pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed tonomothetic)
Word origin
[1905–10; idio- + -graphic]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, one-shot, overcall, persona, thiamineidio- is a combining form meaning “proper to one,” “peculiar,” used in the formation ofcompound words. Other words that use the affix idio- include: idiodynamics, idiolect, idiopathic, idioplasm, idiot
Examples of 'idiographic' in a sentence
idiographic
A multidimensional/idiographic/follow-up observational design was used.
Carlos V. Santoyo, Brenda G. Mendoza 2018, 'Behavioral Patterns of Children Involved in Bullying Episodes', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00456/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The moneygram questionnaire was based on clinical cases and idiographic studies on money pathology.
Adrian Furnham , Sophie von Stumm, Rebecca Milner 2014, 'Moneygrams: Recalled Childhood Memories about Money and Adult Money Pathology', Journal of Financial Therapyhttp://newprairiepress.org/jft/vol5/iss1/4/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As propositions are idiographic and their meanings context‐dependent, normative standards of decision quality cannot be imposed.
Stephen L. Brown, Peter Salmon 2019, 'Reconciling the theory and reality of shared decision‐making: A “matching” approachto practitioner leadership', Health Expectationshttps://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12853. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These descriptions are used to create idiographic profiles, carefully crafted, in-depth characterizations of the pristine inner experience of individuals.
Leiszle R. Lapping-Carr, Christopher L. Heavey 2017, 'Pristine Inner Experience and Descriptive Experience Sampling: Implications for Psychology',Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02170/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A quantitative study was followed by qualitative research that was aimed at gaining an idiographic perspective.
Zofia Patora-Wysocka, Łukasz Sułkowski 2019, 'Sustainable Incremental Organizational Change—A Case of the Textile and Apparel Industry',Sustainabilityhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/4/1102. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the near future, process feedback systems based on idiographic models could serve clinicians to improve treatments.
Tim Kaiser, Anton-Rupert Laireiter 2018, 'Process-symptom-bridges in psychotherapy: An idiographic network approach', Journal for Person-Oriented Researchhttps://www.person-research.org/journal/files/4_2/filer/78.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results fully supported our hypothesis; adults of all ages showed higher performance when solving their idiographic problems.
Daniele Artistico, Daniel Cervone, Carolina Montes Garcia, Carolina Montes Garcia 2019, 'My Problems Are Solvable: Idiographic Methods Offset Age Differences in InterpersonalProblem Solving Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults', Frontiers in Psychologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00276/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He did not see biological (or nomothetic) and psychological (or idiographic) approaches as mutually exclusive, but as necessarily complementary.
Timo Bolt 2010, 'De pendel, de kloof en de kliniek.Leendert Bouman (1869-1936) en de ‘psychologischewending' in de Nederlandse psychiatrie', Studium: Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps- en Universiteitsgeschiedenishttp://www.gewina-studium.nl/articles/10.18352/studium.1499/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As a corrective, they have argued for the importance of various forms of idiographic or person-oriented research.
Lars-Gunnar Lundh 2015, 'The person as a focus for research. The contributions of Windelband, Stern, Allport,Lamiell and Magnusson', Journal for Person-Oriented Researchhttps://www.person-research.org/journal/files/1_1/filer/50.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presented material has been collected in the course of the source research carried out using the idiographic method.
Katarzyna KOLASIŃSKA-MORAWSKA, Łukasz SUŁKOWSKI, Paweł MORAWSK 2019, 'NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSPORT IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES OF ECONOMY 4.0', Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transporthttp://sjsutst.polsl.pl/archives/2019/vol102/073_SJSUTST102_2019_KolasinskaMorawdka_Sulkowski_Morawski.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)