Coping with Psychological Impacts of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries: A

Coping with Psychological Impacts of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries: A Order Description CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Scholarship entails comprehensive understanding of at least one academic community’s historical and current treatment of the pertinent topic. In order to argue the legitimacy of the current study, a thorough understanding of what that study will add to the most current literature on the topic is necessary. Literature will be critically analyzed, synthesized, and integrated to produce a story that brings the reader along to understand where the study fits into the current debates and academic edges concerning the topic. Existing and historically seminal literature will provide a contextual framework within which the research design is situated. Additionally, a part of the literature review will provide an academic foundation for the methods and research design chosen. This chapter should be written in past tense. INTRODUCTION _____ Begins with the purpose of the chapter, how it fits in the dissertation, and the organization of the chapter _____ Frames the review by restating the topic and research questions SEARCH STRATEGY _____ Describes the strategy used to collect relevant literature _____ Indicates which search engines were used _____ Lists which search terms were used _____ Indicates strategy for identifying historically seminal (classic) studies and theorists’ writings _____ Justifies most appropriate time interval for current sources (last 2–3 years? Last 5 years?) _____ If applicable, explains the lack of currency of the most recent publications _____ Reviews strategy for focusing in on empirical research that most closely resembles the current study [REVIEW OF RELATED RESEARCH AND LITERATURE] (The rest of the literature review should include logical headings that aid the reader in understanding the content and organization of the chapter. The actual headings will differ for each student’s work.) _____ The review is an integrated, critical analysis and synthesis of the relevant research and other scholarly literature published on the topic _____ Includes the most current scholarship and important historical theory and research, when appropriate, to situate the topic _____ Synthesizes prior research to illustrate what is currently known about the research problem _____ Compares and contrasts different theories and research results _____ Evaluates previous research and related theory _____ Integrates various studies and theories to relate a story of the historical and current state of knowledge on the topic _____ Addresses how the proposed research fits in the context of research to date _____ Draws mostly from published journal articles in peer-reviewed journals or sound academic books containing primary material; provides justification for using other sources _____ Has a specific organization for the review. For example, organizes the review around major ideas or themes or organizes the review historically _____ The literature review needs to be comprehensive, covering the most important theories or research findings upon which the research problem (and hypotheses) was based. _____ Relates the study to previous research _____ Identifies how the study will extend current knowledge _____ Defines the most important aspects of the theory that will be examined or tested (for quantitative studies) _____ Substantiates the conceptual framework for the study (for qualitative studies) _____ Clearly relates the review of the related research and literature to the Statement of Problem as expressed in the _____ research questions _____ hypotheses (quantitative) _____ population _____ context/setting _____ Includes a discussion of differing and common methodologies previously used to study the research problem, including their strengths and limitations _____ Includes a literature-based description of the research variables (quantitative studies) or central phenomenon, situation, or factors of interest (qualitative studies) _____ Includes literature pertaining to the population and context or setting _____ Reviews literature related to research method and research design, including major and foundational sources in that design and its application to the research problem SUMMARY _____ Summarizes key points of the relationship between the study’s research question(s) and the literature _____ Summarizes the study’s contribution to the literature _____ Bridges to Chapter III by summarizing literature-based arguments for choosing a particular methodology _____ Conforms to the recommended length of 30–50 pages for Chapter II