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Homework: Evaluating Couples' Readiness for Treatment
Description
For this homework, research two older, but highly respected research-based articles. The articles should be peer-reviewed and scholarly.
Read through them carefully and write a summary of each article. Write about the articles in everyday language, explaining the theory each was testing, the method used, the most important results, and the main points in the discussion.
Write 500 to 600 words for each summary (for a total of 1,000 to 1,200 words), following this organizational structure:
A. A description of the article's purpose and main hypotheses
B. A clear statement of the study's design: Experimental or correlational? What were the main IVs or PVs? What was the main DV? Who participated?
C. A methods paragraph in which you mention each key variable in turn, followed by how it was operationalized. (e.g., "The study measured the variable self-compassion using a self-report questionnaire developed by Neff; it had 25 items that were rated on 5-point scales.")
D. A paragraph in which you describe the main results. If they used regression, you must describe the main relationship as well as what it was controlling for (e.g., "Self-compassion predicted well-being, even when controlling for self-esteem and emotionality"). If it was a factorial design, describe the main effects and interactions.