DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SCIENCES

CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES, IIUM

WRITING SKILLS (HSA0364)

SEMESTER III, 2019/2020

SYSTEMATIC SUMMARY (20%)

A. Learning Outcome:

1. Distinguish different types of research sources writing techniques, and research methods.
2. Demonstrate skills in identifying research ideas and locating research sources.

B. Task Instruction;

1. This is an individual assessment.

2. Students will be given ONE HOUR to complete the assessment.
3. TWO journal articles from IIUM Online Database will be provided by the lecturer.
4. Students will extract required information from the journal articles.
5. The criteria of assessment for the systematic summary will be based on the rubrics.
 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SCIENCES, CFS IIUM
WRITING SKILLS (HSA0364)

Matric. No. 192531

Name Nor Syuhada binti rosleen
Section 908

RUBRIC FOR SYSTEMATIC SUMMARY (20%)

Item Criteria Article 1 Article 2

Problem statement (1.5 Identify the main issue in the research paper. /1 /1
marks) Summarize in own words /0.5 /0.5

Research objective(s) Identify all the research objectives of the research

/1 /1
(1 mark) paper.

Research question(s) Identify all the research questions of the research

/1 /1
(1 mark) paper (at most 3).

Method(s)
Identify all the methods used in the research paper. /1 /1
(1 mark)

Results Identify at least 2 main results of the paper /2 /2

(2.5 marks) Summarize in own words /0.5 /0.5

Suggestions Identify all the suggestions of the paper (at most 3). /1 /1
(1.5 marks) Summarize in own words 0.5 /0.5

Locating Sources (1.5 Identify 1 primary source in the reference list /0.75 /0.75
marks) Identify 1 secondary source in the reference list /0.75 /0.75

/10 /10

TOTAL /20
 Article 1

Problem statement Nowadays, adults that experienced mental health problems, for
instance depression and anxiety have increase for about threefold
which is from 10.7% to 29.9% in the year 1996 to 2015
respectively.

Research objective 1. to understand the trend by assessing depressive symptoms and

their correlates in a cross-section of Malaysians.

2. to provide a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of

depressive symptoms in particular (as opposed to mental health
problems in general) by looking at results from Beck’s
Depression Inventory (BDI-II; Beck et al., 1996).

Research question(s) 1. why people in Malaysia are experiencing depression?

Method(s) 1.Participants were recruited at public places such as shopping

areas and malls from three different states: Penang, Selangor, and
Terengganu. Prior to answering the questionnaire, all participants
read a statement of purpose and provided their consent.
Participants were paid 10 ringgit Malaysia (about 2.5 USD) for
their participation. The survey took most people 20–30 min to
complete.

2.Participants reported their gender, age, ethnicity, and

educational level. No personally identifiable information (e.g.,
name, IC number) was collected to ensure the confidentiality of
the participants and their responses. Participants were given
contact information for the researchers if they had questions or
wished to be informed of the research results

Results 1.From the ethnics Malays, 10.3% of them have severe depression
while 11.1% have moderate depression, which concluded that
Malays participants have overall rate of depression amounting to
21.4%.

2.From the ethnics Chinese, 7.4% of them have severe depression

while 11.7% of them have moderate depression. Which brought
the overall depression rate from the Chinese participants
 amounting to 19.1%.

3. the overall depression rate for Indian ethnics amounting to

23.5%, which from it, 15.2% is suffered from severe depression
and 8.3% of the suffered moderate depressive symptoms.

Suggestions 1.Future research should look more deeply into the major sources
of stress among Malaysians with an eye toward preventive public
policies.

2. Future studies should look at depression rates and associated

factors in both urban and rural samples to clarify this issue.

3. the data suggest that Malaysians have a somewhat different

perspective on locus of control from some other cultural groups.
This finding warrants further exploration and, if supported, could
be included in future intervention programs specifically tailored
to Malaysians.

4. Future research should explore in more detail the

interrelationships among occupation, stress, and well-being.

5. Future research might look at the challenges facing divorced

individuals in Malaysia

6. Future studies, for example, should look in more depth at such

variables as social support, social skills and relationship quality,
among others.

Primary source Blay, S. L., Andreoli, S. B., Fillenbaum, G. G., and Gastal, F. L.
(2007). Depression morbidity in later life: prevalence and
correlates in a developing country. Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 15,
790–799. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3180654179

Secondary source Bertolote, J. M., and Fleischmann, A. (2002). Suicide and

psychiatric diagnosis: a worldwide perspective. World Psychiatry
1, 181–185.
 Article 2

Problem statement Academic stress is the main cause for suicidal cases and mental
health problems such as depression and anxiety.

Research objective 1.understand the sources and impact of academic stress in order to
derive adequate and efficient intervention strategies.

2. To find if there exists academic stress among students.

3. To find if there are any significant gender differences in the

total academic score obtained by the participants.

4. To understand if there are significant differences in dimensions

of academic stress experienced by males and females.

Research question(s) What is the sources of the stress among students?

Method(s) 1.Participants for the study were selected from a general pool of
students using random sampling technique where the classes were
 chosen based on names picked out from a fish bowl.

2. Informed consent form and demographic profile sheet were

given to all the participants and the objectives of the study were
explained.

3. Academic Stress Scale developed by Rajendran and

Kaliappan(1991) was used to understand the sources of stress.
This questionnaire was selected on the basis of previous results
obtained during the pilot study of this project.

Results 1. 48.80% of the students experience average to high stress levels.

2. there is no distinctive differences in the total academic stress

suffered by the male and female students.

3. there is a distinctive difference in academic stress across the

four streams. The highest stress stream have been reported to be
the Commerce stream, followed by the Management stream and
Science stream.

Suggestions 1.Improving the holistic well-being of the student would

eventually be productive not only the individual but, for the
overall productivity of the institutions as well.

Primary source Banerjee, N., Chatterjee, I. Academic Stress, Suicidal Ideation &
Mental WellBeing Among 1st Semester & 3rd Semester Medical,
Engineering & General Stream Students. Researchers World, 73-
80 (2012). Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/
docview/1816764514?pq-origsite=gscholar

Secondary source Wong, P. T., Wong, L. C., & Scott, C. Beyond stress and coping:
The positive psychology of transformation. In Handbook of
multicultural perspectives on stress and coping. Springer US
(2006).