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Jessica deVlugt Professor Addison PSY-224 24 September 2019 4-1 Worksheet: Analyze Experimental Research 1. How were the participants selected? Were the participants representative of the larger population? Participants in both selected journals represent a larger population. Participants in the first article is based on several studies such as environment, early intervention, child development, child mental health issue, and risk factors because those are the factor which have greater impact on the children future. Participants in the second article have been analyzed unexpectedly of any association between the family structure and quantity of hospitalization symptoms of children issues.

2. How were the participants assigned to groups? Did the groups start out the same? Was

there any bias in how the participants were assigned to groups? Participants in the first article were two groups, the first group was 10 to 17 years old kids, and the second group was preschool children. No, the groups did not start out the same because there were several distribution studies demonstrated of the relationship between multiple risks disorder in children. Participants in the second article were assigned into group ages from 3 to 12 years to use for the study. “The most common age in our study was 12 years with most children lying

between 7 and 12 years of age constituting about 90% of the study population. Males predominated with just over two-third of the study population. Over 76% were Caucasian with African-Americans making up only 15% [Figures 1 and 2]” by PMC/ July-Aug 2017. No, the groups did not start out the same because after the article got all the data together, the frequency data were calculated in percentage of certain groups differently. As you can see on the frequency data age distribution of children were got different percentage and race.

3. What did the researchers do to ensure the experimental procedures were equal across the groups? If they did not ensure the procedures were equal, what should the researchers have done? Did the researchers follow APA ethical guidelines in conducting the research? The first article did make sure that the experimental procedures were equal across the groups. “Pediatricians have shown more interest in children's mental health in the last few years. This concern mirrors the fact that recent studies have found a prevalence of mental disorders of 10 to 20%, being considered the most important cause of childhood problems.1 According to a recent study, Glied & Cuellar estimate that 11% of U.S. children have a mental disorder of some sort.2 Half of the children and adolescents between ten and seventeen years old are affected at least by two risk behaviors, such as abuse of alcohol and drugs, delinquency, low school performance and pregnancy.3 Several studies from different countries have revealed an equally high percentage of preschool and school-aged children with emotional disorders”. The second article mentioned that “Retrospective chart review of 154 patients who were

admitted to the preadolescent unit at Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center between July and December 2012” by PMC. Yes, both researches did follow APA ethical guidelines in conducting the research.

4. What were the independent and dependent variables of the experiment? “The multiple risk effect individually compared with each variable showed that high-risk children (e.g.: those with mental health problems in the family, parent's low expectation, poor mother/child interaction, low level of maternal education and no family support) had 24 times more chances of having a deficiency, compared to low-risk children. On top of that, the set of variables explained 50% more of the variation in verbal skills than did the variables that were individually assessed. Some of these findings were also obtained by other studies on development, although some of them applied different methodologies,28,29 which reinforces their importance” by Scielo. “This study was done at Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center (LPBHC) inpatient unit. Exempt status was obtained from IRB/SCRIHS. We conducted retrospective chart review of 154 patient charts admitted to the preadolescent unit at LPBHC. Eleven charts \criteria: children ≤12 years of age, admitted between July and December of 2012, and having a psychosocial assessment done within 24 h of admission by a therapist were included in the study. Our dependent variable was number of hospitalizations, with family structure being the primary independent variable. Family psychiatric history, exposure to trauma, and diagnosis were classified as secondary independent variables” by PMC.

5. What was the outcome of the experiment? Both articles outcome of the experiments were similar for the situations of the children in family because the articles explain that children got high risk factors based on the family living condition. If the children had been exposed to violence or experienced abuse in childhood, they most likely would face high risk of slow development and isolation from the others in their adulthoods. These children could become more aggressive, angry toward others, depressed, suffer from lack of social skill, and even could use violent toward others.

6. How can you use the results of the research in your final paper? Both articles support my final paper because they analyze the significant differences between the family structure and environment factors that play an important role in the children emotional development and behavior problems connected to the children living condition and how this affect them when they become adulthood. Based on these articles I can understand more about how to identify certain risk factors for the development of mental health, and more specifically, depression.

References

Halpern, Ricardo, & Figueiras, Amira C. M.. (2004). Environmental influences on child mental health. Jornal de Pediatria, 80(2, Suppl. ), 104-110. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S002175572004000300013 Behere, A. P., Basnet, P., & Campbell, P. (2017). Effects of Family Structure on Mental Health of Children: A Preliminary Study. Indian journal of psychological medicine, 39(4), 457– 463. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.211767 PSY 224 Worksheet Guidelines and Rubric. (2019). Learn.snhu.edu. Retrieved 24 September 2019, from https://learn.snhu.edu/content/enforced/261271-PSY-224-X1647-OL-TRADUG.19EW1/Course%20Documents/PSY%20224%20Worksheet%20Guidelines%20and %20Rubric.pdf...