Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

Editor

Michael A. Zárate
University of Texas at El Paso

Associate Editors

Art W. Blume
Washington State University

Tabbye M. Chavous
University of Michigan

Richard Lee
University of Minnesota

Norweeta G. Milburn
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Tiffany Yip
Fordham University

Book Review Editor

Jeffery Scott Mio
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Editorial Board

Alvin N. Alvarez
San Francisco State University

Leslie Ashburn-Nardo
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Germine Awad
University of Texas at Austin

Nida Bikmen
Denison University

Lisa Bowleg
Drexel University

Joseph M. Cervantes
California State University, Fullerton

Shauna M. Cooper
University of South Carolina

Alexander M. Czopp
Western Washington University

E.J.R. David
University of Alaska, Anchorage

Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez
Utah State University

Bryana H. French
University of Missouri at Columbia

Allison Grupski
Loyola University

Carla D. Hunter
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bryan S. K. Kim
University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Su Yeong Kim
The University of Texas at Austin

Anna Lau
University of California, Los Angeles

Christina Lee
Northeastern University

Brian McNeill
Washington State University

Michael Mobley
Salem State University

Osvaldo F. Morera
University of Texas at El Paso

Enrique Neblett
University of North Carolina

Ezemenari Obasi
The University of Houston

Alex Pieterse
Monash University

Jorge I. Ramirez Garcia
Oregon Research Institute

Kim Rios
Ohio University

Eleanor Seaton
University of North Carolina

Margaret Shih
University of California, Los Angeles

Kumea Shorter-Gooden
University of Maryland

Moin Syed
University of Minnesota

Emilio C. Ulloa
San Diego State University

Jennifer Best Webb
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Rhonda L. White-Johnson
University of South Carolina

Hyung Chol Yoo
Arizona State University

Student Editor

Stephanie Quezada
University of Texas at El Paso

Manuscript Coordinator

Marc Drucker

Council of Research Elders

Guillermo Bernal
University of Puerto Rico

J. Manuel Casas
University of California, Santa Barbara

Lillian Comas-Diaz
Transcultural Mental Health Institute, Washington, DC

Janet Helms
Boston College

James S. Jackson
University of Michigan

John B. Jemmott III
University of Pennsylvania

James M. Jones
University of Delaware

Teresa D. LaFromboise
Stanford University

Frederick T.L. Leong
Michigan State University

Gerardo Marin
University of San Francisco

Thomas A. Parham
University of California, Irvine

Derald Wing Sue
Teachers College, Columbia University

Stanley Sue
University of California, Davis

Richard M. Suinn
Colorado State University

Joseph E. Trimble
Western Washington University

Reiko Homma True
El Cerrito, CA

Luis A. Vargas
University of New Mexico

Melba J. T. Vasquez.
Independent Practice, Austin, TX

Gail E. Wyatt
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

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Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.

Submission

Submit manuscripts electronically (.rtf or .doc) through the Manuscript Submission Portal.

Michael A. Zárate
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Texas, El Paso
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79902
Phone: 915-747-6569
Fax: 915-747-6553

General correspondence may be directed to the Editor's Office.

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of sociopolitical forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.

Especially welcome are articles that

• advance the contributions of psychology in the understanding of issues related to people of color through research, including the development of appropriate research paradigms;
• promote the education and training of psychologists in matters regarding people of color, including the special issues relevant to the delivery of services to minority populations; and
• advance the accumulation of knowledge related to diversity and multiculturalism, with particular attention to the wider society and the formation of public policy.

Types of Articles

Multi-study papers
Multi-study reports include quantitative and qualitative research and ethnographic investigations of 2 or more studies. Manuscripts are limited to 10,000 words of text, including abstract, though shorter manuscripts are strongly encouraged. Multi-study papers are more integrative in nature and provide a strong theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature. Manuscript longer than 10,000 words need to be approved by the editor and must make a truly outstanding contribution.

Single study reports Single study reports are shorter in length (from 2,000 to 6,000 words of text, including abstract) and include quantitative or qualitative research and ethnographic investigations. The word limit does not include references, tables, and graphs.

Both types of manuscripts must present a clearly defined contribution to the literature, be it applied or more basic in form.

Peer Review

Because Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology uses an anonymous peer-review process, authors' names and affiliations should appear only on the title page of the manuscript.

Style of Manuscripts

When providing racial or ethnic designations, please use initial capital letters. Webster's New World Dictionary of American English, 3rd College Edition, is the accepted source for spelling. Define unusual abbreviations at the first mention in the text.

The text should be written in a uniform style, and its contents as submitted for consideration should be deemed by the author to be final and suitable for publication.

Title Page

The title page should contain the complete title of the manuscript, names and affiliations of all authors, institution(s) at which the work was performed, and name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the author responsible for correspondence.

Please include the word count of the text and abstract.

Authors should also provide a short title of not more than 45 characters (including spaces), and up to 5 key words, that will highlight the subject matter of the article.

Participants: Description and Informed Consent

The Method section of each empirical report must contain a detailed description of the study participants, including (but not limited to) the following:

• age
• gender
• ethnicity
• SES
• clinical diagnoses and comorbidities (as appropriate)
• any other relevant demographics

In the Discussion section of the manuscript, authors should discuss the diversity of their study samples and the generalizability of their findings.

The Method section also must include a statement describing how informed consent was obtained from the participants (or their parents/guardians) and indicate that the study was conducted in compliance with an appropriate Internal Review Board.

Measures

The Method section of empirical reports must contain a sufficiently detailed description of the measures used so that the reader understands the item content, scoring procedures, and total scores or subscales. Evidence of reliability and validity with similar populations should be provided.

Statistical Reporting of Effect Size and Confidence Intervals

We now require that authors report means and standard deviations for all continuous study variables and the effect sizes for the primary study findings. Note that the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2001, pp. 25–26) emphasizes the importance of reporting effect sizes in addition to the usual tests of statistical significance.

Effect sizes, or similar statistics such as "goodness-of-fit" indicators for structural equation modeling, can be generated by most statistical packages that are used in the behavioral sciences. If effect sizes are not available for a particular test, then authors should convey this in their cover letter at the time of submission.

Citations in the Text

In the text, references should be cited by the name and date system. Both names are cited for a work with two authors. When a work has fewer than six authors, cite all names the first time the reference in the text appears; subsequent citations should only cite the first author's name, followed by "et al." When a work has six or more authors, cite only the first author's surname, followed by "et al." Refer to the following citation examples.

In a similar case study, Haley (1973) utilized…

One authority (Green, 1991) suggested…

Reference List

References should be arranged in alphabetical order of the author's names. Multiple entries by one author are arranged chronologically, with the earliest publication appearing first. When more than one publication by the same author is cited for a year, arrange the citations alphabetically by title and distinguish the citation by lowercase letter: 1991a, 1991b, etc.

Publications by two or more authors should come after all publications by senior author alone. They are arranged alphabetically, after the first author's name, by the names of the second authors, and so on. Multiple books by the same pair or the same group of authors should be arranged chronologically.

The first line of the reference should be indented; subsequent lines should be flush left. Please adhere to stylistic guidelines set forth in the Publication Manual when preparing your reference list. Please note that the page numbers should be inclusive and journal or monograph series titles should not be abbreviated.

Note the punctuation in the following examples:

Citations from books
Ho, M. K. (1987). Family therapy with ethnic minorities. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Citations of chapters or articles in edited books
Carillo, C. (1982). Changing norms of Hispanic families. In E. E. Jones & S. J. Korchin (Eds.), Minority mental health (pp. 250–266). New York: Praeger.

Citations from journal articles
Sue, D. W. (1990). Culture-specific strategies in counseling: A conceptual framework. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 21, 424–433.

Tables

Each table must have a title and should be self-explanatory. Avoid duplicating information in the text. Number tables with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Indicate in the text where tables should be inserted.

Permissions

Authors of accepted papers must obtain and provide to the editor on final acceptance all necessary permissions to reproduce in print and electronic form any copyrighted work, including, for example, test materials (or portions thereof) and photographs of people.

In addition to the permissions applicable to all APA journal articles, please note that reproduction of an unaltered figure, table, or block of text from any non-federal government publication requires permission from the copyright holder. All direct quotations should have a source and page citation.

Only the form of presentation is covered by copyright protection, not the content, so permission is necessary only when material is being reproduced without change. You may quote facts, express them in your own words, or construct a table or figure from published data without permission.

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Publications Policies

APA policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications.

See also APA Journals^® Internet Posting Guidelines.

APA requires authors to reveal any possible conflict of interest in the conduct and reporting of research (e.g., financial interests in a test or procedure, funding by pharmaceutical companies for drug research).

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Authors of accepted manuscripts are required to transfer the copyright to APA.

Download Publication Rights (Copyright Transfer) Form (PDF, 83KB)

In addition to the publication policies applicable to all APA journal articles, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology requires that all identifying details regarding the client(s) / patient(s), including but not limited to name, age, race, occupation, and place of residence, be altered to prevent recognition.

If a manuscript includes excerpts from transcripts of therapy sessions, you must obtain a signed release authorizing publication of the transcript from the client. Because the identity of patients may be confidential, we ask that you do not submit the signed release forms with the manuscript; you must, however, retain the signed release forms for your files.

All statements in, or omissions from, published manuscripts are the responsibility of authors, who will be asked to review proofs prior to publication.

Reprint order forms will be sent with the page proofs. No page charges will be levied against authors or their institutions for publication in the journal.

Manuscript Preparation

Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6^th edition). Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 3 of the Publication Manual).

Review APA's Checklist for Manuscript Submission before submitting your article.

If your manuscript was mask reviewed, please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.

Double-space all copy. Other formatting instructions, as well as instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts, appear in the Manual.

Below are additional instructions regarding the preparation of display equations and tables.

Display Equations

We strongly encourage you to use MathType (third-party software) or Equation Editor 3.0 (built into pre-2007 versions of Word) to construct your equations, rather than the equation support that is built into Word 2007 and Word 2010. Equations composed with the built-in Word 2007/Word 2010 equation support are converted to low resolution graphics when they enter the production process and must be rekeyed by the typesetter, which may introduce errors.

To construct your equations with MathType or Equation Editor 3.0:

• Go to the Text section of the Insert tab and select Object.
• Select MathType or Equation Editor 3.0 in the drop-down menu.

If you have an equation that has already been produced using Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 and you have access to the full version of MathType 6.5 or later, you can convert this equation to MathType by clicking on MathType Insert Equation. Copy the equation from Microsoft Word and paste it into the MathType box. Verify that your equation is correct, click File, and then click Update. Your equation has now been inserted into your Word file as a MathType Equation.

Use Equation Editor 3.0 or MathType only for equations or for formulas that cannot be produced as Word text using the Times or Symbol font.

Tables

Use Word's Insert Table function when you create tables. Using spaces or tabs in your table will create problems when the table is typeset and may result in errors.

Submitting Supplemental Materials

APA can now place supplementary materials online, available via the published article in the PsycARTICLES^® database. Please see Supplementing Your Article With Online Material for more details.

Abstract and Keywords

All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a separate page. After the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.

Figures

Graphics files are welcome if supplied as Tiff, EPS, or PowerPoint files. The minimum line weight for line art is 0.5 point for optimal printing.

When possible, please place symbol legends below the figure instead of to the side.

Original color figures can be printed in color at the editor's and publisher's discretion provided the author agrees to pay

• $255 for one figure
• $425 for two figures
• $575 for three figures
• $675 for four figures
• $55 for each additional figure

Ethical Principles

It is a violation of APA Ethical Principles to publish "as original data, data that have been previously published" (Standard 8.13).

In addition, APA Ethical Principles specify that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14).

APA expects authors to adhere to these standards. Specifically, APA expects authors to have their data available throughout the editorial review process and for at least 5 years after the date of publication.

Authors are required to state in writing that they have complied with APA ethical standards in the treatment of their sample, human or animal, or to describe the details of treatment.

Download Certification of Compliance With APA Ethical Principles Form (PDF, 26KB)

The APA Ethics Office provides the full Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct electronically on their website in HTML, PDF, and Word format. You may also request a copy by emailing or calling the APA Ethics Office (202-336-5930). You may also read "Ethical Principles," December 1992, American Psychologist, Vol. 47, pp. 1597–1611.

Other Information

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