User:GJaet/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Aversion Therapy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because aversion therapy is something that is often associated with ABA therapy. I know a lot about ABA therapy, but I know less about aversion therapy and I wanted to see what is known about this topic. It appears to be a barebones article and there is likely more research that what this article has.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section


 * The introduction is straight-forward and explains the subject effectively.
 * It includes a description of all of the major sections.
 * There is no information that is not in the article already.
 * The lead is concise.

Content


 * Minus one section all of the information is relevant to the topic.
 * It does include something that is related but might not be a necessary addition to the article. The article discusses the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center and how aversion therapy is used for their ABA practices there. This is good information, but I do not see the benefit in the inclusion of it and creating a section of it on this page. It shows aversion therapy being used in the modern day. Perhaps more research is needed in order to understand why it is there.
 * The information is not as up-to-date as it should, with most of the information being around 20 years old.
 * The "in pop culture" section is good information, but it is not super necessary for someone reading this article.

Tone and Balance


 * The article is written in a neutral tone throughout each section.
 * The moral view point of aversion therapy mentioned, but not many details are given on why the morality is against aversion therapy. It does not try to persuade the reader in any direction, but it does not give the full picture.

Sources and References


 * There is only one section that does not have sources to back the claims up. The In compulsive habits section does not include references towards aversion therapy being used for the treatment of compulsive habits.
 * The a large portion of the information in this article is all around 20 years old, which is a little outdates, but could also point to the lack of research in this area. The alcohol section though has been updated much more recently, with the sources being less than 5 years old.
 * The links all work.
 * I found one article that I think could expand the article, even just a little. It talks about how there has not been much research into cocaine addicts and aversion therapy since 2004.
 * Wong, Stephen & O’Driscoll, Janice. (2017). Teaching Single-Case Evaluation to Graduate Social Work Students: A Replication. Journal of Teaching in Social Work. 37. 1-12. 10.1080/08841233.2017.1319895.
 * This article talks about how aversion therapy is very difficult to use to treat things like obesity, but that could expand a section on how useful aversion therapy actually is.
 * Arlinghaus, K. R., Foreyt, J. P., & Johnston, C. A. (2016). The Issue of Aversion in Lifestyle Treatments. American journal of lifestyle medicine, 11(2), 119–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827616680554

Organization and Writing Quality


 * Despite the lack of information on this topic, it is well written and concise. However some of the language that is used is a little large for a Wikipedia article. I would either cite another Wikipedia article to give the definition of the words or use different phrasing completely.
 * There are no spelling or grammar issues.

Images and Media


 * There is not any media or images in this article.

Talk Page Discussion


 * There is not not a lot of talking going on behind the scenes for this topic. However the small amount of discussion going on is related to the application of aversion therapy. There is a lot of discussion regarding the use of aversion therapy towards the LGBT+ community, specifically gay men. It appears to agree that aversion therapy is being used, but it is almost always used with electroshock therapy and thus there is not much of a reason to put it in the article.
 * The project is part of is WikiProject Medicine / Psychiatry and WIkiProjects LGBT studies.

Overall Impression


 * The section on addiction and aversion therapy is well written and the research is recent. This is a major positive on the article.
 * The article is incomplete and could use some expansion. In the minimal research I looked at, there were a couple of published articles on aversion therapy for gambling addiction and a section should be considered added. More sources are needed in order to create a new section though.
 * More recent sources should be explored for the sections that are lacking depth.