Based on the article : Milojevich, H. M., Machlin, L., & Sheridan, M. A. (2020).

Based on the article :
Milojevich, H. M., Machlin, L., & Sheridan, M. A. (2020). Early adversity and children’s emotion regulation: Differential roles of parent emotion regulation and adversity exposure. Development and Psychopathology, 32(5), 1788–1798. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420001273.
Made the following requirements:
1. Write the title and abstract of the paper.
Criteria for the title: argue how your title answers the following questions:
1. Does it clearly summarise the main idea of the study?
2. Is it sufficiently concise?
3. Does it identify the variables in the study?
4. Does it identify the type of relationship between the variables?
5. Does it identify the population targeted by the study?
6. Is it self-contained?
Criteria for writing the summary: argue how it answers the following questions:
Style questions:
1. Is it concise enough? (short, condensed)
2. Does it accurately reflect the content of the article?
3. Is it self-contained? (understandable without additional information)
4. Is it non-evaluative? (describes, does not evaluate the article)
5. Is it coherent and readable?
Content questions:
1. Is the problem studied presented?
2. Are the subjects presented with characteristics?
3. Are the method, instruments and procedure briefly described?
4. Are the results briefly presented?
5. Are conclusions and implications/applications summarised?
2. Elaboration of the Introduction of the paper
Argue how the study answers the following questions:
1. What is the importance/relevance of the topic studied.?
2. What is known so far on this topic?
3. What is the problem with what is known so far? (what is the problem the study solves?)
4. What is the proposed solution to this problem?
5. What are the arguments in favor of the solution?
6. What is the objective of the study?
7. What are the assumptions?
3. Elaboration of the Method section of the paper
Argue how it answers the following questions:
Participants
1. Is the number of participants in the study justified?
2. Is the sample clearly described and representative of the studied population? (if it is not representative, the reasons must be explained)
3. Is the procedure for selecting subjects and distributing them into groups described? (if it’s necessary)
4. Are the rewards received by the subjects described? (if it’s necessary)
5. Is it described how to comply with ethical norms (eg informed consent, confidentiality, deprivation of benefits/risks to which the participants are exposed)?
6. Are important demographic characteristics of the sample presented? (eg gender, age, race/ethnicity)
Tools/Materials
1. Are the measurement scales used named and described?
2. Authors?
3. No. of items?
4. The dimensions of the scales (if multidimensional)?
5. How are total and partial scores calculated?
6. What is a high score or a low score?
7. What is the internal consistency of the scales and subscales?
8. Other relevant psychometric properties?
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Note: the proposed article can be replaced with any other article in the field of psychology