” para a viabilidade da sua aplicação. Fundamentado na teoria dos construtos pessoais, o RGT permite aos participantes que utilizem suas próprias dimensões avaliativas espontaneamente, com sua própria linguagem, de acordo com a importância que dão a cada uma delas. Para a análise, observou-se a aplicação do método, em um teste laboratorial com escovas de dentes, a 11 estudantes de diferentes áreas de conhecimento, sendo seis deles do curso de Design da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Após a análise dos pontos observados durante a aplicação e discussões a respeito destes, foi possível destacar pontos positivos e negativos acerca do teste e do método aplicado, assim como sugerir mudanças e desdobramentos do estudo.

The use of the repertory grid technique in online trust research

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Bauman
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Trust ◽  
Online Consumers ◽  
Online Shoppers ◽  
Grid Technique

Purpose – This paper aims to explore online consumers’ perceptions of a trustworthy Web site. Specifically, it analyzes which Web site elements and features online buyers identify as online trust cues signaling e-vendor’s trustworthiness. Design/methodology/approach – This study implemented a repertory grid technique to gain insight into the customers’ perceptions of Web site trustworthiness. Findings – The most frequently identified online trust cues belong to the “Layout”, “Easy to Use” and “Sales” categories. This is in contrast with the traditional views that Web elements related to customers’ privacy and security are leading trust cues. In addition, online shoppers confirmed two trends in e-commerce: the role of social media in developing online trust to e-vendors is increasing and online shopping is associated with entertainment. Research limitations/implications – Rich data collected from 16 participants of this qualitative study present a challenge for generalizability. A caution should be taken in extending findings to the whole population of online shoppers. Practical implications – This study proves that the repertory grid technique is a useful method for qualitative market research. This method helped to solicit a list of Web site elements and features that online consumers identified as online trust cues. As buyers refer to those cues when deciding to trust or not to trust an e-vendor with the private and confidential information, businesses could use these research findings in designing Web sites that signal trustworthiness to customers. Originality/value – This study contributes to the research methodology as it extends the use of the repertory grid technique to the study of online trust cues and collection of data online. It is one of a few qualitative studies of online trust cues.

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