Article Summary

Use 500-600-words for each summary (a total of 1,000-words minimum), following this organizational structure:

1. A description of the article’s purpose and main hypotheses
2. A clear statement of the study’s design: Experimental or correlational? What were the main IVs or PVs? What was the main DV? Who participated?
3. A methods paragraph in which you mention each key variable in turn, followed by how it was operationalized. (e.g., “The study measured the variable self-compassion using a self-report questionnaire developed by Neff; it had 25 items that were rated on five-point scales.”)
4. A paragraph in which you describe the main results. If they used regression, you must describe the main relationship as well as what it was controlling for (e.g., “Self-compassion predicted well-being, even when controlling for self-esteem and emotionality”). If it was a factorial design, describe the main effects and interactions.
5. A short paragraph about the authors’ conclusions.
6. Turn in one document with both summaries; make sure to distinguish which summary belongs to which article.