Discussion Prompts
The ability to review and synthesize empirical literature wil

Discussion Prompts
The ability to review and synthesize empirical literature will support your development as a skillful research consumer. Read the attached research study by Olafsen et al. (2021) and respond to the following prompts. Attached is the article. Olafsen, A. H., Niemiec, C. P., Deci, E. L., Halvari, H., Nilsen, E. R., & Williams, G. C. (2021). Mindfulness buffers the adverse impact of need frustration on employee outcomes: A self‐determination theory perspective. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5(3), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.93 Links to an external site.
The study’s introduction provides a background of the phenomena of interest (topic) that will be examined in the study. Moreover, the introduction will report the purpose of the current study. After reading the introduction report in your own words the stated purpose of the study. For example, Olafsen et al. (2021) examined to what extent.
Report the research questions and hypotheses for the study.
What descriiptive statistics were reported (i.e., measures of center & variability)?
What statistical test(s) were used to test the hypotheses?
Based on the data analysis results, what were the decisions about the null hypotheses?
Limitations of the study are features inherent in the research design or methodology that emerge from the conduction of research that influence the ability to interpret and generalize the findings. Report the limitations discussed in the present research study.