• Topic 2: Social Work Practice in Mental Health Wellbeing
  • Logical positivism lens:Nadal, K. L., Wong, Y., Stricken, J., Griffin, K., & Fujii-Doe, W. (2015). Racial microaggressions and Asian Americans: An exploratory study on within-group differences and mental health.Asian American Journal of Psychology,(2), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038058
  • Interpretivism lens:Nadal, K. L., Escobar, K. M. V., Prado, G. T., David, E. J. R., & Haynes, K. (2012). Racial microaggressions and the Filipino American experience: Recommendations for counseling and development.Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development,40(3), 156-173. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1912.2012.00015.x

By Day 7

addresses the following:

• Provide a brief overview of both articles under the sample topic you selected. What was the article about? What type of research design did the author(s) use? What were the findings?
• For the article that is guided by logical positivism, analyze the epistemological, ontological, axiological, and methodological assumptions underlying the study.
• For the article that is guided by interpretivism, analyze the epistemological, ontological, axiological, and methodological assumptions underlying the study.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of using logical positivism and interpretivism to study the topic or problem in the articles.
• Identify your potential dissertation or doctoral capstone topic or problem in 1 sentence.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations in using logical positivism and interpretivism to study your selected topic or problem.
• Explain how the guiding paradigm of a research study influences your critical evaluation of the evidence presented in the article.

Please use the following references

Huang, Y. T., & Fang, L. (2016). Understanding depression from different paradigms: Toward an eclectic social work approach. British Journal of Social Work, 46(3), 756-772. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcv135

• Ponterotto, J. G. (2005). Qualitative research in counseling psychology: A primer on research paradigms and philosophy of science. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), 126-136. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.126
• Yilmaz, K. (2013). Comparison of quantitative and qualitative research traditions: Epistemological, theoretical, and methodological differences. European Journal of Education, 48(2), 311-325. doi:10.1111/ejed.12014
• Nadal, K. L., Escobar, K. M. V., Prado, G. T., David, E. J. R., & Haynes, K. (2012). Racial microaggressions and the Filipino American experience: Recommendations for counseling and development.Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development,40(3), 156-173. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1912.2012.00015.x
• Nadal, K. L., Wong, Y., Stricken, J., Griffin, K., & Fujii-Doe, W. (2015). Racial microaggressions and Asian Americans: An exploratory study on within-group differences and mental health.Asian American Journal of Psychology,(2), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038058