Experience cycle methodology: A qualitative method to understand the process of revising personal constructs

Authors

Lindsay G. Oades, University of WollongongFollow
Fiona Patterson, North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust

RIS ID

104525

Publication Details

Oades, L. G. & Patterson, F. (2016). Experience cycle methodology: A qualitative method to understand the process of revising personal constructs. In D. A. Winter & N. Reed (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology (pp. 125-136). Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. 2015

Abstract

This chapter describes the application of the qualitative method known as the Experience Cycle Methodology (ECM). This method is based on Kelly's five phase Experience Cycle. After describing the formal components of the method, four case examples are provided from people living with selective mutism.