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I need a total of four article summaries from four psychology-related research articles( empirical research articles published in any peer-reviewed psychological journal, and then writing brief 400-500 word summaries of those articles).
Which means 4 individual article summaries,each has to be a pages long with 400-500 words.
One easy way to find articles is by using google scholar (scholar.google.com). Choose a topic from psychology that you are interested in, then use that topic area as a key word, and do a google scholar search (scholar.google.com).
Summaries will be evaluated on an acceptable/not-acceptable basis. An acceptable summary will include a complete reference to the summarized article, along with a brief description, in your own words, of (a) the purpose of the research, that is, what theory or hypothesis was tested, (b) the basic procedure used to test that theory or hypothesis, (c) what was actually found, and (d) what the findings mean for the theory or hypothesis tested. You might also consider whether there are any personal applications that the results suggest, how society might utilize those findings, and/or what additional research seems appropriate. Along with each summary, you must submit a copy of the abstract from the published article
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Claro, H. G., de Oliveira, M. A., Bourdreaux, J. T., Fernandes, I. F., Pinho, P. H., & Tarifa, R.
R. (2015). Drug use, mental health and problems related to crime and violence: crosssectional study. Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 23(6), 1173–1180.
doi:10.1590/0104-1169.0478.2663
The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between disorders associated
with drug use, symptoms of mental disorder, and the prevalence of crime and age. The
authors realize that alcohol as a drug is responsible for more than 2.5 million deaths in the
world within a period of one year. This is in addition to being associated with more than 60
physiological and psychological illnesses that cause devastating effects including death and
poverty, among others. The numbers go even higher when one considers other drugs. Poverty
and other socioeconomic factors that result from either drug use or psychological disorders
promote crime. In addition, psychological problems such as depression and stress have been
linked with violent crime. Following these findings in their review of the literature, the
authors conclude that there is a link between drug use, mental health, and crime.
The authors carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study to collect data for their
research. In this case, a total of 128 participants aged between 18 and 60 years from a
psychosocial care center in Brazil were selected for interview. These participants comprised
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