Writing Assignment: Comparing, Integrating and Summarizing Research Findings
Topic: Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relations with mental health and quality of life
Learning Objectives for this Assignment
-Extracting useful information from psychological research articles
-Analyzing and critiquing the research findings
-Integrating information from various sources to formulate more complete understanding of a psychological issue
-Expressing your thoughts and ideas using clear and professional writing style
The Components of the Assignment
1. Find the full article “ Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relations with mental health and quality of life” from website and read the article closely.
3. Find another psychological article relevant to the topic by doing a literature search on the Psychinfo or Psycharticle base.
4. Summarize both articles and compare them. Does one article extend or expand the finding of the other? Do they supplement each other or contradict each other?
6. After reading the two articles, what have you learned about the topic? What are some of the lessons learned from the research that you can apply to help yourself or people around you improve their work and/or life?
The Final Product:
– Write at least 1400 words with APA style
-Title page
-Two levels of section headings
-In-text citation and reference section
-Make sure you include an opening paragraph to give an overview of the paper and a closing paragraph to summarize and draw some conclusions.
– Polish the paper to remove grammatical and spelling errors
Contents:
-Identify the research issue and explain it
-Explain the theory the researchers are testing
-Figure out what’s the prediction of the theory being tested in the research
-The methods used for testing the prediction.
-Is it experimental or non-experimental (naturalistic observations)?
-Who were the participants and how many?
-What were the variables? How did they measure it?
-Analyze the data and draw conclusions about whether the prediction is supported or not.
-What statistical analyses results did they report? Describe the critical statistics used to make the point.
-Descriiptive statistics: means, standard deviations, correlation coefficients and etc.
