The research proposal assignment provides you with an opportunity to expand upon our current knowledge of a relationship topic by describing where you would take the research next. This assignment should be based on one of the required/suggested articles from any of the classes, or any of the studies mentioned in class. In a maximum of 8 (double-space pages, please describe a new research direction that builds upon that paper. You should provide a rationale for your research question (why is this important to explore?), a sensible and feasible study design, hypothesized results, and theoretical and/or applied implications of these results. You will be graded based on the novelty of the research idea, the appropriateness of your research design, the potential impact of your predicted results, and the overall quality of your writing (i.e., organization, logical flow).