After careful research, I found an article entitled "Mental health care
treatment seeking among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: what
is the role of religiosity/spirituality?". This is an article that spotlights on a
similar topic of interest that I will further dissect, which is the absence of
mental health providers for those who actively engaged in their spiritual
life. Towards the beginning of the article, I saw that the abstract was not
as long as long as other articles that I have seen, and it didn't give a great
deal of information. As I continued to read, I was eager to see that Natalie
Turner, Julia F. Hastings and Harold W. Neighbors had similar point of
views as myself, being that the older one gets, the absence of emotional
wellness care is being looked for. In spite of the fact that I found that
article exceptionally accommodating, I would have gathered my
information in a different way. In this paper, Turner, Hastings, and
Neighbors introduced 3 reasons for the research experiment. With
dissecting their reasons for researching this topic, I would conclude that
more data would have been needed to verify their stance on this topic.
What I found was the points of interest inside their directed inquiries. This
made me take a deeper look into the population that I need to work with. I
realize I need to focus in on African Americans. Nonetheless, might I want
to consider men, women, children or all? Do I want to concentrate on a
specific age range? These are questions that I had while reading this
article. In addition to that, I thought that it was interesting that this article
denied my speculation for my exploration subject. In the outcomes and
conversation of this article, it was observed that the individuals who are
spiritually involved do without a doubt look for outside support for their
emotional wellness. This is opposite of my research question.2
Understanding Jordan and Zanna (1999) was extremely keen for me. They
have given me a blueprint that will assist me in weighing the effectiveness
of research articles during my matriculation inside this program.2 I found
the guided questions to be extremely valuable after each section. Those
questions are fundamental to ensure that I am understanding the
research that has been examined. As Jordan and Zanna (1999) expressed
"the results section is often intimidating to readers who have little or no
training in statistics." I validate this statement. As I read through the
outcomes area, I addressed what certain images implied and how they
applied to the exploration. However, there were a few measurements that
I had the option to decipher. A suggestion given by Jordan and Zanna
(1999) was while reading the discussion section, return to first two
sections of the article.2I find that imperative since it considers the reader
to combine every one of their contemplations with respect to the
examination article. It will assist the reader with distinguishing
comprehension of the central matters introduced in the examination
paper (Jordan and Zanna, 1999).
References:
Jordan, C. H., & Zanna, M. P. (1999).2How to Read a Journal Article in
Social Psychology, 461–470.
