Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer-Reviewed Article Summaries

PSYCH/500

University of Phoenix

Peer-Reviewed Article Summaries

Journals are publications that contain articles on current research. The purpose of the articles is to explain details about the author’s research, findings, and conclusions. Journal articles provide up-to-date information and supporting evidence for assignments. The subject of this paper pertains to three peer-reviewed article summaries that address topics for further investigation in Week Six of this course.

Zuckerman, D., & Sayre, D. (1988). Cultural Sex Role Expectations and Children's Sex Role Concepts. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 8(8), 853-862.

This article explained research on sex-role attitudes and how culture has influenced the sex-role concept of children. The researchers interviewed middle-class children between the ages of 4 and 8 about their sex-role attitudes. The children were asked about their career goals, career choices as the opposite sex, and why they like being a boy or girl. Other factors discussed in this research include the parents’ employment status, education, career, and sex-role status. This research demonstrated that these young children expressed traditional attitudes for appropriate sex-role behavior. The information is interesting to review because most people are not aware of the capabilities of the intelligence found in young children.

Stern, J. (2004). Traumatic brain injury: An effect and cause of domestic violence and child

abuse. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 4(3), 179-181.

This article explained research about the long-term consequences of domestic violence between intimate partners in adulthood and child abuse. The research showed that among infants and toddlers, physical abuse is the leading cause of serious traumatic brain injury (TBI) and death. The severity of TBI was related to...