Qualitative research in counseling psychology in the last 2 decades has been characterized by the introduction and use of a range of methods and corresponding paradigms and conceptual frameworks. The action-project research method, described and updated in this article, is based on an understanding of human action as goal-directed and enacted in context: contextual action theory. We summarize this framework, prior to describing the method's procedures for conceptualizing research problems and questions, collecting and analyzing data from dyads of participants, and presenting research findings. We also discuss recent adaptations to the procedures and how the method addresses core issues in counseling psychology; that is, methodological integrity, culture, ethics, and power. We proceed to describe how the method relates to other qualitative methods and the kinds of research questions asked by the discipline and how the action-project method connects to professional practice issues. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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在咨询心理学中探索人类行为：行动项目研究方法。

在过去的 20 年里，咨询心理学的定性研究的特点是引入和使用了一系列方法以及相应的范式和概念框架。本文中描述和更新的行动项目研究方法基于将人类行为理解为目标导向并在上下文中制定：上下文行为理论。在描述用于概念化研究问题和问题、收集和分析来自成对参与者的数据以及展示研究结果的方法程序之前，我们总结了这个框架。我们还讨论了最近对程序的调整以及该方法如何解决咨询心理学的核心问题；也就是说，方法论的完整性、文化、道德和权力。我们继续描述该方法如何与其他定性方法和学科提出的研究问题类型相关，以及行动项目方法如何与专业实践问题联系起来。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。