Instructions
Create an annotated bibliography using the 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly resources you identified in
your Week 2 assignment and any additional resources you have found that support your topic and
population and provide additional insight.
Your annotated bibliography should support the topic and population you selected in the Week 2
assignment.
For each of the five resources, provide the reference in APA style. Then, in your annotation for each
resource, address each of the following, as applicable to the resource:
• Analysis of current theories and research regarding the identified challenge or population.
• Interpretation of ways culture, community, families, and society affect children and/or
adolescents.
• Issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion related to the identified challenge and/or population.
• Implications for research, policy, and practice for the identified challenge and/or population.
• Evaluation of how the resource provides evidence that your selected topic is of importance to
the field of human behavior and should be addressed.
Additional Requirements
• Written communication: Written communication is free from errors that detract from the overall
message.
• APA formatting: References are cited according to current APA style and formatting. Refer to
Evidence and APA on Campus for more information.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following
course competencies and rubric criteria:
• Competency 1: Evaluate social and cultural factors affecting youth and the impact of these
factors on families and communities.
• Interpret the ways culture, community, families, and society affect children and adolescents.
• Evaluate evidence that a selected topic should be addressed.
• Competency 2: Interpret research from the family science literature related to community issues
affecting youth.
• Create an annotated bibliography containing at least 5 sources that support assertions about
a selected topic and population.
• Analyze current theories and research.
• Analyze implications for research, policy, and practice.
• Competency 3: Evaluate how child and adolescent studies are changing by articulating main
trends, legal and ethical factors, and issues of diversity.
• Evaluate issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional, scholarly manner.
• Adhere to the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
• Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.v
