TY - JOUR AU - Yanchar, Stephen C. PY - 2009/09/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Case Studies and Non-Abstractionist Theorizing JF - Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy JA - PCSP VL - 5 IS - 3 SE - Case Method DO - 10.14713/pcsp.v5i3.977 UR - https://pcsp.nationalregister.org/index.php/pcsp/article/view/977 SP - 71-79 AB - <p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="&#39;Times New Roman&#39;" size="4" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px" class="Apple-style-span">Case studies offer a unique methodological resource for studying human practices in real-world settings and have the potential to facilitate non-abstractionist theorizing that may be especially useful to practitioners. Stiles&rsquo; contribution regarding deduction, induction, and abduction in theory development&mdash;via case study methods&mdash;raises important, but often ignored, issues and suggests several ways that cases can facilitate this practically-oriented theoretical work.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"></span></p> ER -