University:
Houston Christian University
Course:
PSYC 5360 | Cultural Psychology
Academic year:

2023
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265

Pages:

2
Author:

Linda Curtis

Writing a Journal Article Review APA Style A journal article review is a common assignment in college and graduate school. Rviewing journal articles is an important assignment on its own or as part of a much larger research paper. Typically, instructors will give you guidelines on the type of journal articles to review and what to include, but general APA journal article reviews will follow certain conventions. Articles should be from peer-reviewed or scholarly journals and relate to the field of study that the class discusses. Instructions 1 Search the library's online Databases, such as EbscoHost and others, to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles. You can also look in indexes available at the library. 2 Read the entire article. Many journal articles can be quite complex and use complicated wording and statistics. You may need to read the article a few times before you get a full grasp of its content. 3 Write a citation for the journal article at the top of the review. The citation should follow the American Psychological Association's style--consult the APA-style manual or the link under Resources for citation information. You will need the title of the article, the journal where the article is published, the volume and issue number, publication date, author's name and page numbers for the article. 4 Write a one-page review for each article. This should be at least three paragraphs, depending on the length of the article. Each review will include the following elements: 1) the purpose for the article, 2) how research was conducted, 3) the results and 4) other pertinent information from the article. See some suggestions below for how to write #4. a Discuss the meaning or implication of the results of each study. This is where you offer your opinion on the article. Discuss any flaws with the article, how you think it could have been better and what you think it all means. Does the article offer new insights into its topic? Is the field of study advanced by the author's thesis and supporting claims? Always provide examples. b Write one paragraph discussing how the author could expand on the results, what the information means in the big picture cultural competence in counseling, what future research should focus on or how future research could move the topic forward. Discuss how knowledge in the area could be expanded. c Cite any direct quotes or paraphrases from the article. Use the author's name, the year of publication and the page number (for quotes) in the in-text citation. Checklist for appropriateness of article The article emphasizes a cultural group listed in the Sue and Sue text (see chapters 14-26) AND a clinical issue. The data from the article are based upon a sample collected in the United States The article is no more than 10 years old The research design is quantitative in nature There is an abstract, introduction/literature review, methods section, results section and discussion section A meta-analysis is acceptable

Instructions for Writing an Article Review

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