Task
You will begin the process of engaging with peer-reviewed empirical research literature in an area that is of deep interest to you within the domain of Positive Psychology/Wellbeing/Resilience. Please note: Assessment 1 must be completed individually., i.e., alone. It is an independent assessment piece and you cannot work with other students/people to complete it. The steps of your assessment task are to: 1) Identify a research area of strong interest for you within the fields of Positive Psychology/wellbeing/resilience. 2) Conduct a peer-reviewed literature search through the CQUniversity library for published empirical research studies relevant to your area of research interest. 3) Write a brief (100-word) description of the literature-searching methods used to find the peer-reviewed empirical journal articles (e.g., what literature databases were used and what keywords were used in your searches). 4) Based on the literature found, provide a brief (200-word) description of your chosen topic of research interest, which reflects the importance of the topic to the field of positive psychology. 5) From the literature found, choose two peer-reviewed empirical research articles highly relevant to your area of research interest which have closely-aligned research aims, and write a brief (100-word) justification for why you specifically chose each of the final two articles. Both chosen articles should be from primary sources, i.e., empirical journal articles reporting new research findings from an original study conducted by the authors which was then published in a peer-reviewed journal (not a review article). 6) For each chosen research article, complete the research summary table (the template is provided on Moodle for you to download). In this table you will essentially outline what was done with whom, and what was found. Specifically, you will record the study aims/research questions, study research methods (study design, participants, variables of interest), study ethical considerations, study findings, study strengths/limitations, and future directions (maximum of 2 pages per study). 7) Write a 300-word synthesis summarising and integrating what knowledge was gained overall from the findings of the two studies in relation to your stated area of research interest, and the significance of these findings for contributing to our understanding about the area. This synthesis should lead into a critical appraisal statement outlining what could be the next logical step for future research to take to further build knowledge in the area (i.e., the synthesis should represent a cohesive consideration of both articles, and what these articles reveal about future research options or needs).
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