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Article Evaluations

 * 1) Emotional approach coping involves emotional processes and expression to better deal with stressful events. All information provided in the article is relevant to emotional approach coping. The article seems to be unbiased.  There were no viewpoints over- or underrepresented. All citations that I tried were linked to the appropriate reference.  The majority of references were from peer-reviewed journals and there were only a few that were books, which suggests that these references are neutral since they would have to go through a strenuous review process.  Most of their references are fairly recent (2010s).  However, despite these strengths, I wish the article had more information on the development of this construct since emotional approach coping "was developed to explain an inconsistency in the stress and coping literature.  I would like to explore this more.  The history of the construct is very brief.  In addition, I would be interested to learn more about the mechanisms of change related to emotional approach coping.

Aggression (related articles)

 * 1) Emotional dysregulation refers to the inability to regulate ones emotions, which ultimately results in aggressive behavior such as angry outbursts and other behavioral problems . All information provided in the article is relevant to emotional dysregulation; however, the articles explanation needs to have more information from credible sources. The article seems to be unbiased.  There were no viewpoints over- or underrepresented. All citations that I tried were linked to the appropriate reference.  The majority of references were from peer-reviewed journals and there were only a few that were books, which suggests that these references are neutral since they would have to go through a strenuous review process.  Most of their references are fairly recent (2010s).  However, there were only 17 citations and when I searched emotion dysregulation and aggression on Google Scholar there were 42,000 results, which suggests that this article could be better developed.  The article needs to elaborate more on the internalizing behaviors and externalizing behaviors rather than providing vague, brief bullet points.  In addition, from previous experience working with this construct, I know that there is extensive literature on emotion dysregulation and child psychopathology.  The articles section on this is brief and is missing a citation.
 * 2) Emotional competence refers to an individuals ability to effectively and successfully express their emotions. All information provided in the article is relevant to emotional competence. The article seems to be unbiased.  There were no viewpoints over- or underrepresented. The articles references are a major weakness.  The articles citations were not correctly cited.  In addition, it is difficult to tell if their references were from peer-reviewed journals and there were only a few that were books.  There were only 6 citations and when I searched emotional competence and aggression on Google Scholar there were 320,000 results, which suggests that this article could be better developed. The content in this article would need to be edited and would need to include more relevant information on what emotional competence is and how it is connected with emotional capital and assertiveness.

Aggression Project