Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

Editor

John Gonsiorek
Past President, APA Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues), Santa Fe, NM

Senior Associate Editor

Mark Pope
University of Missouri–St. Louis

Book Review Editor

Carlton W. Parks
Alliant International University, Los Angeles

Administrative Assistant

John Gatermann
Minnesota School of Professional Psychology

Consulting Editors

Kimberly Balsam
Palo Alto University

Augustine Barón
Walden University

Kathleen Bieschke
Pennsylvania State University

Melanie Brewster
Teachers College, Columbia University

Armand Cerbone
Independent Practice, Chicago, IL

Barry Chung
Indiana University

Susan Cochran
University of California, Los Angeles

James Croteau
Western Michigan University

Anthony D'Augelli
Pennsylvania State University

Cirleen DeBlaere
Georgia State University

lore m. dickey
Louisiana Tech University

Kurt DeBord
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri

Ruth Fassinger
University of Maryland

David Frost
Columbia University

Terry S. Gock
Asian Pacific Family Center, Pacific Clinics, Rosemead, CA

Abbie Goldberg
Clark University

Beverly Greene
St. John's University, Queens, NY

Doug Haldeman
Indeprendent Practice, Seattle, WA

Perry N. Halkitis
New York University

Kristin Hancock
John F. Kennedy University

Gregory M. Herek
University of California, Davis

Ming-Hui Hsu
Manhattan College

Steven James
Goddard College

Peter Ji
Adler School of Professional Psychology

Susan Kashubeck-West
University of Missouri–St. Louis

Paul Kwon
Washington State University

Justin Lehmiller
Harvard University

Christopher Martell
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Larry Martinez
Pennsylvania State University

Ilan Meyer
University of California Los Angeles, School of Law

Lauren Mizock
Worcester State University

Michael Mobley
Salem State University

Melanie Morrison
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CA

Todd Morrison
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CA

Kevin Nadal
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Joel Nadler
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Allen Omoto
Claremont Graduate University

John Pachankis
Yale School of Public Health

David Pantalone
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Charlotte J. Patterson
University of Virginia

Anne Peplau
University of California, Los Angeles

Jeffrey Prince
University of California, Berkeley

Amy Reynolds
University at Buffalo

Kathleen Ritter
California State University, Bakersfield

David Rivera
William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ

Ian Rivers
Brunel University, London, UK

Margaret Robinson
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, CA

Esther Rothblum
San Diego State University

Glenda Russell
Independent Practice, Boulder, CO

Eric Schrimshaw
Columbia University

Charles Silverstein
The Institute for Human Identity, NY, NY

Nathan Grant Smith
McGill University, Montreal, CA

Tyrel Starks
Pace University

Michael R. Stevenson
University of Southern Maine

Dawn Szymanski
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Jose Toro-Alfonso
University of Puerto Rico

Susan C. Turell
State University of New York Oneonta

Sari van Anders
University of Michigan

Jacob J. van den Berg
Brown University

Douglas VanderLaan
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paul Vasey
University of Lethbridge, Alberta, CA

Jaimie Veale
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

Tarynn M. Witten
Virginia Commonwealth University

Frank C. Worrell
University of California, Berkeley

Abstracting and indexing services providing coverage of Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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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 through the Manuscript Submission Portal.

John Gonsiorek
Past President, APA Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
Santa Fe, NM

Manuscript Types

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (PSOGD) accepts a variety of article types consistent with the journal's mission as described above, including:

Standard articles containing a maximum of 7,500 words of text. These will be the most typical articles.

Longer, monograph-style articles containing a maximum of 12,000 words of text. These longer contributions will not be typical and to be considered, must provide a particularly enhanced coverage of the topic addressed.

This can take the form of:

• an especially extensive literature review with a methodological critique and/or public policy implications explicated;
• description of an interlocked series of research projects;
• a synthesis of material on sexual orientation and gender diversity with material from other aspects of psychology and/or other disciplines;
• or similarly extensive contributions.

AUTHORS MUST OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE FOUNDING EDITOR PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THIS ARTICLE TYPE.

Brief reports are research-oriented and contain a maximum of 4,000 words of text.

Case Studies are clinically/practice-oriented (including industrial/organization practice) and contain a maximum of 3,000 words of text. All ethical and risk management considerations regarding informed consent, confidentiality, and other relevant concerns must be addressed. Case studies must also situate the case in question in relevant theoretical, empirical, and methodological matrices.

Book Reviews are generally a maximum of 1,000 words. In addition to books, relevant films and other media may be considered. Potential authors may submit books and other media to be considered to the Book Review Editor, Carlton W. Parks. The Book Review and Founding Editors will make final selection of books/media to be reviewed and reviewers.

Letters to the Editor should be limited to 500 words. In unusual circumstances, the Founding Editor may allow a longer limit with the author.

Commentaries may address developments in the behavioral sciences and related fields, the legal system, national or world events, as these pertain to the content areas of PSOGD. These should be a maximum of 1000 words, unless a longer length is allowed by the Founding Editor.

The list above is not meant to be exclusive. Other article varieties may be accepted under unusual circumstances. However, authors must contact the Founding Editor, John C. Gonsiorek, PhD prior to submission of any article type other than the above to discuss and get approval.

As a rule of thumb one double-spaced page of standard font and size text contains about 300 words. If submissions contain an unusually larger number of references for the article type and/or unusually large tables/charts/graphs, authors may be required to reduce these. "Words" refers to words and other symbols or characters.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts submitted to Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6^th Edition (2010).

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.

Formatting

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Display Equations

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Tables

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Submitting Supplemental Materials

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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.

References

List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section.

Examples of basic reference formats:

• Journal Article:
  Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (2013). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 133–151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028566
• Authored Book:
  Rogers, T. T., & McClelland, J. L. (2004). Semantic cognition: A parallel distributed processing approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Chapter in an Edited Book:
  Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

Figures

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For more information about acceptable resolutions, fonts, sizing, and other figure issues, please see the general guidelines.

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

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Ethical Principles

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