Orathinkal Critique

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Orathinkal Article Critique: Forgiveness: Perception and Motivation Study Among Married Adults Jessica Langford Liberty University Online, Dr. Buckles Section One: Summary The article “Forgivness: A perception and motivation study among married adults” written by Orathinkal, Vansteenwegen, and Burggraeve (2008), has been labeled and organized as a cross-sectional and scholarly article. This article consisted of an abstract, introduction, method, results, summary and discussion, and conclusion sections, as well as including a reference page. The introduction served as both introduction and literature review, and has subheadings that include objectives research questions, and definitions of terms. The method section included subheadings of participants, measures, procedures, and methods of analysis. Results had a short narrative, and three sub headings; conceptual classification, difference in forgiveness perception, and relationship between forgiveness and FMPC scales. The summary and discussion summarized the results and delved a bit further by subheading a section dealing with limitations and potential directions for future research. There was a short conclusion after the summary and then the APA formatted reference page. The following sections have critiqued the title and introduction, methodology, results and discussion, as well as including evaluation of the article. Section Two: Critique of Title and Introduction Title The article on forgiveness and perceptions by Orathinkal et al (2008), had a title that sufficiently specified what it was about. If an individual searched for an article concerning forgiveness and marriage, or forgiveness and perception, this article would have come up as relevant to the individual’s search (Pyrczak, 2013). The article has also been considered concise due to it being nine words in length and not going

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