UG/PG Research
Research Guidelines/Ethics
APA Code of Ethics [Official]
The official APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (Effective since January 1, 2017); available at https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ethics-code-2017.pdf [pdf]
ICMR Ethical Guidelines [Official]
National Ethical guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving Human Participants; given by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); https://main.icmr.nic.in /sites /default/files/guidelines/ICMR_Ethical_Guidelines_2017.pdf [pdf]
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DSM (5th edition) [Official]
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) by the American Psychiatric Association; available at http://repository.poltekkes-kaltim.ac.id/ [pdf]
ICD-10 (WHO) [Official]
International Statistical Classification of Diseases & Health Related Problems (2nd edition) by the World Health Organization (WHO); available at https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/ICD-10_2nd_ed_volume2.pdf [pdf]
Formulating Research Topic
Current Research topics
Check out some of these current or relevant research areas; Link 1 (APA), Link 2 (EduStore), Link 3 (VeryWellMind), Link 4 (APS). Also, download this book chapter on selecting research topics.
Coming up with a Research topic
Check out this list of interesting research topics found on Google, which could be useful for students to jumpstart their research topic selection process [pdf]
Creating the Problem Statement
Most important points in creating a Problem Statement for your research topics; given by Dr. Marilyn K. Simon [pdf]
How to write a Research Problem statement
A short but useful guide to coming up with Research problem statements given by piu@sheffield.ac.uk [pdf]
What is a Problem Statement?
Editorial on research problem statement given by Hernon and Schwartz; and published in Library and Information Science Research (29-2007) [pdf]
Review of Literature
Literature review & Focusing your research [Book chapter]
This Book chapter by Sage Publications covers the entire Literature review process in depth, with lots of useful examples and illustrations; more suited for social sciences. It is a good starting point for students writing ROLs for the first time [pdf]
A Brief Guide to Writing a Review of Literauture
This short guide to ROL writing by University of Toronto provides useful guidelines to writing your Review of Literature chapter; including two neat lists on Questions to ask about your ROL and Questions to ask about the resources you are reviewing. [pdf]
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Writing a Literature Review in Psychology
This resource material from the University of Washington Writing Center covers range a of areas in ROL writing, right from what it is, how to go about finding articles, and also how to read them and compile the final review. [pdf]
Flowchart for writing the Review of Literature
This short, illustrative guide by the Writing Resource Center, CSU Bakersfield covers the process of writing a literature review, details of formatting and organization of content in ROL, and provides two examples of a thematic review of literature [pdf]
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Writing a Literature Review (Review articles)
This short document by Western Sydney University introduces the purpose and process of writing standalone Literature reviews or Review articles. It has a useful table that helps to understand the difference between Literature reviews and normal college essays. [pdf]
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Sample of Literature Review chapter
This document by Key et al. (2010) is a good sample for Review of Literature chapters in research dissertations. Although it covers a pharmaceutical related topic, the authors have provided useful annotations and comments throughout the document. [pdf]
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40 steps to your ROL
This list by an unknown source has summarized useful content from legitimate resources and compiled a step wise process to writing your ROL, covering various nuances, issues, tips and useful links for the various steps. [pdf]
Research Writing
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A Brief Guide to Writing the Psychology Paper
This guide by Harvard College provides useful information on the types of Psychology papers, natures of sources to use, challenges in writing a paper, etc. It provides useful idea about various headings to cover within research articles
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Detailed Guidelines for Research Dissertations
This detailed guide covers everything to know about Research dissertations; chapter organization, headings, writing style, structure and formatting, etc. The whole resource has been formatted according to APA as well and can be used as a template.
Summary of Points on Research
Brief on the Scientific Method
This guide by VeryWellMind describes the scientific process most often used in Psychology research; it can be found at https://www.verywellmind.com/steps-of-the-scientific-method-2795782?print (by Kendra Cherry)
Important concepts in Psychology research
These class notes by Remika Sirikulthada outlines the most important concepts in Psychology research. Based on the CAIE Psychology A level course, these notes are useful for undergraduate students starting out with research
Basic concepts in Psychology research (book chapter)
This book chapter covers the introduction to Psychology research, and outlines the most important concepts related to the scientific research process