Fifteen years have passed since the publication of a landmark issue of the Journal of Counseling Psychology on qualitative and mixed methods research (Haverkamp et al., 2005), which signaled a methodological shift in counseling psychology and related fields. At the time, qualitative research was certainly less popular in the field and arguably less respected than it is now. This special issue charts advances in qualitative and mixed methods research since the publication of that issue, reflects on how these diverse approaches are conducted today, and points toward new methodological frontiers. The articles in this special issue include a range of methodological tools and theoretical perspectives that extend thinking about the ethics, practice, evaluation, and implications of psychological research. Notably, the articles are linked by a shared commitment to conducting psychological research critically-that is, to both critique dominant norms in the discipline and to sensitize psychological methods to power and inequality-and to advancing social justice. In this introduction, the guest editors survey authors' contributions and synthesize their insights to offer recommendations for future qualitative and mixed methods work in the field, particularly in terms of interdisciplinarity, methodological rigor, critical psychology, and social justice. They propose that counseling psychologists should cultivate a "qualitative imagination" with respect to all forms of empirical research (qualitative and quantitative) and offer specific guidance for enhancing methodological sophistication and sensitivity to power. Accordingly, this special issue is an important opportunity to set an agenda for the next decade-plus of critical inquiry in counseling psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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咨询心理学中的定性想象：增强跨方法的方法学严谨性。

自《咨询心理学杂志》关于定性和混合方法研究（Haverkamp et al., 2005）具有里程碑意义的一期出版以来，已经过去了 15 年，这标志着咨询心理学和相关领域的方法论转变。当时，定性研究在该领域肯定不那么受欢迎，也可以说比现在更不受尊重。本期特刊介绍了自该期出版以来在定性和混合方法研究方面的进展，反映了当今这些不同方法的实施方式，并指出了新的方法论前沿。本期特刊中的文章包括一系列方法论工具和理论观点，它们扩展了对心理学研究的伦理、实践、评估和影响的思考。尤其，这些文章通过共同致力于批判性地进行心理学研究——即批判学科中的主导规范并使心理学方法对权力和不平等敏感——以及促进社会正义而联系在一起。在本介绍中，客座编辑调查作者的贡献并综合他们的见解，为该领域未来的定性和混合方法工作提供建议，特别是在跨学科、方法论的严谨性、批判心理学和社会正义方面。他们建议咨询心理学家应该针对所有形式的实证研究（定性和定量）培养“定性想象”，并为提高方法论的复杂性和对权力的敏感性提供具体指导。因此，本期特刊是为未来十年以上的咨询心理学批判性调查制定议程的重要机会。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。