Need 2 Journal Review Papers

Journal Article Review: Directions (Dr. Steffens' expanded explanation of the assignment!)

Please read these directions carefully. You are graded according to these requirements:

You will write two Journal Article Reviews in the course, which will be based upon the professional, peer-reviewed journal articles provided below these instructions. (Review 1 is due Week One, Review 2 is due Week 5). Review articles from the list found under the Journal Article Assignment in Course Materials. NO OUTSIDE ARTICLES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

· Each Journal Article Summary should be 3 double-spaced pages (not including the title page and reference page) and created in a Microsoft Word document.  Use the following guidelines to create your paper: 1. Provide an APA-style title page.  Make sure you show the title of the article reviewed, name of the course, your name, and the date.  You should also have a running head in the appropriate place and a page number on every page.  You must divide your summary into sections with the following headings: Summary, Interaction, and Application. 2. Summary. Develop a brief (1 page) summary of the article in your own words.  Do not copy and paste from the journal article--this is plagiarism!  Simply provide a brief description in your own words of the topic under consideration in the article.  If the article describes a research study, include brief statements in your own words about the hypotheses, methods, results, discussion, and implications.  Do not provide detailed descriptions of the test measures or statistical methods used, if any.  Short quotations from the article are acceptable, but they should not be more than 1 - 2 sentences.  Direct quotations from the article should also be properly cited (including a page number).  This section should take up about a third of your Journal Article Review.  Do not reference any additional articles in your summary. Be sure to use APA style for citing the article.    3. Interaction. In your own words, interact (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 (in your own words) 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.  This section should constitute approximately a third of your Journal Article Review.  Again, there is no need to reference any other article.    4. Application. The final section is how you would apply (1 page) the information you have learned to a potential counseling setting.   This could be in a church or clinical session- tell me which setting you are using.  Develop this section as if you are a pastor or clinician and your parishioner or client has come to you with a problem, needing your help.  You may want to pick one of the following "normal" problems for this section: depression, grief, substance abuse, spousal infidelity, unforgiveness, etc. Tell me specifically the setting (church or clinic, etc) in which your application example takes place. Provide a specific (but not "real") example of how you would do an application of the material/intervention.    5. Provide the complete reference citation for the article being summarized on a References page in compliance with APA standards.  This means you need to be aware of how and when you use periods, spacing, italics, use or non-use of issue number, etc.  Do not simply "copy and paste" the reference from an electronic source.   You will submit your work through the Safe Assign link.

· You will lose points if this is submitted later than the due date/time UNLESS otherwise agreed upon between you and me in advance.