Skip Navigation


Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on March 10, 2009
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2009 34(4):339-343; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp014
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
34/4/339    most recent
jsp014v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Drotar, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Drotar, D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Editorial: How to Write an Effective Results and Discussion for the Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Dennis Drotar, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dennis Drotar, PhD, MLC 7039, 3333 Burnett Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3936, USA. E-mail: dennis.drotar@cchmc.org

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.


   Presenting Results
 
Authors face the significant challenge of presenting their results in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology (JPP) completely, yet succinctly and writing a convincing discussion section that highlights the importance of their research. The third and final in a series of editorials (Drotar, 2009aGo,bGo), this article provides guidance for authors to prepare effective results and discussion sections. Authors also should review the JPP website (http://www.jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/) and consider other relevant sources (American Psychological Association, 2001Go; APA Publications and Communications Board Working Group on Journal Reporting Standards, 2008Go; Bem, 2004Go; Brown, 2003; Wilkinson & The Task Force on Statistical Inference, 1999Go).

Follow APA and JPP Standards for Presentation of Data and Statistical Analysis
Authors’ presentations of data and statistical analyses should be consistent with publication manual guidelines (American Psychological Association, 2001Go). For example, authors should present the sample sizes, means, and standard deviations for all dependent measures and the direction, magnitude, degrees of freedom, and exact . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Provide an Overview and Focus Results on Primary Study Questions and Hypotheses
Report Data that is Relevant to Statistical Assumptions
Integrate the Text of Results with Tables and/or Figures
Describe Missing Data
Consider Statistical Analyses that Document Clinical Significance of Results
Include Supplementary Information Concerning Tables, Figures, and Other Relevant Data on the JPP Website

   Writing the Discussion Section
 
Organize and Focus the Discussion
Describe the Novel Contribution of Findings Relative to Previous Research
Discuss Study Limitations and Relevant Implications
Describe Implications of Findings for New Research
Describe Implications of Findings for Clinical Care and/or Policy

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?