Annotated Bibliography Analysis

The authors of the article I chose “Childhood Sexual Abuse, Distress, and Alcohol-Related Moderation by Drinking to Cope” were Kathryn Z. Smith, Phillip H. Smith and Emily R. Grekin. And their hypotheses was “childhood sexual abuse would be associated with distress, but that this distress would only be associated with problem drinking among those who scored high on coping motives for drinking”. Found on page four of ten. They started with the hypothesis that distress would mediate the pathway between childhood sexual abuse and problem drinking. Also that the pathway between distress and problem drinking would be moderated by coping motives for drinking. They used path analyses to examine the moderated-mediation.

Tyre, Peg. "The Writing Revolution." The Atlantic. The Atlantic, Oct. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.

Regional trade agreements (RTAs) are not new, however their significance in worldwide commercial concerns and governmental issues has become exponentially in the previous two decades. In the meantime, RTAs have ended up progressively dubious as their number, degree, and cross-cutting enrollments get to be complex to the point that numerous apprehension they will undermine the World Trade Organization's multilateral exchanging framework. Running from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering to the European Union to the North American Free Trade Agreement, RTAs have similarly far reaching purposes, from enhancing business access to expanding clout in global arrangements. Handling this intricacy and perplexity head on, this book gives a quite required adviser for RTAs. Setting current territorial assertions in their investment, political, and verifiable connection, David A. Lynch depicts and analyzes basically every noteworthy RTA, area by locale. He unmistakably demonstrates their many-sided internal workings, their networks of joint effort and clash, and their essential objectives and adequacy. Lynch's profoundly proficient study connects the ideological partitions in academic and open civil argument, including economists' accentuations on businesses and productivity versus burrowing little creature globalization activists' worries over disparity and social ills. By building a center ground between micro and macro examination and

Recommending a book that focuses on the individual’s main problem issues makes a person feel that no one is alone in misery. It may also help in gaining understanding and sense of control regarding the situation. Bibliotherapy is commonly used in research studies that focus on helping people who have a certain disease or any negative situation in life. According to Nir-Shfrir (2008), bibliotherapy helps to reach out people who are in a state of denial or repression. It was even proved to be effective in reducing hypochondriacal complaints, depressive complaints, and trait anxiety (Bouman, 2009). According to Walker (2014), bibliotherapy helps individuals to alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety, increase self-esteem and coping skills,

Willcox, C. and Willcox, B., 2009, ‘FOXO3A Genotype and Human Longevity: The New APOE?’ Japanese Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, vol 5, no.6, pp.804-809.

The article discusses two issues linked to tea production: the oppressive conditions, poor wages and human rights violations workers endure in major tea producing countries and the serious environmental effects of clearing large areas for tea production and disturbing natural habitats for plants and wildlife. This report offers a reliable, objective assessment of these two critical issues. With updates,

Snowling, M. J., & Hulme, C. (2012). Children’s reading impairments: From theory to practice. Japanese, Psychological Research, 55(2), 186-202. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2012.5541.x.

Luong, E., Huynh, T., & Miller, J. (2012). On Spam Susceptibility and Browser Updating. International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE), 3(1), 44-57.

Mayo Clinic (2011). Personal health record: A tool for managing your health. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/personal-health-record/MY00665

The week when working on the annotative bibliography I found it easy to identity the strongest research materials that I had collected over the past 7 weeks and use those resources first. I believe all of us had a few journals and/or books that really provided a wealth of information on our topics, which were the start of our annotative bibliography work.

Mariani, B. (n.d.). The Effect of Mentoring on Career Satisfaction of Registered Nurses and Intent to Stay in the Nursing Profession. Nursing Research and Practice, 1-9.

nfeld, S. O., Waldman, I. D., Landfield, K., Watts, A. L., Rubenzer, S., & Faschingbauer, T. R. (2012). Fearless dominance and the U.S. presidency: Implications of psychopathic personality traits for successful and unsuccessful political leadership. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(3), 489-505. Retrieved from http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2012-19403-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Database search for annotated bibliography was initially attempted over Google Scholar search engine. Keywords like alcohol effects, alcohol and community, alcohol and health, and environmental wastes and health were utilized. Numerous articles came up; four articles were selected for further perusing. Selection criteria for annotated bibliography include publication date, pertinence for CAT, and New Zealand significance.

Before answering how is synthesizing different from writing an annotated bibliography, I had to understand what an annotated bibliography is about. I believe I have this right…it is a note explaining the reference or the citation like the ones in the video of WA2 Synthesis Literature Review Video we watched.

What I believe can be found as objectionable about the "biography" on the reference websites, is that these are clearly opinions that people have published on the sites. There is no creditable information presented on what was said as fact. I believe the point he wishes to make is that Wikipedia can be useful, but readers must take into account that is in not a "factual" sources that is peer reviewed for the most updated information. The two resemble each other in the sense that it cautions readers to check the sources/information