Concept Mapping

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Evaluation & Program Planning Special Issue - 2017

1. Trochim, W. M., & McLinden, D. (2017). Introduction to a special issue on concept mapping. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 166-175. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.006
   
   
2. Trochim, W. M. (2017). Hindsight is 20/20: Reflections on the evolution of concept mapping. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 176-185. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.009
   
   
3. Donnelly, J. P. (2017). A systematic review of concept mapping dissertations. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 186-193. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.010
   
   
4. Anderson, L. A., & Slonim, A. (2017). Perspectives on the strategic uses of concept mapping to address public health challenges. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 194-201. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.011
   
   
5. Nabitz, U., van Randeraad-van der Zee, C., Kok, I., van Bon-Martens, M., & Serverens, P. (2017). An overview of concept mapping in Dutch mental health care. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 202-212. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.012
   
   
6. van Bon-Martens, M. J. H., van de Goor, I. A. M., & van Oers, H. A. M. (2017). Concept mapping as a method to enhance evidence-based public health. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 213-228. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.014
   
   
7. Vaughn, L. M., Jones, J. R., Booth, E., & Burke, J. G. (2017). Concept mapping methodology and community-engaged research: A perfect pairing. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 229-237. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.013
   
   
8. Stoyanov, S., Jablokow, K., Rosas, S. R., Wopereis, I. G. J. H., & Kirschner, P. A. (2017). Concept mapping—An effective method for identifying diversity and congruity in cognitive style. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 238-244. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.015
   
   
9. Soellner, R., Lenartz, N., & Rudinger, G. (2017). Concept mapping as an approach for expert-guided model building: The example of health literacy. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 245-253. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.007
   
   
10. Lich, H.K., Urban, J. B., Frerichs, L., & Dave, G. (2017). Extending systems thinking in planning and evaluation using group concept mapping and system dynamics to tackle complex problems. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 254-264. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.008
    
    
11. Rosas, S. R., & Ridings, J. W. (2017). The use of concept mapping in measurement development and evaluation: Application and future directions. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 265-276. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.016
    
    
12. Orsi, R. (2017). Use of multiple cluster analysis methods to explore the validity of a community outcomes concept map. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 277-283. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.017
    
    
13. Bar, H., & Mentch, L. (2017). R-CMap—An open-source software for concept mapping. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 284-292. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.018
    
    
14. McLinden, D. (2017). And then the internet happened: Thoughts on the future of concept mapping. Evaluation And Program Planning, 60, 293-300. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.009
    
    

Published Literature

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• Anderson, L. A., Gwaltney, M. K., Sundra, D. L., Brownson, R. C., Kane, M., Cross, A. W., et al. (2006). Using concept mapping to develop a logic model for the prevention research centers program. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, 3(1), 1-9.
   
• Baldwin, C.M., Kroesen, K., Trochim, W.M. and Bell, I.R. (2004). Complementary and conventional medicine: A concept map. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 4:2, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/4/2.
   
• Batterham, R. W., Southern, D. M., Appleby, N. J., Elsworth, G., Fabris, S., Dunt, D., et al. (2002). Construction of a gp integration model. Social Science & Medicine, 54, 1225-1241.
   
• Behfar, K., Peterson, R.S., Mannix, E.A. and Trochim, W. (2008). The Critical Role of Conflict Resolution in Teams: A Close Look at the Links Between Conflict Type, Conflict Management Strategies, and Team Outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 1, 170–188.
  
  
• Biegel, D. E., Johnsen, J. A., & Shafran, R. (1997). Overcoming barriers faced by african-american families with a family member with mental illness. Family Relations, 46(2), 163-178.
   
• Boevink, W., Wolf, J., van Nieuwenhuizen, C. H., & Schene, A. H. (1995). Quality of life of long-term mentally ill patients; a conceptual exploration (in dutch). Tijdschr Psychiatrie, 37, 97-110.
   
• Borden, L. M., Perkins, D. F., Villarruel, F. A., Carleton-Hug, A., Stone, M. R., & Keith, J. G. (2006). Challenges and opportunities to latino youth development increasing meaningful participation in youth development programs. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28(2), 187-208.
  
  
• Brownson, R. C., Kelly, C. M., Eyler, A. A., Carnoske, C., Grost, L., Handy, S. L., et al. (2008). Environmental and Policy Approaches for Promoting Physical Activity in the United States: A Research Agenda. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 5, 488-503.
  
  
• Brown, J., & Calder, P. (1999). Concept-mapping the challenges faced by foster parents. Children And Youth Services Review, 21(6), 481-495.
   
• Brown, J.S. (2006). Rethinking Concept Mapping for Youth Participatory Evaluation in the Context of Youth Development Programs. Journal of Youth Development, 1, 2.
   
• Burke, J. G., O’Campo, P., Peak, G. L., Gielen, A. C., McDonnell, K. A., & Trochim, W. (2005). An introduction to concept mapping as a participatory public health research methodology. Qualitative Health Research, 15(10), 1392-1410.
   
• Caracelli, V. (1989). Structured conceptualization: A framework for interpreting evaluation results. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p. 45-52.
   
• Carpenter, B. D., Van Haitsma, K., Ruckdeschel, K., & Lawton, M. P. (2000). The psychosocial preferences of older adults: A pilot examination of content and structure. Gerontologist, 40(3), 335-348.
   
• Cooksy, L. (1989). In the eye of the beholder: Relational and hierarchical structures in conceptualization. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p. 59-66.
   
• Cousins, J. B., & MacDonald, C. J. (1998). Conceptualizing the successful product development project as a basis for evaluating management training in technology-based companies: A participatory concept mapping application. Evaluation And Program Planning, 21(3), 333-344.
  
  
• Dagenais, C., Ridde, V., Laurendeau, M.-C., & Souffez, K. (2009). Knowledge translation research in population health: establishing a collaborative research agenda. Health Research Policy and Systems, 7(28).
   
• Daughtry, D., & Kunkel, M. A. (1993). Experience of depression in college-students - a concept map. Journal Of Counseling Psychology, 40(3), 316-323.
   
• Davis, J. (1989). Construct validity in measurement: A pattern matching approach. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p. 31-36.
   
• DeRidder, D., Depla, M., Severens, P., & Malsch, M. (1997). Beliefs on coping with illness: A consumer's perspective. Social Science & Medicine, 44(5), 553-559.
   
• Donnelly, J. P., Huff, S. M., Lindsey, M. L., McMahon, K. A., & Schumacher, J. D. (2005). The needs of children with life-limiting conditions: A healthcare-provider-based model. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 22(4), 259-267.
   
• Donnelly, J. P., Donnelly, K., & Grohman, K. J. (2005). A multi-perspective concept mapping study of problems associated with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(13), 1077-1085.
   
• Donnelly, K. Z., Donnelly, J. P., & Grohman, K. J. (2000). Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems associated with traumatic brain injury: A concept map of patient, family, and provider perspectives. Brain And Cognition, 44(1), 21-25.
   
• Dumont, J. (1989). Validity of multidimensional scaling in the context of structured conceptualization. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.81-86.
  
  
• Falk-Krzesinski, H.J., Contractor, N., Fiore, S.M., Hall, K.L., Kane, C., Keyton, J., Klein, J., Spring, B., Stokols, D., and Trochim, W. (2011). Mapping a Research Agenda for the Science of Team Science. Research Evaluation 20, 143-156.
  
  
• Galvin, P. F. (1989). Concept mapping for planning and evaluation of a big brother big sister program. Evaluation And Program Planning, 12(1), 53-57.
  
  
• González-Block, M.A., Rouvier, M., Becerril, V., and Sesia, P. (2011). Mapping of health system functions to strengthen priority programs. The case of maternal health in Mexico. BMC Public Health 11, 164, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/1411/1164.
   
• Groenewoud, A. S., van Exel, N., Berg, M., & Huijsman, R. (2008). Building Quality Report Cards for Geriatric Care in The Netherlands: Using Concept Mapping to Identify the Appropriate ‘‘Building Blocks’’ From the Consumer’s Perspective. The Gerontologist 48(1), 79-92.
  
  
• Gurowitz, W. D., Trochim, W., & Kramer, H. (1988). A process for planning. The Journal of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 25 (4) p.226-235.
   
• Hurt, L. E., Wiener, R. L., Russell, B. L., & Mannen, R. K. (1999). Gender differences in evaluating social-sexual conduct in the workplace. Behavioral Sciences & The Law, 17(4), 413-433.
   
• Jackson, K. M., & Trochim, W. M. K. (2002). Concept mapping as an alternative approach for the analysis of open-ended survey responses. Organizational Research Methods, 5(4), 307-336.
   
• Johnsen, J. A., Biegel, D. E., & Shafran, R. (2000). Concept mapping in mental health: Uses and adaptations. Evaluation And Program Planning, 23(1), 67-75.
   
• Kagan, J.M., Kane, M., Quinlan, K.M., 2, Rosas, S. and Trochim, W.M.K. (2009). Developing a conceptual framework for an evaluation system for the NIAID HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks. Health Research Policy and Systems, 7:12.
  
  
• Keith, D. (1989). Refining concept maps: Methodological issues and an example. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.75-80.
   
• Kolb, D., & Deborah, S. (1997). Concept mapping organizational cultures. Journal of Management Inquiry. Vol. 6 (4), pp. 282-295.
   
• Linton, R. (1989). Toward a feminist research method. In Jagger, A.M. and Bordo, S.R. (Eds.). Gender/Body/Knowledge: Feminist Reconstructions of Being and Knowing. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1989.
  
  
• Linton, R. (1989). Conceptualizing feminism: Clarifying social science concepts. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.25-30.
   
• Mannes, M. (1989). Using concept mapping for planning the implementation of a social technology. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.67-74.
   
• Marquart, J. M. (1989). A pattern matching approach to assess the construct validity of an evaluation instrument. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.37-44.
   
• McLinden, D., & Trochim, W. (1998). Getting to parallel: Assessing the return on expectations of training. Performance Improvement, 37(8), 21-25.
   
• McLinden, D., & William, T. (1998). From puzzles to problems: Assessing the impact of education in a business context with concept mapping and pattern matching. Implementing Evaluation Systems and Processes, The American Society for Training and Development, Vol. 18, pp285-304.
   
• Mercier, C., Piat, M., Peladeau, N., & Dagenais, C. (2000). An application of theory-driven evaluation to a drop-in youth center. Evaluation Review, 24(1), 73-91.
   
• Michalski, G. V., & Cousins, J. B. (2000). Differences in stakeholder perceptions about training evaluation: A concept mapping/pattern matching investigation. Evaluation And Program Planning, 23(2), 211-230.
   
• Miller, G.L. and Grayson, T.E. Student Employees and Recreational Sports Administrators: A Comparison of Perceptions. Recreational Sports Journal 2006, 30, 53-69.
   
• Pammer, W., Haney, M., Wood, B. M., Brooks, R. G., Morse, K., Hicks, P., et al. (2001). Use of telehealth to extend child protection team services. Pediatrics, 108(3), 584-590.
   
• Paulson, B. L., Truscott, D., & Stuart, J. (1999). Clients' perceptions of helpful experiences in counseling. Journal Of Counseling Psychology, 46(3), 317-324.
   
• Perkins, D. F., Borden, L. M., Villarruel, F. A., Carlton-Hug, A., Stone, M. R., & Keith, J. G. (2007). Participation in structured youth programs: Why ethnic minority urban youth choose to participate—or not to participate. Youth & Society, 38(4), 420-442.
  
  
• Ries, A. V., Voorhees, C. C., Gittelsohn, J., Roche, K. M., & Astone, N. M. (2008). Adolescents’ Perceptions of Environmental Influences on Physical Activity. Am J Health Behav, 32(1), 26-39.
  

• Robinson, J. M and Trochim, W. (2007). An Examination of Community Members’, Researchers’ and Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Barriers to Minority Participation in Medical Research: An Application of Concept Mapping, Ethnicity and Health, 12, 5, 521-539.
  
  
• Rao, J. K., Alongi, J., Anderson, L. A., Jenkins, L., Stokes, G., & Kane, M. (2005). Development of public health priorities for end-of-life initiatives. Am J Prev Med, 29(5), 453-460.
  
  
• Ridde, V. (2008). Equity and health policy in Africa: Using concept mapping in Moore (Burkina Faso). BMC Health Services Research, 8(90).
   
• Rosas, S.R. (2005). Concept mapping as a technique for program theory development: An illustration using family support programs. American Journal of Evaluation, 26, 3, 3889-401.
   
• Shern, D., Trochim, W., & Christina, L. (1995). The use of concept mapping for assessing fidelity of model transfer: An example from psychiatric rehabilitation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 18 (2) p. 1442-153.
   
• Shavers, V. L., Fagan, P., Lawrence, D., McCaskill-Stevens, W., McDonald, P., Browne, D., et al. (2005). Barriers to racial/ethnic minority application and competition for nih research funding. Journal of the National Medical Association, 97(8), 1063-1077.
   
• Southern, D. M., Young, D., Dunt, D., Appleby, N. J., & Batterham, R. W. (2002). Integration of primary health care services: Perceptions of australian general practitioners, non-general practitioner health service providers and consumers at the general practice-primary care interface. Evaluation And Program Planning, 25(1), 47-59.
   
• Stillman F, Hoang M, Linton R, Ritthiphakdee B, Trochim W.(2008)  Mapping tobacco industry strategies in South East Asia for action planning and surveillance. Tob Control. Feb;17(1):e1.
  
  
• Stokols, D., Fuqua, J., Gress, J., Harvey, R., Phillips, K., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., et al. (2003). Evaluating transdisciplinary science. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 5 Suppl 1, S21-39.
   
• Trochim, W. (1985). Pattern matching, validity, and conceptualization in program evaluation. Evaluation Review, 9 (5) p.575-604. October.
   
• Trochim, W. (1989). An introduction to concept mapping for planning and evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12(1), 1-16.
   
• Trochim, W. (1989). Concept mapping: Soft science or hard art? Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.87-110.
   
• Trochim, W. (1989). Outcome pattern matching and program theory. Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.355-366.
   
• Trochim, W. (1989). Special issue: Concept mapping for evaluation and planning. William Trochim, Guest Editor, Evaluation and Program Planning. Vol. 12 (1).
   
• Trochim, W. M., Cabrera, D. A., Milstein, B., Gallagher, R. S., & Leischow, S. J. (2006). Practical challenges of systems thinking and modeling in public health. Am J Public Health, 96(3), 538-546.
   
• Trochim, W. (1996). Criteria for evaluating graduate programs in evaluation. Evaluation News and Comment: The Magazine of the Australasian Evaluation Society, 5(2), 54-57.
   
• Trochim, W. and Cabrera, D. (2005). The complexity of concept mapping. Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 7, 1, 11-22.
   
• Trochim, W. and Kane, M (2005). Concept mapping: An introduction to structured conceptualization in health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 17, 3, June 2005, 187-191.
   
• Trochim, W., Cook, J., & Setze, R. (1994). Using concept mapping to develop a conceptual framework of staff’s views of a supported employment program for persons with severe mental illness. Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62 (4) p.766-775.
   
• Trochim, W., & Judith, C. (1992). Pattern matching in theory-driven evaluation: A field example from psychiatric rehabilitation. Chapter 3, Research Strategies and Methods, pp. 49-69, New York: Greenwood Press.
   
• Trochim, W., & Linton, R. (1986). Conceptualization for planning and evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 289-308.
   
• Trochim. W., Marcus, S.E., Mâsse, L.C., Moser, R.P., Weld, P. (2008). The Evaluation of Large Research Initiatives: A Participatory Integrative Mixed-Methods Approach, American Journal of Evaluation, 29, 1, 8-28.
  
  
• Trochim, W., Milstein, B., Wood, B., Jackson, S., & Pressler, V. (2004). Setting objectives for community and systems change: An application of concept mapping for planning a statewide health improvement initiative. Health Promotion Practice, 5(1), 8-19.
   
• Trochim, W., Stillman, F., Clark, P., & Schmitt, C. (2003). Development of a model of the tobacco industry's interference with tobacco control programs. Tobacco Control, 12, 140-147.
   
• Valentine, K. (1989). Contributions to the theory of care. Trochim, William (ed.), Evaluation and Program Planning, 12 (1) p.17-24.
   
• van Nieuwenhuizen, C., Schene, A. H., Koeter, M. W. J., & Huxley, P. J. (2001). The lancashire quality of life profile: Modification and psychometric evaluation. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36(1), 36-44.
   
• VanderWaal, M. A. E., Casparie, A. F., & Lako, C. J. (1996). Quality of care: A comparison of preferences between medical specialists and patients with chronic diseases. Social Science & Medicine, 42(5), 643-649.
   
• White, K. S., & Farrell, A. D. (2001). Structure of anxiety symptoms in urban children: Competing factor models of the revised children's manifest anxiety scale. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 69(2), 333-337.
   
• Witkin, B., & Trochim, W. (1997). Toward a synthesis of listening constructs: A concept map analysis of the construct of listening. International Journal of Listening, 11, 69-87.
  
  
• Wutzke, S., Roberts, N., Willis, C., Best, A. Wilson, A. and Trochim, W. (2017). Setting strategy for system change: using concept mapping to prioritise national action for chronic disease prevention. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15: 69, DOI 10.1186/s12961-017-0231-7.

Selected Unpublished Papers

• The Evaluator as Cartographer: Technology for Mapping Where We're Going and Where We've Been. Keynote presentation to the 1999 Conference of the Oregon Program Evaluators Network, "Evaluation and Technology: Tools for the 21st Cenury", Portland, Oregon, October 8, 1999. Now also available in Spanish.
   
• Trochim, W. Developing an Evaluation Culture in International Agriculture Research. Invited address presented at the Cornell Institute on International Food, Agriculture and Development's (CIIFAD) workshop on the Assessment of International Agricultural Research Impact for Sustainable development, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 16-19, 1991.
   
• Trochim, W. An Internet-Based Concept Mapping of Accreditation Standards for Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1996.
   
• Trochim, W. Reliability of Concept Mapping. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Dallas, Texas, November, 1993.
   
• Trochim, W. (1993). Workforce Competencies for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Workers: A Concept Mapping Project. Final report for the conference of the International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services, Albuquerque, new mexico, November 11-12, 1993.

Theses and Dissertations

• Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations that used concept mapping