Every Park University student as a Google Account/ Email associated with their ID number. The Google Account gives you access to Gmail AND other applications like Google Drive and, for this Unit, Forms.

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Introduction  On Childhood Obesity

Welcome to Unit 5. This unit continues the portion of the course about research designs. This week we will be going over the ubiquitous method – The Survey. Surveys, inventories, and questionnaires appear to be the “go-to” method to collect data. These methods have the advantage of collecting a lot of data very quickly, but have the disadvantage of participants not providing the truth, skipping questions, lying, or misunderstanding the questions. This week you get the opportunity to delve into these issues and create your own survey. This is an important skill to develop.

Instructions

Every Park University student as a Google Account/ Email associated with their ID number. The Google Account gives you access to Gmail AND other applications like Google Drive and, for this Unit, Forms.

The goal of this unit’s discussion is to create a Google Form survey of at least 10 closed-ended questions (this doesn’t include sociodemographic questions, e.g., Sex).

Designing effective surveys is a skill that can make you an appealing job applicant. Effective surveys are more challenging than you make think. You’ve been exposed to a number of survey examples so far in our course.

Check out the following surveys, with an eye on how they are constructed, the items (IVs) that are presented, and the ways participants can respond (DVs), AND the number of items that are used to measure a construct.

  • – The General Social Survey (GSS)Preview the document– There are 364 pages associated with this questionnaire – regarded as the premier questionnaire for social measurements.
  • – 12-item GRIT scalePreview the document– this is a scale that uses 12 items to determine if a person self-reports whether they have what it takes to persistent through adversity.
  • – Social Desirability scalePreview the document– This is a scale that measures a person’s self-report inclination to alter behavior to look good to others in 33 items.
  • – Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance QuestionnairePreview the document– This questionnaire measures a person’s self-report inclination for 6 different types of avoidance in 62 items.
  • – DissertationPreview the document (Nathan Hudson’s 2016 – The impact of attachment anxiety on susceptibility to false memories)– This dissertation example will give you experience with a constructed questionnaire for Nathan’s doctoral degree. You may find the questionnaire at the end of the manuscript in the appendices.

NOTE: There are thousands of surveys out there, but I hope that the sample above gives you a variety of lengths, items (IV’s), and response sets (DV’s) to give you some ideas.

For this Discussion you will need to:

  1. Log into Google Forms
  2. Create a Questionnaire with:
    1. Instructions section at the beginning of your instrument and make reference to the following:
  • Please answer as honestly as possible
  • There are no right or wrong answers
  • Participants’ responses will be anonymous (or confidential) and private. This depends on whether you ask for names or personal information.
  1. at least 10 closed-ended items (IV’s) (not socio-demographic ones) for your area of interest.
  • You can have some socio-demographic items, but need at least 10 closed-ended items.
  1. Suggestion – you can start with a template like Course Evaluation or Assessment
  2. Choose a response set (DV’s) to fit your items.
  3. Choose a theme for your questionnaire.
  4. Open the questionnaire for responses and copy the link to insert into your discussion.

In the Discussion area present the following:

  1. A Title for your questionnaire and the online link for it.
  2. A brief statement of why you selected the items you did (the IV’s)
  3. A brief statement of why you selected the response set(s) you did (the DV’s)
  4. A brief statement of the advantages and disadvantages of your questionnaire.

In summary, for this assignment, the skills that you are going to practice are:

  1. Google Forms experience,
  2. Survey construction, and
  3. Survey evaluation.

Provide a summary of your evaluation addressing the current use and relevance of these perspectives in explaining personality citing research as appropriate. 

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For this discipline-based literature review, you will research peer-reviewed articles that were published within the last 10 years in the Ashford University Library on the following major perspectives of personality.

  • Psychodynamic
  • Behavioral
  • Trait
  • Learning/Social
  • Humanistic

You will utilize your researched article to create your literature review. The review should be formatted with the headings and content designated below.

Introduction
Assess the types of personality measurements and research designs used in in the peer-reviewed articles you researched. Briefly describe the main theoretical models represented within each of the perspectives of personality and explain the commonalities found across all five.

Discussion
Examine the major theoretical approaches, research methods, and assessment instruments used in the five perspectives of personality. Evaluate and describe the current research in these perspectives using a minimum of one peer-reviewed article for each of the five required perspectives. Present a detailed critique of each of the perspectives by evaluating the standardization, reliability and validity, and cultural considerations present in the most common personality assessments used within each. Support your opinions about each model by substantiating them with scholarly research.  Be sure to include the following:

  • The theoretical framework(s) for the selected models
  • The major contributors to those fields
  • The methods of inquiry and assessment usually associated with those models
  • An overview of the characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of the models

Conclusion
Provide a summary of your evaluation addressing the current use and relevance of these perspectives in explaining personality citing research as appropriate.

Writing the Discipline Based Literature Review

The paper:

  • Must be seven double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Your name
    • Course name and number
    • Your instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must begin with an introduction that describes and the main theoretical models represented within each of the perspectives of personality.
  • Must address the topics of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must end with a conclusion that summarizes your evaluation addressing the current use and relevance of these perspectives in explaining personality.
  • Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources from the Ashford University Library.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Discuss how you will approach the leadership team and present how you have designed and will conduct this experiment.

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Assignment 2: RA 1: Experiment: An Organization’s Study of Training Programs Presentation

Individuals in the field of training and development need to be able to evaluate and compare various training methods to assure the best and most effective means to boost employee skills, improve staff performance, revitalize team dynamics, or encourage employee development and promotion.

For this assignment, you will design a faux experiment (you will design the experiment but will not actually conduct it). This experiment will compare different types of training modalities. You will include an explanation of how this task would be measured and achieved. It is a complex assignment that also builds on what you learned in your Research Methods course. Review the following definition, scenario, and directions to complete the assignment and summarize it in a presentation of approximately 6- to 8-slides.

Experimental Research Design Definition:

Morrison-Beedy and Melnyk (2012) provide a comprehensive definition for experimental research design:

The only type of research that allows us to draw conclusions about cause and effect relationships between an intervention or treatment and an outcome. A true experiment or randomized controlled trial is the strongest type of intervention study for testing cause and effect relationships. There are three components required in a true experiment: An intervention or treatment, a comparison or control group and random assignment of participants to experimental or comparison/control groups. (p. 1)

Scenario:

You are working as a consultant with a large national corporation and have been assigned the task to discover which training method option gives the best results for the organization. Specifically, leadership is interested in discovering which training modality has the best rate of training transfer.

Directions:

The training topic to compare will be “How to Design and Manage Effective Meetings.” In 6- to 8-slides (including detailed speaker’s notes), design an experiment that will compare the effectiveness of three different training modalities.

  1. Analyze the following training methods:
    • On-site training
    • Virtual training
    • No training (this is your control group)
  2. Design an experiment comparing three modalities of training. You should include “no training” as your control group.
    • Identify the three groups you will include in this experiment. What is included in these training modalities?
    • Identify the variables within this training study and explain how they will be manipulated or controlled.
    • Discuss how you will randomly assign your participants (i.e., employees in your organization) to each of these groups.
    • Analyze and determine the ethical considerations in such a study.
    • Determine how you will measure the results, particularly in regard to Kirkpatrick’s model.
  3. With all of these elements explored, the next step is presenting this information to leadership. Discuss how you will approach the leadership team and present how you have designed and will conduct this experiment.

Your final product will be a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation approximately 6- to 8-slides in length (including detailed speaker’s notes). You will utilize three to five scholarly sources in your research (beyond your textbook). Your presentation should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Does your post contribute to continuing the discussion? Are your ideas supported with citations from the learning resources and other scholarly sources?

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Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. Main references come from Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012) and/or American Psychological Association (2010). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. I have also attached my discussion rubric so you can see how to make full points. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates separately with separate references for each response. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation like peer-reviewed, professional scholarly journals. I need this completed by 08/03/19 at 12pm.

Expectation:

Responses to peers. Note that this is measured by both the quantity and quality of your posts. Does your post contribute to continuing the discussion? Are your ideas supported with citations from the learning resources and other scholarly sources? Note that citations are expected for both your main post and your response posts. Note also, that, although it is often helpful and important to provide one or two sentence responses thanking somebody or supporting them or commiserating with them, those types of responses do not always further the discussion as much as they check in with the author. Such responses are appropriate and encouraged; however, they should be considered supplemental to more substantive responses, not sufficient by themselves.

Read a your colleagues’ postings. Respond to your colleagues’ postings.

Respond in one or more of the following ways:

· Ask a probing question.

· Share an insight gained from having read your colleague’s posting.

· Offer and support an opinion.

· Validate an idea with your own experience.

· Make a suggestion.

· Expand on your colleague’s posting.

1. Classmate (C. Fri)

Needs That Clients Have

Clients coming in for vocational counseling services may end up finding that they have mental health or substance abuse counseling needs as well. Mental health problems can also arise due to stress or unhealthy issues happening within the client’s workplace. Clients may end up using substances to cope with the stress and anxiety that they are feeling from their place of work (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Interplay Between the Needs

Needing mental health or substance abuse counseling makes the client’s vocational counseling services more complex. With that being said, all issues must be handled properly in order for the client to find success within their vocational counseling sessions. New techniques have surfaced that contain early interventions for those managing severe mental illness. Medications have also come out that can bring those suffering from mental illness with success in a career. The Americans With Disabilities Act has helped those with mental illness to have more successful career options and reduced barriers when looking for employment. The Stages of Change has proved effective for those wanting vocational services that are suffering from substance abuse. Motivational Interviewing has also helped those with substance abuse issues wanting to work. Overall, the counselor will want to help those with mental health or substance abuse issues find their identity in order to be successful in vocational counseling (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Specific Challenges

Some clients may not understand how their mental health issues are directly impacting their career. On the other hand, some clients may not understand how their career is impacting their mental health issues. Also, some clients may not be privy on the idea of changing their substance abuse behaviors in order to find success in their vocational counseling. As a vocational counselor, one would want to assist their clients to find health, happiness, and fulfillment within a career. Getting the clients to understand that their environment plays a very important part in their health and happiness is key in situations like these. Showing empathy, reflecting on past experiences, role-playing specific scenarios, and supporting the client to find self-efficacy are very important when dealing with vocational clients struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Reference

Capuzzi, D. & Stauffer, M. (2012). Career counseling: foundations, perspectives, and applications. New York: Routledge.

2. Classmate (L. N-G)

Multiple Needs of Clients with Mental Health/Substance Abuse Concerns Regarding Career Development and Explanation of Interplay Between the Two

There are career related challenges that individuals with mental health issues face. A number of considerations determine the necessity of and opportunity for career counseling with clients in this setting.  Three examples of multiple needs that clients may have regarding mental health issues and career development are: individuals with personality disorders, those who have various forms of depression, and those who exhibit symptoms of anxiety related disorders including social phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder. Because of the prominence of work in the lives of most individuals, those with personality disorders experience many work-related difficulties and problematic career choices. Research has indicated a significant positive relationship between depression and career indecision and between depression and dysfunctional career thought, and a negative relationship between depression and vocational identity. Anxiety produce feelings of apprehension and fearfulness and may be severe enough to limit everyday workplace behaviors. (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Challenges of Counselor Working with Mental Health/Substance Abuse Clients

Counselors are faced with different challenges when it comes to working with clients affected by mental health issues and those challenges are more complex depending on the nature of the mental health issue. With clients who do not possess cognitive clarity, counselors should postpone addressing career concerns until cognitive clarity is attained. Counselors may face diversity issues when working with clients that have mental health issues and should understand their needs in context. A last challenge for counselors working with individuals that are affected by mental health issues is that few counselors are skilled in offering services to all clients with all disorders, and this deems that counselors need to broaden their conceptions of career counseling to consider their clients mental health concerns. (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Addressing Challenges of Working with Mental Health/Substance Abuse Clients

Assisting individuals to gain career competence through implementation of authentic career-related goals is a mental health modality- a primary treatment intervention (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012). Addressing the challenges of working with clients who are affected by mental health issues can be done successfully when the counselor is fluent with various methods and interventions that are proved to be effective with such clients. Whether counselors work in career or mental health settings, they must use assessment methods in making sound decisions so that their interventions fit the needs of their clients (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012). Because the nature of mental health illness may preclude some individuals from reaching the level of career achievement that others may accomplish, it is important to bear in mind that the definition of career includes not only work but all other life roles as well (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Reference:

Cappuzzi, D. & Stauffer, M. (2012). Career counseling: foundations, perspectives, and applications. New York: Routledge.

3. Classmate (Y. Tho)

Multiple Needs

Career counseling for individuals with work stress and depression along with low self-esteem. In 1987, a Gallup survey partially sponsored by the National Career Development Association found that more than 30% of those surveyed (N = 1,006) reported that job stress interfered with their ability to perform, along with maintaining personal relationships and also affected their physical health. Stress can be a threat to mental health in the workplace. Feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness, racial anger, disparity in earnings, and rapid change can be stressors (Parmer & Rush, 2003). Although stress itself is neither good nor bad, there are optimal levels of stress. Stress occurs when an imbalance occurs between perceived external demands and the individual’s perceived capability to adequately respond to these demands. The individual may be unable to build an internal and personal resources necessary to counteract stress effectively. Stressors such as role overload, role ambiguity, interpersonal conflict, underemployment, and job loss are major causes of psychological and physiological stress. This can as build into many physical symptoms, including such common conditions as headaches, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression, lowering of self-esteem, substance abuse, and family disruption and abuse (Guindon & Smith, 2002 as cited in Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012). Physiological problems such as many cardiovascular and digestive disorders are commonly attributed to stress reactions. Accidents, interpersonal conflicts, marital and family discord, apathy, and dissatisfaction are often attributable to stress Many of these symptoms may also be indicative of depression and anxiety.
Challenges

Mental health practitioners and career counselors alike can play a major role in helping their clients manage stress in the workplace. Initially, they can assist their clients in recognizing symptoms of stress. This role is perhaps one of the most important ones counselors can have. Stress is so closely related to other mental health disorders that managing stress may serve as preventative intervention. Stress management techniques can be incorporated into career and life planning programs for people with the disorders (Capuzzi &Stauffer, 2012). The challenge as a mental health professional is to identify the cause of stress, for example is it work, home, drug addition or mental illness. Many clients come into counseling just wanting the counselor to fix the problem. We have to work with them to identify where their stress generated.

References

Cappuzzi, D. & Stauffer, M. (2012). Career counseling: foundations, perspectives, and applications. New York: Routledge.

Required Resources

· Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012). Career counseling: Foundations, perspectives, and applications. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

  • Chapter 14, “Career       Counseling in Mental Health and Private Practice Settings”
  • Chapter 18, “Career       Counseling and Lifestyle Planning for Clients with Addictive       Behaviors”

Document

Website

· National Career Development Association. (2015). Internet sites for career planning. Retrieved from www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/resources