Individual Racial/Ethnic Health Psychology (REHP) Literature Review Paper (100
points): This paper should be eight pages minimum, 10 pages maximum in length (includes a
title page and written content; excludes references). You must identify one racial or ethnic
group to focus on and focus on psychological and behavioral factors that impact the physical
health for that group. Your literature review should incorporate six journal articles total: three
from more than 10 years ago (2012 and older) and three published within the last 10 years (e.g.,
2013 to present). The peer-reviewed articles you use must either be epidemiological in nature
(i.e., studies done on large-scale databases like the NHANES) or use an experimental design
that directly examines the psychological and behavioral factors in a physical health outcome
you choose. Your paper must also have one old and one new article highlighting the role of
discrimination in the physical health of the racial/ethnic group of your choice. You must
follow APA 7 th edition format in writing this paper (e.g., formatting, spacing, font size, etc.).
You will be turning in a first draft, where I will provide feedback on your writing and on APA
style and format; this will be worth 50 points. You will then have to incorporate my feedback
into your final submission of this paper; this will be worth 50 points. Students will also engage
in peer review in class (no points assigned to this, as this is to benefit your writing by getting
someone else’s eyes on your paper). You will be provided with a sample paper. Rubric is
presented at the end of the syllabus (Appendix A). You can use the resource presented
after the rubric (Appendix B) to help you look for articles for this very specific paper. I
points): This paper should be eight pages minimum, 10 pages maximum in length (includes a
title page and written content; excludes references). You must identify one racial or ethnic
group to focus on and focus on psychological and behavioral factors that impact the physical
health for that group. Your literature review should incorporate six journal articles total: three
from more than 10 years ago (2012 and older) and three published within the last 10 years (e.g.,
2013 to present). The peer-reviewed articles you use must either be epidemiological in nature
(i.e., studies done on large-scale databases like the NHANES) or use an experimental design
that directly examines the psychological and behavioral factors in a physical health outcome
you choose. Your paper must also have one old and one new article highlighting the role of
discrimination in the physical health of the racial/ethnic group of your choice. You must
follow APA 7 th edition format in writing this paper (e.g., formatting, spacing, font size, etc.).
You will be turning in a first draft, where I will provide feedback on your writing and on APA
style and format; this will be worth 50 points. You will then have to incorporate my feedback
into your final submission of this paper; this will be worth 50 points. Students will also engage
in peer review in class (no points assigned to this, as this is to benefit your writing by getting
someone else’s eyes on your paper). You will be provided with a sample paper. Rubric is
presented at the end of the syllabus (Appendix A). You can use the resource presented
after the rubric (Appendix B) to help you look for articles for this very specific paper. I
encourage you to use Grammarly (you can sign up for it for free), as this is available as an
add-on to Microsoft Office (meaning you can install it and use it side-by-side with
Microsoft Office).. This will be turned in via Canvas. This paper should not be written
(in any way) with the use of AI-generated technology, like ChatGPT
add-on to Microsoft Office (meaning you can install it and use it side-by-side with
Microsoft Office).. This will be turned in via Canvas. This paper should not be written
(in any way) with the use of AI-generated technology, like ChatGPT
Definition of terms
The following are clearly defined:
Racial/ethnic group: Middle Eastern
Psychological Factor: Acculturation Stress
Behavioral Factor: Health-seeking behavior
Health outcome: Cardiovascular disease
Racial/ethnic group: Middle Eastern
Psychological Factor: Acculturation Stress
Behavioral Factor: Health-seeking behavior
Health outcome: Cardiovascular disease
4 pts
Old literature
Your literature review should incorporate at least three articles from more than 10 years ago (2012 and older).
6 pts
Old literature
The articles you choose must examine the disparity for your group either through analyzing existing databases (e.g., NHANES) or ones that use an experiment.
3 pts
Old literature
Two articles must specifically address Psychological and Behavioral factors
4 pts
Old literature
One article must specifically focus on the role of discrimination.
3 pts
New literature
Your literature review should incorporate three articles
published within the last 10 years (e.g., 2012 to present).
published within the last 10 years (e.g., 2012 to present).
6 pts
New literature
The articles you choose must examine the disparity for your group either through analyzing existing databases (e.g., NHANES) or through an experiment.
5 pts
New literature
Two articles must specifically address Psychological and Behavioral factors
2 pts
New literature
One article must specifically focus on the role of discrimination.
2 pts
Grammar and punctuation
Submitted Grammarly.comLinks to an external site.
Links to an external site. submission as PDF or picture
Links to an external site. submission as PDF or picture
5 pts
Diction, syntax, and sentence flow
Logical sentence flow, appropriate choice of words, sentence structure, etc.
5 pts
APA style/format
Paper formatted according to student papers of APA 7th edition style/format.
5 pts
Total Points: 50