Qualitative research in family therapy: A substantive and methodological review

Over the last decade, marriage and family therapy (MFT) researchers have de veloped a growing interest in qualitative research. In this article, we rev iew substantive and methodological trends in the published qualitative stud ies within the MFT field. The research is compared and contrasted in the fo llowing areas: General topic, epistemological theory, methodological theory sampling and sample, data collection, data analysis procedure, and approac h to reliability and validity! We also provide recommendations for future r esearch.