Reading notes on two (2) of your selected articles that you will use for your Policy Background:

Policy Background is: For this assignment, I want to focus on a policy that alleviates the stress and worry of adolescents (18-24 years old) seeking a career change post graduation. Many students encounter along the way that they no longer want to pursue what they originally enrolled in college for. Stress may arise due to the financial concerns or burdens, uncertainty about the future or the fear of starting over. Overthinking can lead to a recurring stressor that affects us negatively, ultimately leading to the risk of mental illnesses.

Based on the articles you submitted in your outline, select two for this exercise. It make be difficult to find articles about your specific topic, instead look for articles on stress that somewhat relate to your topic or that can support your thesis on the effects of stress. You can also use articles from other organisms (for example, if you are focused on humans, you can also use animal studies).

At least one (1) of the articles should be primarily literature, it must have a Materials & Methods section (but not be meta-analysis). See here how to distinguish primary from secondary literature.

For each of the two (2) articles:

Upload the PDFs of your selected articles &

Answer the questions below:

Why did you select this article? How is this article connected to your policy?

What information found in this article contributes to your proposed policy? How will you incorporate the information in this article into your policy justification?

What is the motivation for the study – what is the broad problem in the field that the study helps to address?

Is this article primary or secondary literature? Explain the reason for your choice

• What is the specific hypothesis or thesis being proposed?

A) Point to 3 examples of evidence that authors use to support their thesis and B) explain how it connects to the authors’ thesis. (explain at least one main figure or graph)

• A) Point to one caveat the authors present that may challenge their thesis. B) Explain how this factor connects to the authors thesis.

Provide the full reference to this article using this format: Author 1 Last Name, First name initials; Author 2 Last Name, First name initials, (Year of publication). Article title. Journal name in italics Volume#(Issue#): start_page:end_page.
Example:
Shendelman S, Jonason A, Martinat C, Leete T and Abeliovich A (2004). A redox-dependent molecular chaperone that inhibits alpha-synuclein aggregate formation. Plos Biology 2(11): 1764-1773.

Don’t use quotes, you need to summarize the findings using your own words.

Save your summaries in your own files. You will need them when writing the scientific justification.