The journal review I chose to do was “Early adolescent gender differences in the use of ruminative and distracting coping strategies” by Patricia C. Broderick. Her hypothesis was that “rumination is manifested to a greater extent by girls than by boys prior to the onset of adolescence.” The independent variable in this study is the fourth and fifth grade boys and girls, meaning their actual gender is the independent variable. The dependent variable is the …showed first 75 words of 981 total…

…showed last 75 words of 981 total…would like to see this research continued to see if the views of this sample of students has changed. I really think this experiment is important because it really helps researchers understand people better, and that is what psychology is all about, I think, understanding people and the things they do. There should be more studies like this one given to all groups of people so researchers can understand how people develop as they grow.