OVERVIEW Throughout the course you have learned about the importance of research

OVERVIEW
Throughout the course you have learned about the importance of research in counseling and how empirically based interventions help inform how counselors practice. The Benchmark Research Proposal Assignment will expound upon your Topic Selection: Final Topic Selection Assignment in hopes to formulate a research study that can be used in counseling.
INSTRUCTIONS
You will answer the questions located in the Research Proposal Paper Template, in a narrative, illuminating the current literature and how the literature informs your proposed study. Then you will conclude your paper with the implications that this study could have upon the counseling field and integrate a biblical perspective in light of these implications.
Please follow the steps below, answering all the questions in each section.
• Your paper must only be 2 – 3 pages in length
o This length does not include the title page, abstract, and reference page
• Your section headings will include: Literature (with Research Questions as a subheading and with other subheadings as needed) and Integration (subheadings as needed).
• Your paper must be formatted in current APA formatting.
• At least five citations and references must be included. Acceptable sources include peer-reviewed literature such as journal articles and books.
Please keep in mind that the Online Writing Center is a wonderful resource for you. The center can give you feedback on assignments before they are submitted for grading.
Note: Submit your paper in the course and in Tevera/LiveText:
• If you are a School Counseling student, please submit to LiveText.
• If you are a Clinical Mental Health/Professional Counseling student, please submit to Tevera.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.