Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two quantitative research studies.

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This critical appraisal will assess two quantitative research studies. The first study is entitled “The influence of personality traits and parenting styles on adolescents’ decision-making skills,” by R.C. Smith et al., published in the Journal of Adolescent Psychology (2018). The second study is titled “Factors Affecting Interpersonal Problem Solving Ability among Young Adults,” by S.T. Davey et al., published in Current Psychology (2020).

The Smith et al. study employed a quantitative approach to investigate how various personality traits and parenting styles are linked to adolescents’ decision-making skills. The authors conducted an online survey with 252 high school students from one midwestern public school district, ranging from ages 14 to 18 years old. Participants completed a 100-item survey that included measures such as the Big Five Personality Inventory, Parental Bonding Instrument, and Decision Making Self Report for Adolescents scales. Results revealed significant correlations between self-reported levels of neuroticism and low parental warmth/high parental control style with lower levels of adolescent decision making competence; conversely, higher levels of openness were associated with more competent decisions among these middle schoolers and high schoolers alike throughout the sample population studied.

In contrast, Davey et al.’s 2020 paper investigated factors associated with interpersonal problem solving ability among young adults aged 18–25 years old using both qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods derived from surveys administered to college freshmen at three different universities located in Mexico City over 6 months starting May 2015 through November 2016 (N = 1120).