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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in PDF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Research articles

Title of Paper: The title of the paper should not exceed 25 words. The title should be written in first letter capital format.

Authors’ Name/Affiliation: The name(s) of the author(s) should be written surname and initials. The department and institution of the author(s) should be written under the authors’ name, bearing a corresponding superscript against the author’s name(s).

Example         Okeke, F.O1& Eze, C.L2

1Department of Home Science, university of Nigeria, Nsukka

2Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu.

Abstract: The abstract should be written in block format, single line spacing, Times New Roman font type, font size 12 and not more than 250 words.

Keywords: The key words should be between three to five words.

Main body: Each paragraph should be indented, 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman font type, font size 12 and between 15 – 20 pages.

Introduction: Introduction should address the background of the study, literature review, statement of the problem and rationale for the study. Each section of the introduction should be written in paragraph and not structured in subheadings.

Theoretical Background of the Study (if applicable): These should address the theory or theories which guides the study hypotheses.

Objectives and/or Hypotheses: These should be outlined clearly.

Materials and Methods: (This subheading should be used for experimental studies). These should contain other subheadings such as; study design,  material procurement, sample preparation procedure, analytical methods and procedure and statistical methods used for data analysis.

Methodology: (Use this subheading if the research is a survey).The sub headings should include Study design, Population for the study, Sample and Sampling Techniques, Data collection Instrument, Validity and Reliability Tests, Method of Data collection, Data and Statistical Analysis.

Ethical Approval Policy: All studies that involve human participants should include how their informed consent was obtained. The procedure for ethical approval for the study should also be clearly stated and the approval number clearly provided in the manuscript.

Results: The results should be written concisely. The text should come before tables and figures.

Discussion: Explain the meaning of your results and their implications first. The discussion should be presented according to the research objective/questions and or hypotheses. The relationship between the result and existing literature should be also addressed here. If theoretical background and hypotheses are used, the findings should be discussed in relation to the theory and hypotheses.

Conclusion & Recommendation: These should be written separately and strictly based on the findings of the study.

Acknowledgment (optional): Institutions or persons that contributed financially or technically to the study should be highlighted.

 

Review articles

Title of Paper: The title of the paper should not exceed 25 words. The title should be written in first letter capital format.

Authors’ Name/Affiliation: The name(s) of the author(s) should be written surname and initials. The department and institution of the author(s) should be written under the authors’ name, bearing a corresponding superscript against the author’s name(s).

Example         Okeke, F. O.1& Eze, C.L2

1Department of Home Science, university of Nigeria, Nsukka

2Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu.

Abstract: The abstract should be written in block format, single line spacing, Times New Roman font type, font size 12 and not more than 250 words. Please do not write in italics.

Keywords: The key words should be between three to five words.

Each paragraph should be indented, 1.5line spacing, Times New Roman font type, font size 12 and between 12- 15 pages.

Introduction: Introduction should address the background of the study, statement of the problem and rationale for the study. Each section of the introduction should be written in paragraph with NO subheadings.

Outline of the review:  these are bullet points of the subheadings under which the article is organized.

Main body: The articles should be written under specific subheading. The manuscript should be rich in relevant and up to date literature.

Conclusion: the conclusion should contain the summary of the findings of the studies or review.

 Recommendation: These should be written separately and strictly based on the findings of the study/review.

Both research and review papers  (please see APA 7th edition guideline for more details.

Citation/References: APA 7th edition reference style should be adhered to both for in-text citation and the reference list. Authors are advised to used reference manager software such as Mendeley, Zotero, Online APA Citation Generators, and End Notes for citations and references.

Examples:

  • Books

In-text: One to two authors- Collier, A. (2008) or Salas and D'Agistino (2020)

  • Three or more authors- (Martin et al., 2020) or Martin et al. (2020)
  • Group Author with Abbreviation- First Citation: (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2020). Subsequent Citations: (NIMH, 2020)

or First Citation: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2020) Subsequent Citations: NIMH (2020)

Reference List: One author- Collier, A. (2008). The world of tourism and travel. Pearson.

  • Two authors- Barkway, D., & O’Kane, D. (2020). Psychology: Introduction for health professionals. Elsevier.
  • Group Author with Abbreviation- Ministry of Health. (2007). Looking at long-term residential care in a rest home or hospital: What you need to know. National Cancer Institute

Book with two editors instead of author.

Reference List: Melendy, R., & Kincaid, C. (Eds.). (2018). Birth order and personality. Doubleday.

  • Chapter in an Edited Book

In-text: (Aron et al., 2019) or Aron et al. (2019)

Reference List: Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

 

  • Journal Articles

In-text: one to two authors- Ogoja and Eket (2021) or (Ogoja & Eket, 2021)

  • Three or more authors- (Martin et al., 2020) or Martin et al. (2020)
  • Group Author with Abbreviation- First Citation: (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2020) Subsequent Citations: (NIMH, 2020) or First Citation: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2020) Subsequent Citations: NIMH (2020)

Reference List: One author- McCauley, S. M. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51.

  • Two authors- McElrea, F., & Thompson, D. (2019). Our traditional criminal justice system. The New Zealand Law Journal, 378–383.
  • Three to 20 authors- (list all authors) Lamastra, L., Balderacchi, M., Di Guardo, A., Monchiero, M., & Trevisan, M. (2016). A novel fuzzy expert system to assess the sustainability of the viticulture at the wine-estate scale. Science of the Total Environment, 572, 724–733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.043.
  • 21 or more authors- Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K. C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., . . . Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP /NCAR 40-year reanalusis project. Bulletin of the American Meterological Society, 77(3), 437-471. http:// doi.org/fg6rf9
  • Group Author with Abbreviation- National Cancer Institute. (2018). Facing forward: Life after cancer treatment (NIH Publication No. 18 -2424). U.S. Department of health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https:// www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/life-after-treatment.pdf

 

  • Conference Paper proceedings published in a journal

In-text: (Duckworth et al., 2019) or According to Duckworth et al. (2019)

Reference List: Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

 

  • Figures (images, illustrations, photographs, maps, charts)

In-text: (Zimbio, 2013)

Reference List: Zimbio. (2013). NZFW A/W 2013: Charlie Brown – Backstage [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.zimbio.com/ pictures/ZIL6dIX5VQT/NZFW+ W+2013+Charlie+Brown+Back stage

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