This is your coursework for Human Development Through the Lifespan Maximum: 2700

This is your coursework for Human Development Through the Lifespan
Maximum: 2700 words (excluding references and data extracts)
Your Task
The task is described below, and the assessment rubric available here Download assessment rubric available here. Both should be used to inform your writing.
It requires you to conduct a metasynthesis using thematic analysis using the papers provided reading packs
for the assignment:
Reading Pack 2: Online gaming addiction
– Perceptions of adolescents concerning pathological video games use
-Games for boys: a qualitative study of experiences with commercial off the shelf gaming
-The Impact of Heavy (Excessive) Video Gaming Students on Peers and Teachers in the School Environment:
A Qualitative Study
-A Qualitative Analysis of Online Gaming Addicts in Treatmentent
You need to ensure that you have more than one person coding the data.
That means you will need to work with 1-2 other students and code the same data extracts and then swap/compare notes on your coding. It is up to you whether to include all or just some of the coding from your partner for your final metasynthesis, but you should write your submission independently.
There is no right or wrong, but you need to make a logical judgement about what you think tells the best ‘story’ from the data.
Please refer to the information below to further guide your writing of the assessment
Guidelines
You will be required to include the following headings/sections in the portfolio:
Introduction (including literature review) leading to your overall research question.
Research question
Method:
Sample (defining which studies were included and the inclusion/exclusion criteria).
Method of coding (what approach and who conducted these)
Results
Overview of results from the analysis
Outline of key themes that emerged
Discussion and Implications for future research
Reflexivity section (personal reflection on the exercise of no more than 200 words)
References (in APA format)
Please make sure that you correctly cite and reference all secondary sources you use, and include a reference list.
The reference list will not be included in your final word count.
Maximum: 2700 words (excluding references and data extracts)