Sex offenders and depression

I put a topic of sex offenders and depression, however if you can think of anything else. I will be open to it.

The Commission on Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) requires that MFT approved programs, “teach ways that MFTs can support marginalized and underserved communities and demonstrate an appreciation for the many ways that discrimination negatively influences the lives of marginalized and underserved people served by MFT professionals, including antiracism and work with sexual and gender minorities and their families. The standards promote inclusion, respect for diversity, non-discrimination, and social responsibility from a perspective that is appreciative of the effects of larger sociocultural factors, on experience.” (www.coamfte.org). For this reason, MFT-related research should also reflect principles of inclusivity. As you consider your research topic, describe in one paragraph how your topic will either be inclusive, or, will not marginalize previously marginalized groups.

You will develop the project in the four parts listed below. The page counts provided are an estimate intended to help you satisfy the requirements for the final paper, which is to be 15-20 pages long (page count may NOT include the required title page, table of contents and reference pages)

1. You will write a description of a problem that needs to be researched in the field of Counseling and Psychotherapy that interests you. Provide reasons why research is needed to answer a research question. Within this part is included a specific research question and hypothesis. This section is be about 3-4 pages and the page count may NOT include the required title page, table of contents, and references.

2. Add background information based upon research conducted around the area of your research topic from research journal articles. This is typically called a literature review. Use a thematic concept for your literature review where you synthesize the information obtained from your sources into themes rather than summaries of the articles. This section should have a minimum of 10 scholarly, peer-reviewed sources focused on the areas around your research question and add about 6-10 pages to the total page count (the page count may NOT include the required title page, table of contents, and references). Review information here about writing a literature review:

3. Add a description of how you would design a study to test the stated hypothesis in Part 1. Use the information from the textbook to determine what type of methodology you are proposing. Explain the type of methodology you are proposing, why that type is being recommended, and describe the participants, sampling frame, cultural and ethical considerations. This section is to add about 3-4 pages and the page count may NOT include the required title page, table of contents, and references.

4. Add the final section of your proposed research project explaining the data collection process and data analysis. In this section, provide a description of how you propose to collect data for each variable specified in your hypothesis. The data analysis section is to specify the statistical tests that would be conducted in order to test the hypothesis and the reasons why the test(s) are the correct ones to be used. This section is to add about 3-4 pages and the page count may NOT include the required title page, table of contents, and references.

This proposal is not to mention the author, you, in first or third person grammar. Just state the facts. Read research articles that are reports of quantitative research to see how the authors are not discussed in the text of the report.