User:Gabutler/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)Anxiety dream

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article in the psychology section of the C-Class articles. I think it is a really interesting topic and I've had a few anxiety dreams myself. I think it's an important classification of a bad dream, since not all are nightmares. My first impression is that it seems like a basic article with not much depth.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section:

The lead section is very concise and gives the basic feelings, descriptions, and causes associated with anxiety dreams. The article does mention that the dreams can be cause by adult problems as well, but only describes cause by childhood trauma in the article. The article also relies heavily on Fruedian theory, but does not mention him in the lead section.

Content:

The content overall is good, however more in depth sections would greatly benefit. The causes and treatment sections would definitely benefit with more information. The latest source used was from 2010, so I would say that the content could possibly be updated if more information has bee released since that date. Tone and Balance:

I don't believe the article is trying to persuade the reader into a certain way of thinking.

Sources:

I believe the author used credible sources, however there are only seven of them. The newest source is also from 2010, so I believe newer sources are needed. A simple google search of anxiety dreams brought up over 180 million results, so there is tons of research out there.

Organization:

I do believe that the article is well organized and there weren't any spelling or grammar errors that I could find

Images:

There was only one picture in the article that I believe gave an accurate depiction of an anxiety dream.

Talk Page:

On the talk page, two users also mentioned that the effects and treatment sections could be improved with more information. This article is apart of the WikiProject Psychology.

Overall:

This article is rated C-Class and I agree with it's rating. It could definitely use more information and newer sources. I would add some peer-reviewed journal information to help give more information for the causes, effects, and treatments of anxiety dreams. I do think that the article is well written though. I think it is underdeveloped.