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Assignment 2: Qualitative Journal Article Review

Your Name

Yorkville University

PSYC 6213: Research Methodology

Instructor Name

Month Day, Year

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Indicate your chosen Topic

[Re-state the topic that you declared for JAR1 that will be reviewed for the final project]

Indicate the Qualitative journal article selected

[Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of journal article with no

caps. Title of Journal, Volume number (issue number), page numbers.]

Statement of Problem

[What is the research problem being addressed and the specific research question(s)?

What are the researchers trying to do? Why?]

Literature Review

[Briefly describe relevant research that guided or precipitated this study. Include

citations. Note: this should not be an exhaustive restatement of the article’s introduction; just

summarize the key theory or empirical findings that provide the background and rationale for the

study being reviewed.]

Research Questions Being Investigated

[What are the primary research questions of this study? What were the researchers

interested in exploring?]

Method

[The following content should take one to three lines under each heading.]

Research Design

[Briefly describe the research design (i.e. phenomenological, ethnography, grounded

theory]

Participants
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[Who were the participants (demographics), and how were they recruited/selected?]

Materials

[Briefly describe the materials used to collect the data, i.e.interviews, observations, focus

groups, document review, etc.]

Procedure

[Briefly describe the procedure – what was done in the study?]

Data Analysis

[How were the data collected? How were the data analyzed?]

Results

[The following categories allow you to demonstrate your understanding of qualitative research]

Implications for Counselors, Clients, and Counselling

[What are the implications of the findings? What does this study offer for counsellors to

improve their practice? Support your assertions with citations from the text and additional

references where possible.]

Summary

[Summarize the main results with reference to the original research question. To what

extent did the findings support the research question? Describe the article's findings to your

audience of counsellors in a brief yet concise manner.]

Interpretation

[Are the conclusions made by the author(s) warranted? What are the possible alternative

explanations of the results? What are the strengths of the study? What was done well? What are

the weaknesses/limitations of the study? Identify the specific design and describe the salient

features. Incorporate your knowledge of course-related concepts in your discussion of these

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questions (e.g., ethical considerations, credibility, trustworthiness, dependability, and sources of

bias). Support your claims with material from the text and other scholarly references, as

appropriate.]

For Further Study

[Recommend what should be done next in this area. How can this work be followed up

or extended?]
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References [alphabetical order]

Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of journal article with no

caps. Title of Journal, Volume number (issue number), page numbers.

Surname, Initial. (Year). Book title: No caps except after colon or if the capitalization is for

proper nouns like names of assessment tools. City, State or Province written as 2 letter

abbrev