MALADAPTIVE MOTHER CHILD RELATIONSHIPS: AN ARTICLE CRITIQUE
The article critiqued is "Maladaptive Mother Child Relationships: A Pilot Study" (Sachs and Hall, 1991, pp. 226 233). The article is critiqued in the context of problem statement, conceptual framework, purpose, design, sample, instruments, procedure, analysis, and discussion.
The problem investigated in the study reported in the article concerned the links between factors assumed to be associated with maladaptive mother child relationships and the behavior of children involved in such relationships. The problem investigated in the reported study was not explicitly identified. Rather, it is necessary for the reader to derive the nature of the problem from statements included in the background material presented in the article introduction. Thus, it cannot be said that the problem investigated is stated precisely and clearly in the article.
The problem investigated in the study reported in the article was delimited in scope. The delimitation was accomplished through statements in the background material as a part of the article introduction that identified the variables examined in the study. The investigation of the problem through the study reported article was justified by the authors on the grounds that existing studies reported in the literature either used inappropriate comparison groups, or relied to a great extent on incomplete data.
The theoretical and practical significance of the problem investigated in the study was dealt with in the introduction to the article. The significance of the problem was well established by the authors. The significance to nursing science and practice of the problem investigated in the study reported in the article was not explicitly stated by the authors. This significance, however, is easily inferred by the reader from the background material presented as a part of the article introduction. In this context, it is imp...