Article Review: Marital Satisfaction Assignment
Marital satisfaction is the key term in marriage research, and the introduction of children can potentially decrease the level of marital satisfaction. Find an empirical research article that researches the impact of children in general or specific child populations on marital satisfaction. Critique the methods, results, and discussion in your post and suggest a potential goal or direction a coach might suggest for a couple working through parenting distress.
Instructions:
OVERVIEWFor these assignments, you will research a journal article that studies a topic related to marriage coaching. You will review the findings of the article and relate it back to a coaching setting. An empirical research article is one where the writers have researched a hypothesis and conducted a study. You will want to summarize the methods (what they did), results (what they found), and the discussion (what they think about what they found) of the study. If an article doesn’t cover these three sections, it is most likely not an empirical study and you will need to find a different article to review. INSTRUCTIONSFor these assignments, you will critique a journal article found in the Jerry Falwell Online Library. You will select an empirical research article published within the last 5 years that pertains to the provided prompt:− For each Article Review Assignment, you will compose a critique discussing the research as directed by the prompt. o The assignment must be between 500–700 words.o Please use the Article Review Template for the layout of this assignment.o Include the assignment name, student name, and course name and number at top of page. Do not include a title page.o Place the reference of the article in current APA formatting at the top of the review.− Each assignment must be formatted in current APA.− Only include information from ONE journal article published within the last 5 years.− Each review will be written in four sections: Summary, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Coaching Connection.o The summary of the article should consist of 1-2 paragraphs. This section will acquaint your reader with the main ideas of the article.o The body of the paper will discuss the methods, results, and discussion of the article. Each of these sections should be a paragraph in length and include information from the article that pertains to each section.o The coaching connection section will discuss potential applications to marital coaching, including how you would use the information gleaned from the article in a coaching setting.It is important to note that you should not include ANY direct quotes in this assignment. All work should be summarized in your own words with included citation where necessary.
Example template:
Article ReviewNameCourse NameSmith, A., & Jones, B. (2018). The fundamentals of citing journal articles in APAstyle. Journal of Online University, 71(4), 121-141.Article SummaryFor this section of the review, you will write an overview of your chosen article. Do not use direct quotes or first person writing in this section of the paper. Be sure to include APA formatted in-text citations from the article throughout the paper. This section should consist of 1-2 paragraphs with at least 3-5 sentences per paragraph. Methods In this paragraph you will write about the methods of the empirical study discussed in the article. This section of your paper should be about 3-5 sentences in length.ResultsIn this paragraph you will write about the results of the empirical study the are provided in the article. This section of your paper should be about 3-5 sentences in length.Discussion In this paragraph you will write about the discussion of the findings found in the article. This section of your paper should be about 3-5 sentences in length.Coaching Connection Here you will share how this article can be applied to coaching. You may write from a 1st person perspective, as you are sharing how you would use the results, methods, and discussion of the empirical study in a coaching situation. Be sure to include textbook connections in this section. This portion of your paper should include 1-2 paragraphs with at least 3-5 sentences per paragraph.
