Learning Activity: Best Practices for Writing a Purpose Statement

In the course resources, navigate to theBest Practices for Writing Your Purpose Statement(National University Dissertation Center, n.d.).

List the five most applicable of these best practices for a potential study supported by the literature compiled for the Lesson 1 and Lesson 4 Assignments and a reflection describing how you will incorporate them when writing a purpose statement. Include why each one is helpful to you, why you selected them, and how the literature you've compiled supports them.

References

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Machi, L. A., & McEvoy, B. T. (2022).The literature review : Six steps to success. Corwin Press.

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Arkan, I. (2022).Psychosocial and Political Mechanisms of Ambiguous Loss Among Children Having a Parent with Schizophrenia: A Grounded Theory Study(Order No. 30289905). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2761188116).

Caveney-Pote, L. (2007).Children raised by mothers with schizophrenia: A case study(Order No. 3278639). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (304770295).

Ferriter, M. C. (1997).Parenting and schizophrenia(Order No. 10798037). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2008472059).

Gagas, J. (2014).Late modernist schizophrenia: From phenomenology to cultural pathology(Order No. 3623157). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1549976883).

Gyllenberg, D., Mckeague, I. W., Sourander, A., & Brown, A. S. (2020). Robust datadriven identification of risk factors and their interactions: A simulation and a study of parental and demographic risk factors for schizophrenia.International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research,29(4), 1.

Iswanti, D. I., Mendrofa, F. A. M., Nursalam, N., Fitriyasari, R., & Kandar, K. (2024). The Relationship Disease Management and Parenting Stress on Families' Ability to Care for Schizophrenia.Psychiatry Nursing Journal / Journal Keperawatan Jiwa,6(1), 1-7.

J., A. (2020).A Comparative Study of Behavioral Patterns in the Children of Parents with Schizophrenia and the General Population(Order No. 30577148). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2848774167).

Krantz, M. F., Hjorthj, C., Brandt, J. M., Prsch, . K., Rohd, S. B., Wilms, M., Veddum, L., Steffensen, N. L., Knudsen, C. B., Andreasen, A. K., Stadsgaard, H., Hemager, N., Burton, B. K., Gregersen, M., Sndergaard, A., Greve, A., Gantriis, D. L., Melau, M., Ohland, J., & Mortensen, P. B. (2023). Home environment of 11-year-old children born to parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder - a controlled, 4-year follow-up study: The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 11.Psychological Medicine,53(6), 2563-2573.

McCoy, M. M. (1996).Parenting and support needs of women with schizophrenia(Order No. 9636672). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (304303251).

Mihalicz, A. J. (2022).Phenomenological Study of the Maternal Experiences of Women with Schizophrenia(Order No. 30684051). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2890693957).

Neumann, E., Juckel, G., & Haussleiter, I. S. (2020). Quality of Parental Care and Traumatic Experiences in Childhood Related to Schizophrenic Disorders.Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease,208(10), 818-821.

Peh, O. H., Rapisarda, A., & Lee, J. (2020). Quality of parental bonding is associated with symptom severity and functioning among individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis.Schizophrenia Research,215, 204-210.

Pierce, P. (2023).Parental Stress and Self-Care(Order No. 30488276). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2822647161).

Rabha, A., Padhy, S. K., & Grover, S. (2021). Parenting skills of patients with chronic schizophrenia.Indian Journal of Psychiatry,63(1), 58-65.

Shenoy, S., Desai, G., Venkatasubramanian, G., & Chandra, P. S. (2019). Parenting in mothers with schizophrenia and its relation to facial emotion recognition deficits- a case control study.Asian Journal of Psychiatry,40, 55-59.

Veddum, L., Greve, A. N., Gregersen, M., Andreassen, A. K., Knudsen, C. B., Brandt, J. M., Krantz, M. F., Sndergaard, A., Burton, B. K., Jepsen, J. R. M., Hemager, N., Werge, T., Thorup, A. A. E., Nordentoft, M., Mors, O., & Nudel, R. (2023). A study of the genetic architecture of social responsiveness in families with parental schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and population-based controls.Psychiatry Research,326.

Ziske Maritska, Bintang Arroyantri Prananjaya, Nita Parisa, Puji Rizki Suryani, Friska Anggraini, Safa Nabila Putri, Jesica Putri Salim, & Mohammad Hilal Atthariq Ramadhan. (2022). Parental risk factors in schizophrenia: The apple does not fall far from the tree.Annals of Indian Psychiatry,6(2), 122-124.

• The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success

Machi, L. A., & Brenda T. McEvoy, B. T. (2022).The literature review: Six steps to success: Vol. Fourth edition.Corwin. Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 (pp. 127 -182).

Suggested Resources

• Exhausting the Literature

National University Library. (n.d.).Exhausting Literature.https://resources.nu.edu/researchprocess/exhaustingliterature This source provides a "Steps to Take" graphic to ensure that your literature search is comprehensive.

• Staying Current on Your Research Topic: Skill Up Dissertation Toolbox

National University Library. (n.d.).Staying current on your research topic: Skill Up Dissertation Toolboxhttps://ncu.libwizard.com/f/currentresearch2 This tutorial provides strategies for accessing recently published content relating to your topic.

• Grey Literature

National University Library. (n.d.).Grey literature.https://resources.nu.edu/researchprocess/greyliterature This source provides a definition of grey literature, how to locate it, and types of grey literature, and places where grey literature might be found.