Many PsyD doctoral candidates decide to copyright their projects. This is a good idea if follow-up research is anticipated or if a truly innovative concept is developed in the project.

The University retains the right to use Doctoral Projects for academic purposes such as displaying them in a library that is open for public review, making them available for review by other doctoral candidates of this institution, and providing copies for review by educational or professional licensing and accrediting agencies.

In the event the doctoral candidate chooses to copyright the Doctoral Project; the University still retains its right to use the Doctoral Project for educational purposes as described. To document the doctoral candidate’s agreement with this condition, the doctoral candidate is to sign and date the following statement and return to the Committee Chair with a copy attached to the final version of the project submitted for the course.

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To: School of Behavioral Sciences

From: First & Last Name, Doctoral Candidate

Subject: Copyright Agreement Release

Date: April 2019

I, Edward Carter Simon, Doctoral Candidate, do hereby grant California Southern University permission to use my Doctoral Project for educational purposes as described in this memorandum.

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First & Last Name, Doctoral Candidate Date

© 2021

Edward Carter Simon
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY APPROVAL

We, the undersigned, certify we have read this Doctoral Project and approve it as adequate in scope and quality for the degree of Doctor of Psychology.

Doctoral Candidate:

Title of Doctoral Project:
Doctoral Project Committee:
(Type name and degree)

Signed: ____________________________________
Project Chair Date
(Type name and degree)

Signed: ____________________________________ _
Committee Member Date
(Type name and degree)

Signed: ____________________________________ _
Committee Member Date
Gia Hamilton, Psy.D.

Signed: ____________________________________ _
Dean, School of Behavioral Sciences Date 
DEDICATION
To my father, and the grief that lit the way.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To those that have stood beside me throughout my journey into the dark woods.

ABSTRACT
This section is a comprehensive and brief summary of the doctoral candidate’s study. The abstract is limited to 250 words. This page is not written until chapters have been approved. Some Learners want to write this earlier but the content is to be a summary of the entire project and that is unknown until after all chapters have been approved. The abstract is not indented and is a single paragraph. The APA (2020) manual, Section 2.9 to 2.10, provides four descriptions of this section: accurate, non-evaluative, coherent and readable, and concise. The abstract is the first section that is seen by a reader and thus must be carefully constructed. The items to include in this section are dependent upon the type of study. The following provides a synopsis of what is included. list keywords from your paper in your abstract. To do this, indent as you would if you were starting a new paragraph, type Keywords: (italicized), and then list three to five words, phrases, or acronyms as keywords. Listing your keywords will help researchers find your work in databases.
For a complete perspective, refer to the APA (2020) 7th ed. Sections 2.9 to 2.10.
Provide the following:
o Key aspects of the literature review
o Problem under investigation or research question(s)
o Clearly stated hypothesis or hypotheses (only for quantitative studies)
o Methods used (including brief descriptions of the study design, sample, and sample size)
o Study results
o Implications (i.e., why this study is important, applications of the results or findings)
o Keywords: (italicized), and then list your keywords