Literature Review: Young adults facing challenges with financial, physical, and mental health in lower social class.

Upon completing Worksheets 1 and 2 (based upon the data set selected), you must identify potential topics, working questions, and literature that corresponds with that topic. You will need to develop a research question, based on the available variables in the dataset, that would inform a research analysis designed to answer this question. You will develop this research question based on commonalities amongst the individual worksheets. You need to work toward finalizing/determining your research question and topic based on commonalities within the individual worksheets. Once the identified research question has been developed, you will conduct a literature review.

Literature reviews must contain:

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7 peer-reviewed journal articles

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3 other reputable sources

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5-6 pages of text in APA format, estimated

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No abstract is required, a title page is
required.

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A references page in APA format

Literature reviews must address each of the following:

A.                 
Problem Statement (1-2 paragraphs)

                                
i.           
How many people are affected by this problem?

                              
ii.           
Why is this an important social problem?

                            
iii.           
How does this social problem impact other social
issues or focal populations?

                            
iv.           
Why is your population an important one to
study?

B.                 
Literature Review (~4 pages)—A synthesis of the
literature, not a summary

                                
i.           
Describe the important concepts and research
findings for each variable in your research question

                              
ii.           
Describe the important concepts and research
findings for the relationship between the variables in your research question
(for quantitative proposals)

                            
iii.           
What other variables or social forces influence the
variables in your research question?

                            
iv.           
Describe what is known about your target
population

                              
v.           
Define key terms and explain theories that are
important for understanding your topic

                            
vi.           
Identify consistent findings across studies

                           
vii.           
Identify gaps and controversies in the
literature

                         
viii.           
Provide your research question and hypothesis

C.                  
Implications and Conclusion: What is the point
of your proposal? (1-2 paragraphs)

                                
i.           
Discuss how your study will benefit the
discipline of social work.

                              
ii.           
Discuss how your proposal would influence
policy, practice, and research.

                            
iii.           
Discuss how your proposal will contribute
something new and important to the literature on your topic.

Below I have provided my first 2 assignments pertaining to the literature review.