BIG QUESTIONS Flashcards
Question 4:
A researcher conducted interviews with 32 adolescents at age 17-18 who play basketball in elite teams to understand the link between their experiences of peer relationships and
psychological well-being (Mage = 17.06, SD = .25; 51% male, 49% female). Overall, 95% of
the adolescents had parents who were born in Sweden. The rest had at least one parent who
were born abroad. She used thematic analysis to analyze the interview data and wrote a
manuscript to report her findings. She wrote the following conclusion statement in her
manuscript:
“Overall, the findings of the current study provide additional support for the centrality of
peer relationships for the psychological well-being of adolescents at all ages. Receiving
psychological and instrumental support from peers is a key factor that predicts mental
health of young people. These findings suggest that teachers, school administrators and policy makers can design interventions to improve psychological and instrumental
support from peers as part of the ordinary practices of compulsory school system.
Improving the amount of psychological and instrumental support that adolescents receive
in school will help raising psychological health of young people in all ages.”
The researcher submitted this manuscript to a journal and received rejection. The editor
of the journal, among other issues, commented: “The conclusion of the study is
unconvincing.”
What could be a likely problem(s) that resulted in rejection of this study? Your
answer(s) should be based on the description of the research and the conclusion
paragraph of the manuscript provided above. State the problem you see in a bullet points
and elaborate in a few sentences about your reasoning.
Question 4:
A researcher conducted interviews with 132 adolescents at age 17 and 18 who play basketball
in elite teams to understand the link between their experiences of peer relationships and
psychological well-being (Mage = 14.32, SD = .25; 51% male, 49% female). Over 80% of the
adolescents had parents who were born in Sweden. The rest had at least one parent who were
born abroad. She used thematic analysis to analyze the interview data and wrote a manuscript
to report her findings. She wrote the following conclusion statement in her manuscript:
“Overall, the findings of the current study provide additional support for the centrality of
peer relationships for the psychological well-being of adolescents at all ages. Receiving
psychological and instrumental support from peers is a key factor that predicts mental
health of young people. These findings suggest teachers, school administrators and
policy makers to design interventions to improve psychological and instrumental support
from peers as part of the ordinary practices of compulsory school system. Improving the
amount of psychological and instrumental support that adolescents receive in school will
help raising psychological health of young people in all ages.”
The researcher submitted this manuscript to a journal and received rejection. The editor
of the journal, among other issues, commented: “The conclusion of the study is
unconvincing.”
What could be a likely problem(s) that resulted in rejection of this study? Your
answer(s) should be based on the description of the research and the conclusion
paragraph of the manuscript provided above. State the problem you see in a bullet points
and elaborate in a few sentences about your reasoning.
