Journal Review

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J

OURNAL

A

RTICLE

R

EVIEW

I

NSTRUCTIONS

You will write

a

Journal Article Revi

ew

,

which

will be based

on your choice of articles

from the

professional, peer

-

reviewed journal

articles provided

in the Assignment Instructions folder

.

No

outside articles will be accepted.

Each Journal Article

Review

must

be approximately

3

–

5

double

-

spaced

pages (not including the title and reference pages)

and

must be

created in a

Microsoft Word document.

Use the

following guidelines to create your paper:

1.

Provide

a

title page in current

APA

format

including

only

your name, the paper title

(referring to the article title), and the institutional affiliation (Liberty University). Keep in

mind that current APA recomme

nds

that

the title length not exceed 12 words. Use the

running head in the appropriate place and a page number on every page. Divide your

summary into sec

tions with the following Level One

headings:

Summary

,

Interaction

,

and

Application

(review the

current

APA Manual for guidance

on levels of headings

if

needed).

2.

Develop

a

summary

of the main concepts from the article

. Do not

duplicate the article’s

abstract.

If the article describes a research study, include brief statements about the

h

ypotheses, methods, results, discussion, and implications. If any

test measures or

statistical methods used

are given in the article,

do not provide detailed descriptions of

these

.

Short direct quotations from the article are acceptable,

but avoid long quo

t

ation

s in

a paper this size

. This section is the foundation of your Journal Article Review (at least a

third of your paper). Make sure

that

you include the core points from the article, even if it

means a longer section.

Do not reference any additional ar

ticles in your summary.

3.

In your own words,

interact

(in

approximately

1

page)

with

the article. Appropriate

comments for this part of the paper

should

include, but are not limited to

:

your initial

response to the article, comments regarding the study

’

s de

sign or methodology (if any),

insights you gained from reading the article, your reasons for being interested in this

particular article, any other readings that you may plan to do based upon having read the

article, and other thoughts you have that might

further enhance the discussion of your

article.

Your subjective comments in this section

must

be clearly tied to main points from

the article, not peripheral ideas.

Again, do not reference any other article.

4.

In your final section

(

in approximately

1

page

)

write

how you would

apply

the

information you have learned

from this article to a particular

counseling

situation

. This

could be in a church or clinical session. Develop this section as if you are a pastor or

clinician and your par

ishioner or client has come to you with a problem

—

grief,

depression, substance abuse, infidelity, etc.

—

and is needing

your help.

Adequately

describe the counseling scenario

,

including the presenting problem.

Draw out concepts

from the article

and apply

the

concepts

to the scenario

as if you were

guided

only

by the

content of the article. Show the reader how you are expressly drawing from the journal

article in this application

section

;

be sure to

cite correctly

in current

APA

format

.

5.

Provide the complete

citation for the article being summarized on a reference page in

current

APA

format

.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

You will write a Journal Article Review, which will be based on your choice of articles from the

professional, peer-reviewed journal articles provided in the Assignment Instructions folder. No

outside articles will be accepted. Each Journal Article Review must be approximately 3–5

double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages) and must be created in a

Microsoft Word document. Use the following guidelines to create your paper:

1. Provide a title page in current APA format including only your name, the paper title

(referring to the article title), and the institutional affiliation (Liberty University). Keep in

mind that current APA recommends that the title length not exceed 12 words. Use the

running head in the appropriate place and a page number on every page. Divide your

summary into sections with the following Level One headings: Summary, Interaction,

and Application (review the current APA Manual for guidance on levels of headings if

needed).

2. Develop a summary of the main concepts from the article. Do not duplicate the article’s

abstract. If the article describes a research study, include brief statements about the

hypotheses, methods, results, discussion, and implications. If any test measures or

statistical methods used are given in the article, do not provide detailed descriptions of

these. Short direct quotations from the article are acceptable, but avoid long quotations in

a paper this size. This section is the foundation of your Journal Article Review (at least a

third of your paper). Make sure that you include the core points from the article, even if it

means a longer section. Do not reference any additional articles in your summary.

3. In your own words, interact (in approximately 1 page) with the article. Appropriate

comments for this part of the paper should include, but are not limited to: your initial

response to the article, comments regarding the study’s design or methodology (if any),

insights you gained from reading the article, your reasons for being interested in this

particular article, any other readings that you may plan to do based upon having read the

article, and other thoughts you have that might further enhance the discussion of your

article. Your subjective comments in this section must be clearly tied to main points from

the article, not peripheral ideas. Again, do not reference any other article.

4. In your final section (in approximately 1 page) write how you would apply the

information you have learned from this article to a particular counseling situation. This

could be in a church or clinical session. Develop this section as if you are a pastor or

clinician and your parishioner or client has come to you with a problem—grief,

depression, substance abuse, infidelity, etc.—and is needing your help. Adequately

describe the counseling scenario, including the presenting problem. Draw out concepts

from the article and apply the concepts to the scenario as if you were guided only by the

content of the article. Show the reader how you are expressly drawing from the journal

article in this application section; be sure to cite correctly in current APA format.

5. Provide the complete citation for the article being summarized on a reference page in

current APA format.