The Research Process
- Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
- Please response to one (1) of your classmates with a minimum of 100 words.
- Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.
- Read an article published recently(less than 5 years) on a topic of your interest.
- Provide the citation and a written summary of your answers to the following questions:
- What is the research problem?
- What is the purpose statement?
- What were the initial hypotheses for this study?
- What was the study design?
- Where the hypotheses rejected or accepted?
- What was the overall conclusion of this paper?
Answer preview
Lesson 3 of the research process, I will summarize the article “A positive psychology intervention to promote health behaviors in heart failure: A proof-of-concept trial: The REACH for Health Study,” published in 2018, by Celano et al.
The research problem in this article is that patients with heart failure (HF) have impaired healthy behavior adherence and that their psychological wellness contributes to non-adherences behavior. The purpose statement of the study is to assess whether improving positive psychological well-being components such as positive affect…
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