Guidelines for Contributors to Psychology and Developing Societies
1. Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor, Psychology and Developing Societies, Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: psydevsociety@hotmail.com
2. Contributors must provide their affiliations and complete postal and e-mail addresses with their papers.
3. All articles should be typed on one side of the paper (preferably A4) and double-spaced throughout (not only the text but also displayed quotations, notes, references and all other matter). Manuscripts should be accompanied by a CD-ROM or floppy disc in IBM compatible format, preferably in MS Word, and identical in every respect to the hard copy. All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 words. Notes should be numbered serially and presented at the end of the article. Notes must contain more than a mere reference.
4. British spellings throughout; universal 's' in '-ise', '-isation' words.
5. Single quotes throughout. Double quote marks used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text and indented with one space with a line space above and below.
6. Use 'nineteenth century', '1980s'. Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurements use only figures (3 km, 9 per cent not %). Use thousands and millions, not lakhs and crores.
7. Use of italics and diacriticals should be minimised, but consistent. Diacritical marks should be used for transliterated Hindi words.
8. Tables and figures to be indicated by number separately (see Table 1), not by placement (see Table below). Present each table and figure on a separate sheet of paper, gathering them together at the end of the article.
9. A consolidated alphabetical list of all books, articles, essays and theses referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided. It should be typed in double-spacing and will be printed at the end of the article. All articles, books and theses should be listed in alphabetical order of author, giving the author's surname first followed by initials. If more than one publication by the same author is listed, the items should be given in chronological order. References should be embedded in text in the anthropological style, for example: '(Sarkar 1987: 145)'. Citations should be first alphabetical and then chronological, for example, '(Ahmed 1987; Sarkar 1987; Wignaraja 1960)'. The detailed style of referencing is as follows:
A. FOR PUBLISHED SOURCES:
a) Books
Strunk, W. Jr., & White, E.B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd. ed.).New York: Macmillan.
American Psychiatric Association (1980). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
b) Edted Volumes
Letheridge, S., & Cannon, C.R. (Eds) (1980). Bilingual education: Teaching English as a second language. New York: Praeger.
c) Articles in Edited Volumes:
Hartley, J.T., Harker, J.O., & Walsh, D.A. (1980). Contemporary issues and new directions in adult development of learning and memory. In L.W. Poon (Ed.), Aging in the 1980s: Psychological issues (pp.239-252). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
d) Articles in Journals:
Becker, L.J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of Social Issues, 37 (2), 1-7.
B. FOR PUBLISHED SOURCES:
Devins, G.M. (1981). Helplessness, depression, and mood in end-statge renal disease. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, McGill University, Montreal.
10 Book reviews must contain name of author and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.
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