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MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
HSS2222: RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCESSES
ASSIGNMENT: CRITIQUE OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE TITLED ‘THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING IN REDUCING ANXIETY IN NURSING STUDENTS’.
MODULE CO-ORDINATOR: CHRYSI LELIOPOULOU
MODULE LEADER: SALLY CLINTON
GROUP LECTURER’S NAME: LAWRENCE DADZIE
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 22ND JUNE, 2005
PREPARED BY:
GREGORY P. UDEH
STUDENT No. 2344199
GROUP No. 2
CRITIQUE OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE TITLED ‘THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING IN REDUCING ANXIETY IN NURSING STUDENTS’.
This essay concerns an intervention programme aimed at reducing anxiety among nursing students. I will critically evaluate the research article using the framework developed by Chrysi Leliopoulou (2002). I will also consider the article’s contribution to knowledge in the nursing discipline; the possibilities for more research studies engendered by the outcome of this research; and its implications for nursing practice. Finally, I will reflect on the learning experience gained from undertaking this critique exercise and how it has helped me in my professional development.
To achieve their objective, Sharif and Armitage (2004) investigated the effect of psychological and educational counselling on the anxiety prevalent among nursing students in the Faculty of Nursing in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
The investigation involved a quasi-experimental pre-, post-test, follow-up and control group design. The authors used methodological triangulation and a broad range of open-ended questions. They assessed anxiety by the use of the Hamilton Anxiety Scale whereas the Coppersmith Self-esteem Inventory was adopted for measuring...
SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
HSS2222: RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCESSES
ASSIGNMENT: CRITIQUE OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE TITLED ‘THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING IN REDUCING ANXIETY IN NURSING STUDENTS’.
MODULE CO-ORDINATOR: CHRYSI LELIOPOULOU
MODULE LEADER: SALLY CLINTON
GROUP LECTURER’S NAME: LAWRENCE DADZIE
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 22ND JUNE, 2005
PREPARED BY:
GREGORY P. UDEH
STUDENT No. 2344199
GROUP No. 2
CRITIQUE OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE TITLED ‘THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING IN REDUCING ANXIETY IN NURSING STUDENTS’.
This essay concerns an intervention programme aimed at reducing anxiety among nursing students. I will critically evaluate the research article using the framework developed by Chrysi Leliopoulou (2002). I will also consider the article’s contribution to knowledge in the nursing discipline; the possibilities for more research studies engendered by the outcome of this research; and its implications for nursing practice. Finally, I will reflect on the learning experience gained from undertaking this critique exercise and how it has helped me in my professional development.
To achieve their objective, Sharif and Armitage (2004) investigated the effect of psychological and educational counselling on the anxiety prevalent among nursing students in the Faculty of Nursing in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
The investigation involved a quasi-experimental pre-, post-test, follow-up and control group design. The authors used methodological triangulation and a broad range of open-ended questions. They assessed anxiety by the use of the Hamilton Anxiety Scale whereas the Coppersmith Self-esteem Inventory was adopted for measuring...