Rehabilitation Psychology® Editor: Timothy R. Elliott, PhD ISSN: 0090-5550 Published Quarterly, beginning in February

Instructions to Authors

Authors are urged to review the submission guidelines prior to submission. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.

Please consult APA's Instructions for All Authors for information regarding

• Manuscript Preparation
• Submitting Supplemental Materials
• Abstract and Keywords
• References
• Figures
• Permissions
• Publication Policies
• Ethical Principles

Submission

New and revised manuscripts are to be submitted electronically (.rtf and .pdf files are preferred) through the Manuscript Submission Portal.

General correspondence and express mail may be directed to

Timothy R. Elliott, PhD, Editor Rehabilitation Psychology Department of Educational Psychology Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843-4225 E-mail: Editorial Office

Masked Review Policy

Masked reviews are preferred, but it is incumbent upon authors who wish masked reviews to make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities. Authors' names, affiliations, and contact information should be included only in the cover letter.

Cover Letter

The cover letter accompanying the manuscript submission must include all authors' names and affiliations to avoid potential conflicts of interest in the review process. Addresses and phone numbers, as well as electronic mail addresses and fax numbers, if available, should be provided for all authors for possible use by the editorial office and later by the production office.

Authors should include in their submission letter

1. a statement of compliance with APA ethical standards in the conduct of the work reported in the manuscript
2. a statement that the manuscript or data have not been previously published and that they are not presently under consideration for publication elsewhere
3. a statement that all listed authors have contributed significantly to the work submitted for consideration

Authors are required to submit copies of any papers under review, in press, or previously published whose content closely relates to that of the manuscript in question and that might be perceived as constituting duplicate publication.

Authors may also suggest qualified reviewers of the manuscript, but these are considered advisory only.

Style of Manuscripts

The journal considers theoretical, empirical, and commentary papers relevant to rehabilitation psychology. Brief reports are considered.

Brief Reports

This format may be appropriate for empirically sound studies that are limited in scope, contain novel or provocative findings that need further replication, or represent replications and extensions of prior published work. Brief Reports are intended to permit the publication of soundly designed studies of specialized interest that cannot be accepted as regular articles because of lack of space.

Brief Reports must use a 12-point Times New Roman type and 1-in. (2.54-cm) margins, and not exceed 265 lines of text plus references. These limits do not include the title page, abstract, author note, footnotes, tables, or figures.

Randomized Clinical Rrials: Use of CONSORT Reporting Standards

Rehabilitation Psychology encourages the use of the CONSORT reporting standards (i.e., a checklist and flow diagram) for randomized clinical trials, consistent with the policy established by the Publications and Communications Board of the American Psychological Association.

CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) offers a standard way to improve the quality of such reports, and to ensure that readers have the information necessary to evaluate the quality of a clinical trial.

Manuscripts that report randomized clinical trials are required to include a flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the trial and a checklist that identifies where in the manuscript the various criteria are addressed. (The checklist may be placed in an Appendix of the manuscript for review purposes.)

When a study is not fully consistent with the CONSORT statement, the limitations should be acknowledged and discussed in the text of the manuscript.

Visit the CONSORT Statement Web site for more details and resources.

Nonrandomized Trials: Use of TREND Statement

Rehabilitation Psychology encourages the use of the most recent version of the TREND criteria (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs for nonrandomized designs that often are used in public health interventions; available from the TREND web site).