Introduction Much of the literature review on sexual offending states that conduct disorder is a phenomenon that is too associated with adult offenses. However, no study has been given if adolescent sexual offenders are more likely to have a childhood diagnosis of conduct disorder than adult sexual offenders (Morrell & Burton, 2014, p.39). Sexual offences in adolescents does not necessarily continue at 20 years of age (Dudeck, Spitzer, Stopsack, Freyberger & Barnow, 2007, p.494). In order to investigate
Sampling Case Studies Case Study 1 on Sampling Sampling Hispanic Adults by Telephone1 Problem: Researchers wanted to determine how aware adult Hispanics in the San Francisco area are of product warning messages and signs concerning cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, and other consumer products. The researchers needed to contact a sample of them to interview. A Solution: “Respondents were sampled using…random digit dialing. This procedure…avoids the use of directories with their inherent problem
Research Design This study is set to answer question on social phenomenon: How S/R protects people against TU. Researchers usually approached the study of social phenomenon with social constructivist worldview characterized by contextualization, flexibility, lack of determinism, and lack of structure (Creswell, 2012; Houghton et al., 2013; Schwab, & Syed, 2015). The design for this study, therefore, will be informal, non-structured, open-ended, and in-depth interview. Researcher and participant
The Nature of Qualitative Studies Levonda J. Selph California InterContinental University (CalUniv) GRC 600 – Unit 4 August 5, 2014 Dr. Al Infande Introduction The purpose of this paper is to write a seven page essay with multiple sources including Elizabeth J. Tisdell’s (2000) paper on Spiritual Development and Commitments to Emancipotory Education in Women Adult Educators for Social Change in comparison to Sharan B. Merriam’s paper on How Cultural Values Shape Learning
cross-sectional study using the data from the National Health Interview Survey. The trend of migraine prevalence from 2010 to 2015 was assessed. Age and sex adjusted racial/ethnic prevalence of migraine was compared with different factors. Interactions between race/ethnicity and individual variables were also analyzed to determine the impacts of these factors specifically on race or ethnicity. 1. Data sources and subjects The most recently released 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) was
A review of Eyewitness Memory for a Simulated Misdemeanor Crime: The Role of Age and Temperament in Suggestibility The reviewed article is about a study in which children of two different age groups, and a group of adults were asked general-to-specific questions and misleading questions in an interview to see if the timing of the misleading questions and temperament affected the quality of the witness’s testimony. The researchers hypothesized that the use of misleading questions by interviewer’s
Results One hundred and four students volunteered for the training and completed a university-approved informed consent. Sample characteristics, previous experience with older adults, and primary reason for choosing specialty in gero-social work are presented in Table 1. The mean age was 27 years (range of 23-52 yrs.) and a majority were female participants. A significant number had prior volunteer experience with older persons. Field internships varied from medical surgery units to specialty units
average child. In that case, the child could maximize their time in the club and become a regular attendee. Further research behind
Fairburn & Cooper, 1993), a widely used semi-structured interview of eating disorder psychopathology, providing a more efficient and cost-effective
childhood, and in many cases, the effects cause problems in their adult life as well. The study I read talked about the long term effects divorce and even parental death have on children into their adult lives. ADD HOW PARENTAL DEATH OCCURS Purpose/goals of Article: As stated by the author herself, Kristin Mack, “The purpose of the present study is to address the limitations of previous research