psychbull-theory-integration
Use when turning the synthesis results of a Psychological Bulletin manuscript into a genuine theoretical contribution — reconciling conflicting findings, building or refining a model, and stating scope conditions and a research agenda. Makes the synthesis matter; it does not run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychbull-theory-integration --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Theory Integration (psychbull-theory-integration) A Psychological Bulletin paper is judged not by the size of its table but by **what the synthesis means for psychology**. The journal publishes **evaluative and integrative** reviews — the value is in **interpreting** an existing literature, reconciling its contradictions, and advancing or refining a theoretical account. (Note: a *purely* new theory with no synthesis belongs to *Psychological Review*; here the theory is grounded in the synthesized evidence.) This skill builds the contribution; the numbers come from the analysis skills. ## When to trigger - The pooled effect, moderators, and bias analyses exist and you must say what they *mean* - A literature has conflicting findings you can now reconcile - Building or refining a theoretical model from the synthesized evidence - A reviewer says the review is "a competent meta-analysis but not a contribution" ## From results to contribution 1. **Answer the field's open question.** State what the synthesis resolves: the size of an effect, why studies disagreed, which moderator explains the pattern, whether an effect survives bias correction. 2. **Reconcile conflict with the moderator
- When to trigger
- From results to contribution
- Calibrate claims to evidence
- Anti-patterns
- The integration bar that defines a Bulletin paper
- Worked vignette — turning numbers into theory
- Referee pushback → venue-specific fix
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the psychbull-theory-integration skill do?
Use when turning the synthesis results of a Psychological Bulletin manuscript into a genuine theoretical contribution — reconciling conflicting findings, building or refining a model, and stating scope conditions and a research agenda. Makes the synthesis matter; it does not run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychbull-theory-integration --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.