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Instructions Go to PsycPORT (Links to an external site) , use the “search” tool, and select an article related to one of the topics below. Student does not have to rely only on the first page of the site. Write a summary of the article that is at a minimum 150 words and a maximum of 200 words long. The summary must include the main ideas of the article, the chosen topic from the list at the very top, a descriptions of any research discussed in the article, and a link to the article. No direct quotes or copied and pasted text from the article are allowed. Please be clear about your topic choice (of the five given) by putting it at the top of your submission. Also be selective about what kind of article you choose. Choose an article that clearly discusses a particular study that has a direct relationship with the topic. Give me the details of the study (design, results, etc). Do not choose an article that provides basic information about the topic. For instance if you choose Learning, you need to find an article that connects Learning and some other factor, like poverty, for example. There is a lot of general information about these topics on the website, but choose articles that discuss cutting edge research regarding the topic. If I can find the info in a psychology textbook, then its too general. There are no edits or changes once the deadline passes. Make sure the work you submit is your your final draft. WRITING SAMPLE 1 Social Status in Middle or Late Adulthood Terminal Decline in Well-Being: The Role of Social Orientation There are various studies that assess the role of physical health in the decline of quality of life. However, there is little knowledge of how social engagement affects successful aging. This study focuses on discovering associations of social/motivational behavior and well-being in late adulthood. Researchers hypothesized that social and family goals result in later onset of terminal decline in older adults. Participants’ data was selected through a national longitudinal study that obtained annual data regarding terminal decline via interviews of individuals from East and West Germany. Inclusion criteria included participants that had died before May 2011 and previously submitted well-being and social factors data leading up to their death. The variables measured include well-being and social engagement, with diverse covariates used as a control measure. The results of the study showed individuals that participated in a socially active life and gave significant importance to social goals reported increased well-being prior to death, as well as less severe and later onset of terminal decline. A lack or compromise in either factor resulted in lower well-being scores. Limitations for this study include the lack of cause of death of individuals, preventing exclusion of death not lead by a health decline period. Article Link: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/pag-pag0000072.pdf
WRITING SAMPLE 1
Social Status in Middle or Late Adulthood
Terminal Decline in Well-Being: The Role of Social Orientation
There are various studies that assess the role of physical health in the decline of quality of life. However, there is little knowledge of how social engagement affects successful aging. This study focuses on discovering associations of social/motivational behavior and well-being in late adulthood. Researchers hypothesized that social and family goals result in later onset of terminal decline in older adults. Participants’ data was selected through a national longitudinal study that obtained annual data regarding terminal decline via interviews of individuals from East and West Germany. Inclusion criteria included participants that had died before May 2011 and previously submitted well-being and social
factors data leading up to their death. The variables measured include well-being and social engagement, with diverse covariates used as a control measure. The results of the study showed individuals that participated in a socially active life and gave significant importance to social goals reported increased well-being prior to death, as well as less severe and later onset of terminal decline. A lack or compromise in either factor resulted in lower well-being scores. Limitations for this study include the lack of cause of death of individuals, preventing exclusion of death not lead by a health decline period.
Article Link:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/pag-pag0000072.pdf
WRITING SAMPLE 2
Topic: Parenting Styles
Main Ideas of Article:
The article examined if overcontrolling parenting during toddlerhood has an association on emotional regulation (ER) and inhibitory control (IC) in early childhood, and social, emotional, and academic outcomes in preadolescence. The researchers used three different data sources (N=447) of children aged 2 who were part of a longitudinal study (with data collected at age 2, 5, and 10 years of age) on social and emotional development. The researchers utilized data from observed measures of maternal behavior at age 2 and self-regulatory process at age 5 (i.e. ER and IC). The children self-reported on their emotional and school problems at age 10, and teachers reported on the children’s academic productivity and social skills at age 5 and age 10. First, the study found that overcontrolling parenting at age 2 was negatively correlated with ER and IC at age 5. Second, the study also found that greater ER at age 5 was also associated with fewer child-reported emotional problems, higher teacher-reported academic productivity and greater teacher-reported social skills at age 10. Similarly, a higher 5-year IC was associated with more teacher-reported academic productivity at age 10 and fewer 10- year child-reported emotional problems and school problems.
Article URL
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/dev-dev0000536.pdf
WRITING SAMPLE 3
Parenting Styles
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/fam
-fam0000147.pdf
(Links
to
an
external
site.)
The journal arti
cle, “Childhood Close Family Relationships and Health” written by Mark J.Van
Ryzin, Gregory M. Fosco, Arin M. Connell, and Elizabeth A. Stormshak proposes that families that follow
Family Check
–
Up (FCU) show that their adolescent has fewer signs of depress
ive symptoms and family
conflict. Family Check
–
Up is an intervention model that is used in middle schools to promote parents to
use positive reinforcement, increase monitoring, increase involvement, and so on. Normally, the FCU
was geared towards families
dealing with behaviors problems or substance use. It wasn’t until
recently,2017, FCU was used to combat adolescent depression. This study studied 6th through 9th
graders along with their families. The scientific evidence has steadily increased showing that
family
involvement could be positive while treating adolescent depression. 593 students from diverse families
from urban areas participated in the study. All parents were invited to join which 80% did. 386 families
were assigned as the intervention condit
ion while 207 families assigned to the control condition. The
study was separated by different parts Allocation, Follow
–
Up, and Analysis. The result concluded family
involvement didn’t necessarily decrease family conflicts and depressive symptoms which had
actually
increased over time.
WRITING SAMPLE
4
Stress
& Child Behavior
Brian Ackerman studied 110 low income mothers and their children for seven years, from preschool to
fifth grade. In preschool and first gr
ade, the children were evaluated for cognitive competence, and
teachers reported behavioral problems and academic competence in first, third, and fifth grade. The
mothers were interviewed on personal matters: demographics, family matters, parenting, and ch
ild
attributes. The findings were divided in intervals: preschool to first grade, first grade to third grade, and
third grade to fifth grade. Depending on the living situations, for instance, mothers’ relationships, police
trouble, psychiatric issues, and
drug abuse by parents, the children were rated as being under
intermittent, persistent, or recent stress . Ackerman found that increasing persistent stress at home
causes children’s externalizing (Fighting; acting out) and internalizing (depression; withdr
awn behavior)
behavior to increase as well. Also, that current decreased stress at home lowered externalizing
behaviors. He seen that, regarding to academically, there was no relation between constant or current
stress because it seemed to connect more the
child’s future. The more recent, the more relevant, is what
Ackerman noticed.
“Lower Family Stress Tied to Improved Child Behavior”
https://www.apa.org/monitor/sep04/lower
