Submissions

Author Guidelines

Before submitting your manuscript to this journal, ensure you have read the Aims and Scope section. We publish original articles, reviews, and reports in English and Indonesia. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition. Manuscripts should be submitted in Ms. Word format and note the following guidelines:

ARTICLE TEMPLATE

1. Type of Paper

• Research Article: Articles that report novel empirical findings or theoretical developments
• Review Article
• Opinion Paper

2. Manuscript Submission

• Manuscript Type: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before, that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else, and that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities—tacitly or explicitly—at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
• Permission: Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

3. Title Page

    The title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

4. Abstract

Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words summarizing the content of the paper, including hypothesis, research subject, methodology, and result. The abstract should   not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references

5. Keyword

Keywords are specific words included in the research taken from the research variable, characteristic of research subject and referred theory (Please provide three keywords written in alphabetical order). The keywords are arranged based on the prominent word to the supporting word. Should the author use “keywords” for English abstract, and “Kata Kunci” for Indonesian abstract.

6. Introduction 

The introduction should contain general background, state of the art, research gap, aims of the research and advantage of the research, and hypothesis.

6. Method

Methods contain variable identification, research subject, research instrument, research methodology and analysis technique being used in the research.

7. Result

The result of the research consists of descriptive statistics, assumption and hypothesis test which critically analyzed afterward.

8. Discussion

The discussion explains the result of research in accordance with the prior study, critically analyzed with currently relevant literature. The discussion should be ended with a conclusion and recommendation.

9. Conclusion

Conclusion contains the answer of research purpose, not summarizing all the research. This section should be written in a concise, solid and clear statement based on the result of study with not more than 5% of all the paper’s length.

10. Citation

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990).
• This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1999).

11. Reference List

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.

• Journal article: Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film Writing, 44(3), 213–245.
• Article by DOI: Slifka, M. K., & Whitton, J. L. (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Journal of Molecular Medicine, doi:10.1007/s001090000086
• Book: Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Book chapter: O’Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107–123). New York: Springer.
• Online document: Abou-Allaban, Y., Dell, M. L., Greenberg, W., Lomax, J., Peteet, J., Torres, M., & Cowell, V. (2006). Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice. Resource document. American Psychiatric Association. http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf. Accessed June 25, 2007.
• Journal names and book titles should be italicized.

We suggest all of you use the software  MENDELEY on ZOTERO for easy citation. References should be the most recent and pertinent literature available (about 5–10 years ago). 

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