Author Guidelines
- The title should be maximum 15 words, centered, bold, with font size 14, Times New Roman.
- The abstract should be less than 200 words, justify, with font size 12 and 1 paragraph spacing.
- Abstract contains:
- Introduction: it should consist of 2-3 sentences about research background and a sentence about objective of the research.
- Method: it contains research design, research place setting, sample, dependent and independent variables, how to measure the variables, and techniques on data analysis.
- Result: it contains the main result of the research.
- Keywords: it should be maximum 5 words/ phrases, there is coma between phrases/ words.
- The journal’s body should be written in two columns with font size 12, Times New Roman, and 1,5 line spacing
- Articles should be between 12-15 pages.
- If the authors consist of a student and two advisors, the first author must be the student, second author is the advisor 1, and the third author is the advisor 2. It should be 11 font size.
- Here is the example about how to write department and institution. They must be under the author’s name and followed by corresponding email of the first author. They should be font size 11.
- The articles should contain introduction, method, research finding and discussion, and conclusion.
- If there is quotation which consists of 4 or more lines with more than 50 words, it should be written inside indent.
- Quotation and references follows American Psychological Association (APA) style
Examples:
I. BOOKS
Single Author
Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. Philadelphia: Balliere Tindall.
Two or three authors
Cone, J.D., & Foster, S.L. (1993). Dissertations and theses from start to finish: Psychology and related fields. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
No Author
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Not the firts edition
Mitchell, T.R., & Larson, J.R. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to
organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
The author is team or institution
American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington DC: Author.
Book consist of multi-volume (editor as the author)
Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Translation
Kotler, Philip. (1997). Manajemen pemasaran : Analisis, perencanaan, implementasi (Hendra Teguh & Ronny Antonius Rusli, Penerjemah.). Jakarta: Prenhallindo.
Article or chapter in an edited book
Eiser, S., Redpath, A., & Rogers, N. (1987). Outcomes of early parenting: Knowns and unknowns. In A. P. Kern & L. S. Maze (Ed.). Logical thinking in children (pp. 58-87). New York: Springer.
Article/term in a reference book
Schneider, I. (1989). Bandicoots. In Grzimek’s encyclopedia of mammals (vol.1, pp. 300 304). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Articles of seminar, conference, and others
Crespo, C.J. (1998, March). Update on national data on asthma. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Leesburg, VA.
II. SERIAL
Journal rrticle
Clark, L.A., Kochanska, G., & Ready, R. (2000). Mothers’ personality and its interaction with child temperament as predictors of parenting behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 274-285.
Magazine article
Greenberg, G. (2001, August 13). As good as dead: Is there really such a thing as brain death? New Yorker, 36-41.
Newspaper article
Crossette, Barbara. (1990, January 23). India lodges first charges in arms Scandal. New York Times, A4.
Newspaper article without author
Understanding early years as a prerequisite to development. (1986, May 4). The Wall Street Journal, p. 8.
Book reference from journal
Grabill, C. M., & Kaslow, N. J. (1999). Anounce of prevention: Improving children's mental health for the 21st century [Review of the book Handbook of prevention and treatment with children and adolescents]. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, 115 116.
Movie reference from journal
Lane, A. (2000, December 11). Come fly with me [Review of the motion picture Crouching tiger, hidden dragon]. The New Yorker, 129-131
III. INTERVIEW
White, Donna. (1992, December 25). Personal interview.
IV. OTHER WORKS AND NON-PRINTED WORKS
Television Show
Crystal, L. (Executive Producer). (1993, October 11). The MacNeil/Lehrer news hour. [Television broadcast]. New York and Washington, DC: Public Broadcasting Service.
Video cassette/VCD
National Geographic Society (Producer). (1987). In the shadow of Vesuvius. [Videotape]. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.
Audio cassette
McFerrin, Bobby (Vocalist). (1990). Medicine music [Audio Recording]. Hollywood, CA: EMI-USA.
Computer software
Arend, Dominic N. (1993). Choices (Version 4.0) [Computer software]. Champaign, IL: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research Laboratory. (CERL Report No.CH7- 22510)
V. ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
Complete Work
McNeese, M.N. (2001). Using technology in educational settings. October 13, 2001. University of Southern Mississippi, Educational Leadership and Research. http://www.dept.usm.edu/~eda/
Articles from online website
Senior, B. (1997, September). Team roles and team performance: Is there really a link? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 70, 241-258. June 6, 2001. ABI/INFORM Global (Proquest) database.
Journal articles on website
Lodewijkx, H. F. M. (2001, May 23). Individual- group continuity in cooperation and competition undervarying communication conditions. Current Issues in Social Psychology, 6 (12), 166-182. September 14, 2001. http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.6.12.htm
Institution Document
NAACP (1999, February 25). NAACP calls for Presidential order to halt police brutality crisis. June 3, 2001. http://www.naacp.org/president/releases/police_brutality.htm
Institution document without page number and without publication year.
Greater Hattiesburg Civic Awareness Group, Task Force on Sheltered Programs. (n.d.). Fund-raising efforts. November 10, 2001. http://www.hattiesburgcag.org
Author and publication time are unknown
GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). September 13, 2001. http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/
Wilson, R.W. (1999, March 24). Pennsylvania reporting data. Child Maltreatment Research. March 30, 1999. CHILD-MALTREATMENT-R-L@cornell.edu
CD-ROM
Ziegler, H. (1992). Aldehyde. The Software Toolworks multimedia encyclopedia (CD- ROM version 1.5). Boston: Grolier. Januari 19, 1999. Software Toolworks.