Here is what I'm working on for the article "EMDR treatment for children with PTSD: Results of a randomized controlled trial:
Table Part 1: Describing Key Study Characteristics
- Article number (consistent with the list of articles you turned in for Step 2-B)
- Research questions(s ) and/ or hypothesis(es)
- Should refer to specific variables/relationships under investigation in the study
- Independent variables (IV) & dependent variables (DV)*
- What are they?
- How is each operationalized?
*Only list the DV(s) you are specifically interested in for this project, not every DV in the study
- Measures (IV)
- What measures are used to assess the IV(s)?
- What is reported about the validity and reliability of the measure(s)?
- Measures (DV)
- Sample
- What type of sample was used (e.g., simple random, snowball, convenience)?
- What is the sample size (i.e., n=?)?
- Participant characteristics?
- Data collection
- What methods were used to collect the data (written survey, interview, etc.)?
- What procedures were used (i.e., how, when, where, and by whom were data collected)?
- Results
- Report findings of the study for each DV you identified above
- Be sure to specify which outcomes were statistically significant
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