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Pergamon 0197-4556(95)00016-X The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 307-314, 1995 Copyright 0 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0197-4556195 $9.50 + .OO TOWARD A TYPOLOGY OF RESEARCH IN THE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES ROSALIE H. POLITSKY, PhD* The purpose of this paper is to support the asser- tion made by Junge and Linesch (1993) that it is cru- cial to effective and enjoyable research that there be a match between the art therapist’s personal style and the particular research methods used in inquiry (pp. 62-63). The empirical/analytic paradigm of the phys- ical sciences has dominated research in the social and human sciences. Burdened by the assumptions of the physical sciences, the arts therapies have suffered bouts of inadequacy and insecurity, and have ques- tioned the legitimacy of their research. Junge and Lin- esch have noted the uneasy fit of the field of art ther- apy with the empirical research tradition and have pointed out the need to incorporate new paradigms that offer diverse ways of knowing (p. 61). Such di- versity of knowledge may actually be traced back to the scientist. McNiff (1993) has noted the link be- tween art and science and the need to examine the role of the scientist. Mitroff and Kilmann (1978) re- searched how scientists classify scientists and have developed four typologies. They have presented four alternative psychological typologies and methodolo- gies to the dominant positivist paradigm. When uti- lizing their research, art therapists will be able to recognize various types of researchers, and distin- guish which types of research may be best suited to their particular typology. Their model, particularly their examination of the various types of logic, may also help us validate both ourselves and our inquiry- inquiry that does not always follow the analytic model. Mitroff and Kilmann noted that their four method- ologies are the outer manifestations of the inner psy- chological attitudes of Jungian typology. The four