UCSD Domestic Violence Impact on College Students Mental Health Review

Topic: The impact of domestic violence on college student’s mental health 

What your literature review should include:

When you write the literature review, it should include references to conclusions found in other research articles to help build the background of your current study.  Any time you cite another source, you must include an in-text citation as opposed to a free-form discussion piece.  There will be more on this in the next module, but essentially the format is (author’s last name, year of publication).  You must also include a combination of quantitative and qualitative articles as well.  Again, there will be more on this later, but essentially the difference is if the data from the articles is using numerical data or subjective interviews.  You will be expected to include a minimum of 6 primary research articles that you will find on the CSULB library research databases (I repeat, more on this later).  The more you provide, however, the easier the literature review will be to write since you have more substance to work with.