Keiser University US Culture Research Article

Roughly  speaking, we could divide scholarly articles into two broad categories  (there are probably many more categories): empirical research papers and  review articles.  An empirical research paper describes original  research that has been conducted in the study (i.e., the researchers are  publishing their findings for the first time).  A review paper  describes many published research studies on a particular topic.  For  this assignment, you will be reviewing an empirical research paper.

Locate  an empirical peer-reviewed research article related to the etiology or  treatment of one of the substance use disorders or sexual dysfunctions  addressed in the textbook (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2017).

Complete a three- to four-page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) that summarizes the research article. 

These are some points that you need to discuss in your review:

Explain the research question (what are the researchers hoping to answer).    

Describe the study (where did they get their sample, how did they conduct the research)

Describe the research findings.

Do  you have confidence in the researchers’ findings (i.e., were there  critical flaws in the study design, questions of confounds that might  have occurred in the study)? 

• Does  the study generalize to other people that were not the subject of the  research (e.g., college student study generalizing to everyone, study in  the US applying to other cultures)? 
• What  does the study mean in the big picture and how does it apply to society  in general (i.e., how does it impact society in general)?