I am new to PCP and using the repertory grid technique and I'm
finding it hard to find people to talk through issues with or get
some form of supervision/experienced advice. I am a forensic
psychologist in training and although I have research experience
through my undergraduate and MSc I have limited experience in more
qualitative methods. At present, I am conducting research exploring
facilitators perceptions of the rewards of their role and have used
the repertory grid technique (I attended some training by the centre
of personal construct psychology/uni. of hertfordshire). I have now
completed some research interviews using 'Enquire Within'. The
purpose/hypothesis being to explore themes in terms of societal
benefits, client change and professional benefits. During the
interviews, the elements were presribed and kept constant and
psychologists and officers were invited to explore their perceptions
of these tasks using the rep grid interview. I also encouraged
participants to reflect on the emerging themes and have completed a
frequency count between the different facilitators. I have also
sorted out the constructs into relevant themes as guided by relevant
research and also asked an independent psychologist to peruse this to
check reliability of categories. I have explored the ideal job in
comparison to the different elements and differentiated between the
different constructs until the participant was happy. I am now
writing up the results and am unsure how to write it up or what
statistical analysis I need to do to further analyse the grids. The
research is for a forensic psychology chartership dissertation and to
inform selection and support of facilitators in the prison service.
Is it enough to describe case by case in terms of the emerging themes
or do I need to do more statistical analyses to back up the
qualitative results. I have noted the correlations between constructs
and elements but am unclear how to evaluate it and cannot find an
example on the net.

I did practice with a pilot study but did not got so far as to write
up the results and am now very confused!! Any advice would be really
appreciated as I feel like I am fumbling in the dark at the moment.

Kind Regards,
Miriam Anthony
Psychologist
HMP Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 6YY