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Manuscripts

All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th ed. (APA Manual). A free tutorial about APA style is available at www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx.

Anonymization
Original Articles, Research Notes, and APAHF in Practice papers will undergo double-blind peer review. Authors should therefore remove all potentially identifying information from the submitted manuscript, replacing names and any indication of the institution where a study was conducted by neutral placeholders. Upon acceptance, this information must of course be reinstated.

Title Page

To facilitate blind reviewing, the title page of the submitted manuscript should include only the paper’s title and running head. A second title page including all author information should be submitted as a separate document. This should include the title; author name(s) (preceded by first names, but with no academic titles given); name of institute (if there is more than one author or institution, affiliations should be indicated, using superscript Arabic numerals); and an address for correspondence (including the name of the corresponding author with e-mail and phone numbers).

Abstract / Keywords

An abstract (maximum length 120 words) should be printed on a separate sheet for Original Articles, Research Notes, and APAHF in Practice papers. A maximum of 5 keywords should be given after the abstract.

Tables / Figures

Table and figures should be numbered separately using Arabic numerals and must all be cited in the text (e.g., “As shown in Table 1,…” – “As can be seen in Figure 1,…”). Each figure and each table should be printed on a separate sheet. Each table should have a brief descriptive title; this should then be followed by the body of the table. Longer explanations, if required, should be included in a footnote to the table. Figures must be accompanied by a legend. Figures may be reproduced in color in the online journal, but will normally be reproduced in black/white or grayscale only in the printed journal, which authors should take into consideration when designing figures.

References

Citations in the text and in the reference list proper should follow conventions listed in the APA Manual.