Child Development research paper
Child Development research paper
Students will write a formal research analysis of a specific problem or issue as it occurs in the course of adolescent development. Students will choose a problem or issue that interests them and explore the chosen topic in detail. Students will research the topic and present their findings in a formal paper that will make use of multiple scholarly sources and be written in APA style.
The purpose of the paper is:
- To increase knowledgeof an adolescent development problem or issue through a targeted research process
- To practice analysisof the various elements of a specific problem or issue
- To increase masteryof APA writing style
The following required elements* should make up the body the research paper. Please:
- Name the Problem or Issue:
- Definethe problem or issue
- Offerstatistics about it
- Describe individual differences in occurrence (age, gender, race, ethnicity, etc.)
- Cause(s) of the problem or issue:
- Identify and describe the root cause(s)of the problem or issue
- Describe the effect(s) it has on adolescents in different:
- Developmental domains: physical, social, cognitive, emotional, psychological, etc.
- Contexts:school, family, peer groups, work, leisure, media, religion, etc.
- Not all contexts need be explored. Choose 2 or 3 relevant contexts.
- Subsets: gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, social status, academic achievement, early/late developers, antisocial, personality, family system, SES status, degree of popularity, type of schooling, etc.
- Not all subsets need be explored. Choose 2 or 3 relevant subsets.
- Current solutions to the problem or issue:
- Describe current solution(s): treatments, interventions, policies, regulations, etc.
- Analyze current solution(s)
- Identifysuccess and/or failureof described solution(s)
- Identifybenefitsof described solution(s)
- Identify detriments of the solution(s)
- Identify barriersto the described solution(s) being employed
- Emerging solutions to the problem or issue:
- Describe newly emerging solution(s)
- Analyze emerging solution(s)
- Identify their potential for success and/or failure
- Identify potential barriers to the described solution(s) being employed
If you are unable to find research on emerging solutions, offer your own suggestions/ideas.
The assignment must be typed and in APA format throughout. This includes one-inch margins all around, 12-point font, Times New Roman, and double-spacing. Headings and subheadings must be used to organize the paper and a reference list must be included. Your paper should include an introduction and a conclusion. No abstract is needed.
The required page length for this assignment is 8-10 pages. This does not include the title page, reference page(s), or appendices. A minimum of 7 sources are required, three of which must be peer reviewed journal articles. You may use the two texts from the course as references.
The paper must be uploaded to turnitin.com and a hard copy must be delivered to the instructor on the due date.
I already have my topic picked and my professor told me to do it on my topic. I picked the topic “Adolescents being raised in a family with parents abusing drugs”. I already have the 7 sources and 3 are peer reviewed journal articles. I will give you all the 7 references for you to include in the texts as well as the references page. My professor already checked all my sources and said it was great to use on my final paper. My professor is very strict when it comes to grammar and plagiarism. She counts everything as plagiarizing, she always wants everything cited correctly all in APA format. She is also a huge grader on APA format. She wants it to be very perfect or else she takes off a lot of points. She is super super strict on writing papers, she checks EVERYTHING. She will examine the paper and start marking everything off, so I really need this to be a perfect paper please. Please do the paper based off of my topic I chose. “Adolescents being raised in a family with parents abusing drugs”. Below are the resources she told me to include in my research paper. Please use all my resources. Thanks.
Resources:
Amey C.H., Albrecht S.L., (1998). Race and ethnic differences in adolescent drug use: The impact of family structure and quantity and quality of parental interaction. Journal of Drug Issues.28,2.
Barnard, M., & McKeganey, N., (2004). The impact of parental problem drug use on children: what is the problem and what can be done to help? Addiction, 99(5), 552-559.
Barrett A.E., Turner R.J., (2006). Family structure and substance use in adolescence and early adulthood: examining explanations for the relationship. Addiction, 101, 109–120.
Becker D.F., Grilo C.M., (2007). Ethnic differences in the predictors of drug and alcohol abuse in hospitalized adolescents. American Journal on Addictions. 16, 389–396.
Bjarnason T., Andersson B., Choquet M., Elekes Z., Morgan M., Rapinett G., (2003). Culture, family structure and adolescent alcohol use: multilevel modeling of frequency of heavy drinking among 15–16 year old students in 11 European countries. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 64, 200–208.
Booth A., Amato P.R., (2001). Parental predivorce relations and offspring postdivorce well-being. Journal of Marriage & the Family. 63,197–212.
Demuth S., Brown S.L., (2004). Family structure, family processes, and adolescent delinquency: the significance of parental absence versus parental gender. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 41, 58–81.
Griffin K.W., Botvin G.J., Scheier L.M., Diaz T., Miller N.L., (2000). Parenting practices as predictors of substance use, delinquency, and aggression among urban minority youth: moderating effects of family structure and gender. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 14, 174–184.
Hoffman J.P., (1993). Exploring the direct and indirect family effects on adolescent drug use. Journal of Drug Issues. 23, 535–557.
Monti, P. M., Colby, S. M., & Tevyaw, T. O. L. (Eds.). (2012). Adolescents, alcohol, and substance abuse: Reaching teens through brief interventions. Guilford Press.
