ISSN 1900-2386
printed version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

Target Audience

The journal PSYCHOLOGY. ADVANCES IN THE DISCIPLINE is aimed at students and professions in the areas of health, human and social sciences.  Primarily, the journal tackles themes which are of particular interest and use to psychology students and graduates, as well as postgraduate students in the different areas of psychology and related fields.

Judging Process

All the articles will be evaluated by two academics pairs with experience and domains in the area. Once the articles have been received, the editorial committee will review and send selected articles for the corresponding judging process, with the aim of giving feedback and deciding on whether it will be accepted for publication.  The judging process will be carried out using “double blind” methodology, with the aim of guaranteeing the objectivity of the evaluation.

The evaluation from academics pairs would give you as a result:

1. Acceptance of the article: The article will be published without changes.
2. Acceptance with corrections: The article should be the subject of minor changes, once made by the author the corrections will be evaluated again by the pairs.
3. Pending approval: The article has to be rearranged and postulated again, for that reason you have to start the postulated process from the beginning.
4. Not approving: The article wasn’t approved.

The committee reserves the right to accept or not the articles which will be published in each issue of the journal. Accepting an article for publication implies the ceding all rights for its publication and circulation though any physical or electronic media to the University of San Buenaventura, Bogotá D.C..

Form and Style

Scientific and Technological Investigative Articles. The articles which belong to this category should have the following structure:

1. Title (Spanish and English or Portuguese, Spanish and English)
2. Summary and key words (Spanish and English)
3. Introduction
4. Objectives
5. Method (type of investigation, design, participants, instruments, procedures, ethical considerations)
6. Results
7. Analysis
8. References (minimum of 15)

Although some elements of this structure can be changed according to each article or the investigative model used, most of the requirements must be fulfilled.

Reflexive or Revision Articles. Articles which belong to this category should have the following structure:

1. Title (Spanish and English, or Spanish and Portuguese)
2. Summary and key words (Spanish and English)
3. Introduction
4. Objectives
5. Theoretic revision and investigative results
6. Conclusions
7. References (minimum 50)

Quoting References in the Text. All the different authors who have served as a base for the preparation of the articles must be referenced. Some examples of how to quote are:

“Belsky and Strattor (2002), have demonstrate the ability to...”

“... clear undetectable injuries (De Paúl & Arruabarrena, 2005).”

“Milner (1993; quoted by Hecht & Hansen, 2001) formulated an ethiological model...”

References

The list of references should be placed at the end of the article in strict alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author and with a hanging indentation of one centimetre. All quotes written in the article must be referenced. Some examples of references are:

Gantiva, C., Trujillo, A., Gómez, W. & Martinez, A. (2007). Actitudes hacia el consumo de cocaína y marihuana en estudiantes universitarios. Psychologia. Avances de la disciplina, 1, 61-81.

Pagano, R. (2002). Estadística para las ciencias del comportamiento. Mexico: Thomson.

Riskind, J. (2004). Cognitive theory and research on generalized anxiety disorder. En: R. Leahy. Contemporary Cognitive Therapy (pp. 62-85). New York: The Guilford Press.

Velásquez, M. (2001). Factores cognitivo-emocionales que influyen en el rendimiento deportivo. Unpublished Document. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Figures and Tables

Figures, tables or images should be sent in the original format in such a way that they can be edited according to the layout of the journal (the content will not be edited).  The numbering and title of the figures and images should be placed beneath, the numbering and title of the tables should be placed above.  Colours should not be used, either in figures or tables, both should be in black and white.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations can be used, but when they are used for the first time, the whole phrase or name should be written with the abbreviation appearing in brackets.  For example:  Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); afterwards just the abbreviation “BDI” can be used.

Language

The journal accepts articles in Spanish and English. The language used should be simple and easy to understand. Regionalisms or anglicisms that have a clear equivalent in the original language should not be used, and it is advisable to avoid using sentences in the first person.

Instructions on how to Nominate Articles

Authors who are interested in nominating their articles for publication should send a cover letter and the article to the e-mail address cgantiva@usbbog.edu.co and psychologia@usbbg.edu.co on letter sized paper, single columned, in Microsoft Word, font Times New Roman, size 12, with double lined spacing and a maximum of 20 pages including the references, tables and graphics.

Articles should not be nominated simultaneously for assessment in another journal. The articles should be unpublished and follow the rules of the American Psychology Association (APA).

The first page of the document should include: a) the title of the article in Spanish and English; b) author(s), their institutional links, postal address and e-mail address; and c) summary and key words in Spanish and English.

The correspondence must be sent to the following direction:

Editorial board
Psychologia. Avances de la disciplina
Facultad de Psicología
Universidad de San Buenaventura
Dirección de postgrados
Bogotá - Colombia
E - mail: psychologia@usbbog.edu.co
Website: http://revistas.usbbog.edu.co/index.php/Psychologia/index