Locate five additional empirical research articles related to your potential research topic for your capstone or dissertation. Search for new articles—articles you have not already located throughout the course—to expand your knowledge on your potential topic. (MY TOPIC IS MENTAL HEALTH IN SINGLE MOTHERS & HOW IT EFFECTS THEIR CHILDREN)
Complete the two-part Assignment.
Part 1:
Submit your Expanded Literature Review Matrix document. (IT HAS BEEN UPLOADED)
Your Expanded Literature Review Matrix document should include six sources in your Literature Review Matrix tab—one source from Week 7 and 5 additional sources for this Assignment.
Your Expanded Literature Review Matrix should include the complete information in the Discipline Tracker tab from Week 7.
Save and upload your up-to-date literature review matrix document with your new entries.
Part 2:
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
In 3–5 sentences each, explain how each of the five additional articles relates to your potential research topic. (MY TOPIC IS MENTAL HEALTH IN SINGLE MOTHERS & HOW IT EFFECTS THEIR CHILDREN)
Describe your process for entering the sources into the matrix. What changed since your first entry in Week 7? For example:
Which columns/headings did you enter first? Why?
How did you determine what specific information to include under the results and recommendations headings?
How did this process of documenting/tracking influence the way you thought about your research article?
Analyze any new connections or emerging trends you see from your entries. For example:
Aspects of the authors’ research
Similar results from key word searches
Trends across a journal or database
Conflicting findings or conclusions
Missing or incomplete information across specific elements of the matrix
Do these observations give you cause to rethink your potential topic? If so, why? If not, how do the observations further support your current topic?
Describe actions you will take to continue to organize your knowledge and prepare for the literature review. How will you know when you have found the gap?
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