Strong connections with anger rumination were also found. With respect to anger expression, self-pity was primarily related to anger-in. With respect to control beliefs, individuals high in self-pity showed generalized externality beliefs, seeing themselves as controlled by both chance and powerful others. With respect to personality, results showed strong associations of self-pity with neuroticism, particularly with the depression facet. Two studies with N=5141 and N=5161 university students were conducted, employing multidimensional measures of personality, control beliefs, anger, loneliness, and adult attachment. The present article aims at exploring personality characteristics associated with individual differences in feeling sorry for oneself. So far, however, empirical research has paid only scant attention to this subject. Self-pity is a frequent response to stressful events. Phrases that help identify it as a research study are in bold: Here is an example of an abstract of a research study from Sociological Collection. Again, carefully examine the abstracts to see if the articles meet the requirements of a research study. Then, add terms like "research study," "empirical," or "longitudinal" to your search. Be sure to click in the box to limit to peer reviewed journals. Many of the EBSCO host databases (e.g., Academic Search Complete, Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition, Sociological Collection) allow you to limit to peer reviewed journals, but not by specific publication type. Instead, try something like "gender and research study" or even "gender and study." In all of these examples, you need to carefully examine the abstracts to see if the articles meet the requirements of a research study. For example, you might search for "gender and tables." This doesn't work well in Social Work Abstracts, though, because "tables" is not indexed. This works because most research studies contain tables, and this is an indexed field in this database. In Sociological Abstracts, a quick and dirty way to find research studies is to limit to "Articles" and then add "tables" to your search. Some databases, like Sociological Abstracts, and Social Work Abstracts allow you to limit to "Articles" or "Abstracts of Journal Articles," but do not have more specific publication types. Sometimes, you may have to look at the actual article to make this determination. Look carefully at the article abstracts to see if the article meets the requirements of a research study.Select "Reports - Research / Technical.".Further down the screen, find the box labeled "Publication Type".Select "Journal Articles" from the menu choices.In the area below the search boxes, find the box labeled "Journal or Document".However, these publication types usually qualify as research studies: There is not a category for Research Studies. Scroll down the screen until you find "Methodology".
Here are tips for limiting by publication type in several popular databases: Use this feature to help identify research studies. Some databases allow you to limit by publication type. comments or letters relating to previously-published research studies.Examples of article types that are NOT research studies include: The articles often contain headings similar to these: Literature Review, Method, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.Īrticles that review other studies without presenting new research results are not research studies. Research studies are almost always published in peer-reviewed (scholarly) journals. Identify a research population or group.These guidelines can help you identify a research study and distinguish an article that presents the findings of a research study from other types of articles.