The purpose of study one is to demonstrate if there was an association between the times the young girls get their period and if they develop an eating disorder, body dimorphism or other psychological variables. The participant’s average age was 20 years old; they also took their height which averaged out to 5 '5 and their BMI which averaged out to 22.12. They also took into consideration their relationship status, their religion and their race. The second study demonstrated if there was an association of young girl’s perception of their bodies before they started puberty and developing eating disorders, body dimorphic or other psychological variables. Each participant was a volunteer and to keep it as unbiased as possible they were …show more content…
M., & Peterson, C. B., 2001). The article took a couple of ideas from its secondary sources in order to see change or altered them in ways were it would get a better more accurate result. Strengths The evidence within the study is completely unbiased and so the research is more reliable. The reason for the research being unbiased is because the ladies participating were not allowed to discuss what they were doing for an entire year and it was all anonymous and so there was no way for the individual 's conducting the study to be persuaded by the participants and vice versa. Another important element is that the participants could not influence other participants as well due to the fact that no one knew who else was involved in the study (Ackard, D. M., & Peterson, C. B., 2001). The outcomes were large and diverse which is another element in which it could be seen that this was unbiased and true. The size of the sample was quite large as well; study one had 267 participants and study two had 222 participants which aids in being able to get a stronger truth to the study and allows the study to be more reliable (Ackard, D. M., & Peterson, C. B., 2001). Finally, the instruments used to gather their data was clear and concise. It was evident that they did not leave any factors up for chance, they went into extreme detail. Weaknesses The article although it was extremely well written and had extremely strong points there was a few weaknesses for
2. What stuck out to you the most from the article (either because you strongly agree or strongly disagree)? Explain why.
Critically evaluate the weaknesses/limitations/problems of the article. Is the work thorough? Fair? Clear? Convincing?
This is the first instance that I found the article problematic. Based on my understanding
From the above quotes, it can be seen that participants use positive relationships with the young people to shape future behaviours. It can be deduced that these trusting relationships enable the youth support workers to access more personal and detailed information about the young person. This information can be used to develop interventions that will be meaningful to the young person’s need, increasing the chances of the intervention being successful. Without the relationship building method, it is suggested that the young people would only disclose brief information, leaving the youth support workers to assume the young person’s needs and problems without enough information. The participants also emphasised using this positive relationship to engage the young people in the service and the interventions available. This
Did you find any research articles on which you could perform a critique? Describe the type of article and add the reference to the article. (2 pts)
What are the main ideas and/or issues of the article as it relates to the chosen topic?
The participants were adolescents between the age of 16 through 19. The study was divided into two groups Study A and Study B. Each study had different sub-goals. For example, Study A’s goals were to explore the views of wellness and healthy bodies, while Study B’s goal was to explore the beliefs and experiences for healthy bodies. Data was collective for a period of time for both studies. Study A’s data was collected for a three-month period, while Study B’s data was collected ten months after Study A. Study B was only collected for a month. Scientist found that two common themes appear in Study A and B. These themes were “the negative impact of media on adolescent body image” and “pressure to conform to the Western views of physical
Here the above paper with be critiqued using the step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: quantitative research (Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan, 2007).
The article was well written and organized thought. However it did had a bit of deficiencies. Although the usage of personal experience and opinions are existing but she also used a lot of rhetorical strategies. This overreliance made the argument and the tone sound little bit emotional. The introduction of
With the article, the researchers used previous research, conducted by other researchers. The difference with the study at hand is
1. Chapter 9, “Adolescence” Body and Mind,” section Puberty explains the physical and mental changes that teenagers go through, it’s the state in which they transition from children to young adults, incapable of completely just one or the other (Berger, 315). The first changes of puberty, physically-wise, begins around the ages of 9 – 13 years’ old for both boys and girls, which include facial and body hair, deepening of the voice, and of course body growth; such as the hands, feet, face, and private parts. Although genetics do play a role of the timing of these body changes, environmental, emotional, and cultural factors can also affect the time and age when puberty happens. Sometimes it’s delayed, other times the process is quicker than norm. “About two thirds of the variation of age of puberty is genetic, evident not only in families, but also in ethnic groups…precocious puberty is genetic, but the cause of the increase is largely unknown – perhaps childhood obesity or new chemicals in the environment” (Berger, 320-321). Among puberty, adolescents’ nutrition become poor due to body image…In addition, there eating disorders that teenagers discover during their transition, they are more “vulnerable to unhealthy eating,” and unlike childhood, “eating disorders increase drastically during puberty” (Berger, 325). This part of the chapter explains two major and serious types of eating disorders. Anorexia Nervosa is a voluntarily starvation in which a person will starve him or
The purpose of this study is to examine between obesity and how it causes depression on adolescent girls.
A study by Killen et al. (1994) examined the level of weight and other variables associated with age of onset of eating disorder symptoms over a 3-year interval in a community sample of young adolescent girls. The objective of the experiment was to demonstrate the precursors of eating disorder symptoms in a community sample of young adolescent girls. The hypothesis stated that community based prospective studies are needed to understand what causes or influences the development of eating disorders and identify variables that could prevent them. “In general, the line of reasoning suggested by social learning explanations implicates prevailing social and cultural norms in the development of eating disorders” (Killen et al., 1994, p. 228) .
Their weakness would be it was how to read, it did not flow easy for the readers and somewhat confusing. Also another weakness which was pointed out by Mitchell was that they did not seem to do much deep research for other papers written on the topic.
the most exploited ones are the poor strata of society who don’t have privileges like