Topic “Smoking as a strategy for stress management in adult”
*The research question” do they use smoking as a strategy for stress management?
*Articles must be empirical/data based from peer-reviewed, reputable journals.
*Please
note that websites, and popular press are not appropriate places to
include in your literature review. Also, please use secondary
resources, such as books, sparingly. Websites are not appropriate for a research paper.
* APA citation format must be used.
Outline
1/ Abstract (100 words)
2/ Introduction: Clearly state the topic of the paper and why it is important to health
care professionals.
a. Statement of the Problem: Why are you researching this topic? And, why
is it important that these questions be answered?
b. Literature Review: Explore all relevant research in detail. This should be
the most extensive section of your paper and should involved exploring
topic by topic rather than article by article (i.e. integrate topics rather than
discussing each article separately).
c. Summary: Briefly summarize your overall research and what you think
about it all. This section is the transition into the next section.
3/ Methodology: If you were to design a study that would attempt to answer these
research questions. What would that study look like and involve.
a. Subjects: Who would the subjects be, and were would you get them?
b. Instrumentation: What would you use to collect your data?
c. Procedures: Systematically, describe what would be involved in carrying
out this study.
