JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE Effects of a Stress Management Training Program With Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING! FIRST AND FOREMOST: FOLLOW DIRECTIONS A journal article critique is a detailed constructive and critical evaluation of published peer-reviewed professional literature. Choose and read a nursing journal article from a professional nursing publication. The student will present the critique in American Psychological Association (APA) format. Provide a “Title” page and use APA writing style throughout the journal article critique. Use font size 12. Use font ‘Arial’ or ‘Times New Roman.’ Proofread your work before turning it in. Indent all paragraphs. Double Spaced This is a mandatory academic professionally written exercise consisting of a minimum of 3 to 4 paragraphs in length. Each paragraph is to contain of a minimum of 4 to 5 sentences. Your article critique will include: INTRODUCTION: First review and summarize the journal article. Describe what the article is about. Present a clear non-biased understanding of the article’s topic. Mention the article name and source. What makes the article important? “The main topic of this journal article is ….” MAIN BODY: Critically review the article. Examine the evidence. Was the research presented in the article objective? Describe the article’s strength and weakness. Highlight the positive or the negative points. “This article presents the material (well / not well) because … ” Do not give your ‘opinion’ on the article’s topic ‘we’ are not experts. Why should or should not the article be recommend reading? Was the article successful or a failure in relaying information based on the topic? “This article is (recommend / not recommend) reading because it provides (clear / unclear) information on …” CONCLUSION: Conclude with what you learned from assessing the article. What knowledge did you gained from reading this article? Do not present new or additional information in the conclusion stay focused on the article topic at hand. “After reading this article I learned that …. “ Paragraph is to contain of a minimum of 4 to 5 sentences. Journal article critique is to consist of approximately 1000 words. Remember: An Opinion is a view or judgment that is ‘not’ based on fact or knowledge. A Critique (library assignment) is a detailed factual assessment. Please present your views of the article in ‘fact’ not ‘opinion’. Good: “I recommend this article because the article gave clear information about …” Not Good: “I feel this is a good article because I say so.” (give factual reasons / not personal subjective opinion) NO PLAGIARISM ALLOWED. USE APA STYLE CITE REFERENCE … Your work will be checked for plagiarism. If you plagiarize (cut and paste) your work will receive a grade of zero. (See Southeastern College Catalog regarding academic honesty) Use APA format for In-Text Citations examples: According to Jones (2015) … Jones (2015) found evidence of … Jones (2015 p. 50) stated “the statistics showed…” The experiment results … justified the research (Jones 2015). Use APA References examples: The source reference section is presented immediately after your conclusion. Here you cite the article source in APA format. Your last page must have the reference of the article used. References: Author A. A. Author B. B. and Author C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical volume number (issue number) pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy Jones H. F. (2015). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 55 893-896