Formatting Guidelines

The editorial board of the journal “Psychology and Personality”  accepts for consideration and publishes the following types of articles:

  • empirical article: an article structured according to IMRAD structure, presenting the results of original research aimed at studying theoretical and methodological problems in personality psychology.
  • theoretical article: an article that, based on a conceptual analysis of scientific literature, develops and proposes new propositions, models, or justifications related to theoretical and methodological problems in personality psychology.
  • review article: a scientific work that systematizes existing experimental and applied research in the field of personality psychology, identifying unresolved issues and determining prospects for further research. Review articles are important for updating the scientific community on achievements and trends in the field, as well as assisting researchers in formulating their own research questions and hypotheses.
  • case study: a type of scientific article that typically describes a specific case, situation, event, or object with detailed analysis and context. This article illustrates a person-centered approach in practical psychology and psychotherapy.

Structural elements of articles
 

  Empirical article Theoretical article Review article Case study
Title Required Required Required Required
Author’s data Required Required Required Required
Abstract Required Required Required Required
Keywords Required Required Required Required
Introduction Required Required Required Required
Literature Review Optional Optional Optional Optional
Materials and Methods Required Required None Required
Results and Discussion Required Required Structured by thematic sections Required
Conclusions Required Required Required Required
Acknowledgements and Conflict of Interest Required Required Required Required
References Required Required Required Required

Requirements for the layout and content of sections

 

 

Article language English
Manuscript file format MS Word (*.doc, *.docx)
Page orientation Portrait
Page format А4
Volume of scientific, theoretical and review articles / case study 4,000 / 2,500
Font Times New Roman
Margins 2 cm on all sides
Line spacing 1.0
Font size 12 pt
Indentation 1.0
Alignment Justified
Literature sources presented in English; when translating literature into English, the use of transliteration is unacceptable
UDC Index left justification
Article title no more than 12 words; presented in Ukrainian and English; centre justification, uppercase, bold
Author’s data presented in Ukrainian and English: centre justification. The name and surname are prescribed in full

The following information about the authors must be indicated:

  • structural divisions of the institution where authors work;
  • full official names and legal addresses of the authors' institutions;
  • contact email addresses;
  • academic degree and position of each author;
  • ORCID.

Abstract

The abstract should be informative (200-300 words), structured (follow the logic of the article presentation), and meaningful (disclose the main research results, clearly formulate the relevance, goal, methods of problem analysis, as well as the practical value of the study). The abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, and references.

Keywords

5-7 words or phrases related to the subject matter do not duplicate the title of the article and do not consist of common words.

Introduction

The section highlights the current state of the problem under study at the global level, analyses the latest research and publications (7-10 works of other researchers) with links to scientific publications over the past 3-5 years. The relevance, purpose, objectives and the novelty of the study are substantiated. References to literature must be given in round brackets. One citation should not include more than 3 sources.

Literature Review

This section is optional and should contain the results of research by scientists who analysed certain aspects of the subject matter. Each name of the researcher must be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of references.

Materials and Methods

The section describes the main stages of the study and justifies the choice of the methods, techniques, approaches, or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, the experimental basis of the study is noted. The stated methodology should provide a complete picture of the research progress so that it can be repeated by other scientists with the use of the same materials and methods. The section is required in the structure of a scientific article.

Results and Discussion

The section presents the main material of the study with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials are necessarily accompanied by the results of statistical data processing. Sources are placed under tables and figures. Value judgments should be avoided, as well as the elements of the description of the methodology and direct repetition of the data presented in the tables and graphic material in the text of the article. Numerical results should be rounded in accordance with established rules, taking into account the mean research error, confidence interval or distribution of values. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, have novelty and practical value.

The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established are involved in the consideration, taking into account the previous data and analysis, in accordance with the literary sources on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar direction of research conducted in other countries.

Conclusions

Conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of research, correspond to the purpose and title of the study, word-by-word duplication in the abstract is unacceptable. It is important to indicate the prospects for further research on the selected topic.

Acknowledgements

The section is for expression of gratitude to individuals or organisations for all possible technical assistance, ideas, financial (material) aid, which made the research possible, etc.
If you have no Acknowledgements, state “None”.

Funding

In this section, the author(s) should indicate all sources of financial support received for the study. In case of absence of financial support, please indicate: ‘The study was not funded’.

Conflict of Interest

Authors should disclose all potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission and include a statement in the Conflict of interest section. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships. Discovery of the failure to adequately disclose a conflict of interest at submission or during the review process may result in the rejection of a manuscript or other author sanctions.

If you have no Conflict of interest, state “None”.

References

References in the text to sources should be indicated in parentheses “()”, еxample: (Ivanov, 2017). If you need to indicate a reference within a line, you should indicate the year in “()”, for example: “M. Tymoshyk (2013) proposes...”.

In this case, the names and years of sources in the text should clearly coincide with the data in the list of references. It is not allowed to mention more than 3 sources in one citation.

No more than two works by the same author may be cited in the list of references. Also, no more than two articles from the same journal/collection of articles, etc. may be included.

The list of references should be in English (transliteration is not allowed), references arranged in alphabetical order, and formatted according to APA 6th Referencing Style (2010).

Tables, figures, graphs, equation

  • Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and submitted after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
  • Equation must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
  • Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the image is prohibited.
  • All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.

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