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CEFS 515 Topic Selection: Find A Gap Grading Rubric Criteria Levels of Achievement Content Advanced Proficient Developing Not present Three Topics with Clear Gap Statements 37 to 40 points Three topics are included from peer reviewed articles published within the last five years with a clear gap statement in quotes 30 to 36 points Three topics are included from peer reviewed articles, partial completion of the five-year requirements, but all other requirements are met. However, only some of the topics meet the criteria of being sources from an article published within the last five years with a clear gap statement in quotes 1 to 29 points Partial completion of any or all components of the following: three topics are included from peer reviewed articles, but only some of the topics meet the criteria of being sources from an article published within the last five years with a clear gap statement in quotes 0 points Not present Summary that Corresponds to Gap Statement/Places in Context 27 to 30 points A brief summary explaining the themes of the gap and relevant content to put the gap in context is included. 23 to 26 points Moderately satisfactorily completion of the following: A brief summary explaining the themes of the gap and relevant content to put the gap in context is included. 1 to 22 points Minimally completes the following: A brief summary explaining the themes of the gap and relevant content to put the gap in context is included. 0 points Not present Structure Advanced Proficient Developing Not present APA Formatting, Spelling and Grammar 28 to 30 points References follows all current APA criteria 25 to 27 points Moderate completion of the following: · References follows all current APA criteria 1 to 24 points Minimal completion of the following: · References follows all current APA criteria 0 points Not present Total /100 COUC 515 Topic Selection: Find A Gap Assignment Instructions Overview In this course you will learn how to develop a research proposal based off of the current literature, building off previous research. This assignment is the first of two parts where you will detail three topics of interest and identify how you will build off of previous research. Your professor will give you feedback on each of the three topics to determine which might be the most “researchable” for the Research Proposal Paper. Instructions After viewing this week’s presentations and readings, you will research three different counseling-related topics and for each topic you identify one “researchable” idea of interest to you (one idea per topic). In order to do this, you will research your idea using the Jerry Falwell Library search options. Please utilize the Topic Selection: Find a Gap Template to complete this assignment. · You will complete the paper in three parts: identifying gaps, creating gap statements, and form a bibliography · Please be sure to follow APA formatting in all parts of this assignment Please note that in identifying a topic, your professor will give you feedback on narrowing your topic and ensuring ethical practices are adhered to. You will need to heed all feedback for Topic Selection: Final Topic Selection. Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. COUC 515 Topic Selection: Find a Gap Template Follow the steps below: · Navigate to the Jerry Falwell Library homepage, and search your counseling-related topic of interest by simply typing in the topic in the search bar (example: mindfulness interventions used in childhood). · After searching you will find several different resources available to you (e.g. ebooks, book, articles). · Click on “see all article results” under the Articles tab. · Filter to only read articles within the last 5 years (you can find this option on the left hand of the screen). 1. After reading through the articles, you will identify the gap statements found in the discussion or limitations section of the article. a. For example, one peer-reviewed article on your topic of interest may state, “However, these results should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size and the lack of a control group... Future research should include a larger sample of adolescents from more diverse sociocultural groups” (Deplus et al., 2016, p. 787). This particular example is stating that future researchers should utilize this study’s design, but to expand the population studied. 2. Write down three gap statements found in your searches, identifying areas that have not yet been researched. Keep in mind a gap statement is a statement that identifies an area that the authors DID NOT cover in their study. Meaning, you will not be repeating the study that article conducted, but rather, you will build off of it, “filling in the gap” that the authors did not cover or what the authors suggest for future research. a. For example, a study’s authors may have looked at mindfulness as an intervention with adolescents, but the authors suggest replicating the study with a specific ethnicity in order to build off their findings. Building off the literature and “filling in the gaps” can create important implications for the counseling field. 3. Put together a bibliography in current APA format, giving a brief summary of the article’s content and how it relates to the topic selection. This should not be more than 1-2 sentences (a sample will be provided). 1 TOPIC SELECTION: FIND A GAP Topic Selection: Find a Gap Assignment Student Name Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies, Liberty University Author Note Student Name I have no known conflict of interest to disclose. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Student Name Email: [email protected] Topic Selection: Find a Gap Assignment 1) First Topic of Interest: I wonder if there is improved outcome when counseling children of military service members when using spiritual counseling? Comment by Dr. Kirk: Such an important topic! So think about what variables you might measure to see an “improved outcome”? Gap Statement: According to Pandya (2018), …The following questions emerge from the results, which need further research. The mediating effects of parental variables viz. vocation, occupation, parenting styles, parental anxiety, and cohabitation duration, on child anxiety disorders and treatment response need to be explored. Comment by Dr. Kirk: Is this from the discussion section or the literature review? Remember, the literature review is the author’s narrative of the gap in the literature that they seek to fill with their study. The discussion section will detail the author’s suggestions for future research IN LIGHT of their study. Reference Pandya, S. P. (2018). Spiritual Counseling Program For Children with Anxiety Disorders: A multi-city experiment. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 72(1), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/1542305018761631 Comment by Dr. Kirk: Please review APA formatting for references. This will be in sentence case. This article researched a spiritual based counseling program and how that impacted children who have anxiety disorders. The results of this study concluded that treatments with the addition of spiritual education and counseling can be beneficial to children. Comment by Dr. Kirk: Excellent, you identified a gap and you are building off of it 2) Second Topic of Interest: How does animal-assisted therapy affect children in the Latino community who are victims of childhood sexual abuse? Comment by Dr. Kirk: WOW, such an important topic. Gap Statement: “Further research examining the effectiveness of AAT across a range of ethnicities to more accurately determine for whom this kind of intervention is most appropriate is needed” (Signal, Taylor, Prentice, McDade, Burke, 2017). Comment by Dr. Kirk: Clear. So what variables might you measure? Comment by Dr. Kirk: Place page number for quotations Reference Signal, T., Taylor, N., Prentice, K., McDade, M., & Burke, K. (2017). Going to the dogs: A quasi-experimental assessment of animal assisted therapy for children who have experienced abuse, Applied Developmental Science, 21(2), 81-93. Doi: 10.1080/10888691.2016.1165098 This article explores the idea of animal assisted therapy (AAT) in children who have suffered from childhood sexual trauma and demonstrated avoidance related symptomology. The study concluded that there is encouraging evidence that AAT improves some symptomology. Comment by Dr. Kirk: I think this is so important because you are honing in on a particular population. 3) Third Topic of Interest: Does the presence of a chronic illness, such as diabetes, affect the association between anxiety, religiosity, meaning of life and mental health in the Taiwanese community? Comment by Dr. Kirk: The only issue with this is that you might have a wide range of illnesses that might illuminate different answers. For example, diabetes is treatable, other chronic illnesses might not be. Something to consider Gap Statement: “Generalizability of the results of the present study is further limited to relatively healthy individuals, as specific illnesses were not sampled” (Shiah, Chang, Chiang, Lin, Tam, 2015, p.43). Comment by Dr. Kirk: Yes… so this is still “researchable” .. but think through and read through to see if you can specifically identify an area that has not yet been researched Reference Shiah, Y., Chang, F., Chiang, S., Lin, I., & Tam, W. (2015). Religion and Health: Anxiety, Religiosity, Meaning of Life and Mental Health. Journal of Religion and Health, 54(1), 35-45. Retrieved January 19, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/24485237 Comment by Dr. Kirk: Please review APA format for references This article researched the relationship between anxiety, religiosity, meaning of life, and mental health and how these factors impact each other. The researchers concluded that discovering the meaning of life can be an important factor in improving anxiety and related symptomology.