Authors must comply with the following requirements before submitting a manuscript:
The manuscript must address clinical psychology, psychotherapy, personality, therapeutic processes, or other topics related to the Journal’s aims and scope.
The manuscript must represent the authors’ original work, must not have been published previously, and must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.
The manuscript text, in-text citations, reference list, tables, and figures must be prepared in accordance with the latest edition of the APA Publication Manual.
An empirical research article must include at least the following sections:
The structure of theoretical, review, qualitative, and case-study articles may be adapted according to the type of manuscript.
The authors’ full names, institutional affiliations, academic ranks, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers must be provided on a separate page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified.
To facilitate double-anonymous peer review, the main manuscript file must not contain the authors’ names, institutional affiliations, or any other information that could reveal their identities.
The abstract must clearly state the study’s objective, method, principal findings, and conclusion. Three to five keywords must be provided at the end of the abstract.
For research involving human participants, approval from an authorized ethics committee and the participants’ informed consent are required. The name of the ethics committee and the approval code must be stated in the manuscript. The confidentiality of clients’ and participants’ information must be fully protected.
The sampling method, participant characteristics, instruments, procedures, analytical methods, and study limitations must be reported with sufficient clarity to permit scientific evaluation of the research.
All sources cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and all sources included in the reference list must be cited in the text. Tables and figures must be numbered, provided with clear titles, and referred to in the manuscript.
Authorship may be attributed only to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the research, preparation of the manuscript, or critical scientific revision and who accept responsibility for its content.
Authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest and sources of financial support for the research. If no conflict of interest or financial support exists, this must also be explicitly stated.
Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Any substantive use of such tools in writing, analysis, image generation, or coding must be disclosed. The authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy and originality of all submitted content.
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Following an initial assessment of its relevance, structure, scientific quality, and compliance with ethical principles, the manuscript will be submitted for expert peer review. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee its acceptance.
Submission of a manuscript to the Journal constitutes acceptance of its policies regarding authorship, peer review, publication ethics, and the completion of any required scientific or editorial revisions.
Thought and Behavior in Clinical Psychology