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Personal Construct Theory: a strategy for the study of multidimensional phenomena in nursing.

Nursing research is characterized by the study of complex phenomena relative to health behaviours, health-care services, illness, and hospitalization events.The challenge for researchers is to accurately capture and analyze multidimensional phenomena in the context of a dynamic interplay of events and interactions in clinical settings.Traditional methodologies measure a variety of concepts using strategies such as observation and questionnaires that rely on descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. However, the dynamic interplay of experiences, perceptions, and meanings in the social context of the clinical setting is more difficult to examine using these methodologies. In a recent study, an innovative, multidimensional theory and accompanying methodology were employed to examine parents’ experiences in the dynamic social context of the hospital setting. Personal Construct Theory, with its accompanying methodology, Repertory Grid Technique, is a new approach (based on an old theory) to nursing research that is especially well suited to the study of complex, multidimensional research questions. Implications for nursing research, theory development, and practice will be examined relative to the utility of Personal Construct Theory.