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The Revista de Psicologia da IMED, edited and published electronically by the IMED/FaculdadeMeridional's Psychology Department, has a semiannual periodicity and its mission is the dissemination of scientific production in psychology, of national and foreign origin. The journal aims, with the studies published in it, to divulge the most recent findings in psychological research in its several areas; Thus, the papersmust not be published elsewhere or must not be submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Papers will be accepted in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Types of articles accepted:

- Non-systematic review of literature: also called narrative or integrative reviews, are articles in which a particular subject is approached, preferably by authors with relevant knowledge and related production, aiming to present a critical review of the material already published. They do not have the method section, since they do not constitute empirical research. Maximum 25 pages.

- Systematic review of literature or meta-analysis: systematic reviews and meta-analysis can be considered research methods and their results are considered empirical. Systematic review and meta-analysis articles have the same order of contents as empirical articles (i.e., Introduction - with specification of the study goal at its aim - Method, Results, Discussion, and Final Considerations). It is strongly suggested that the systematic reviews and meta-analysis submitted to the journal are in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes (PRISMA, see http://www.prisma-statement.org). Maximum 25 pages.

- Empirical/Original article: articles from empirical research, in which there was data collection, whether or not with the participation of human beings. Empirical articles from human studies must have been approved by a Research Ethics Committee affiliated with CONEP (in Brazil) or corresponding authorities or agencies in other countries. Authors should submit, at the time of submission, a copy of the approval letter of the responsible Ethics Committee, as well as mention such approval in the article's Method section (specifically in the Procedures subsection). Maximum 25 pages.

- Experience report: article describing intervention strategies focused on detailing the procedures performed, results obtained and implications for professional practice. Maximum 20 pages.

- Review: article in which a previously published bibliographic production (e.g., books) is presented and evaluated. Maximum 10 pages.

All articles submitted to the Journal of Psychology of IMED were evaluated based on two components. Based on this opinion, we will send your work with the appropriate recommendations.

Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions.

Articles submitted to Revista de Psicologia da IMED should follow the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual - Sixth Edition. For a review of these standards, careful consultation of the Manual is suggested.

Articles should be written in Word format, A4 page size, margins should be 2.5 cm on all sides. The font should be Times New Roman, size point 12. Use double spacing and left alignment, including in the list of references.

The file to be submitted must be organized in the following order, all pages must be numbered (upper right corner):

- Personalized cover sheet without identification:

1) full title (maximum of 12 words) in Portuguese, English and Spanish;
2) section to which the article belongs (see section policies).
3) Full author names typed exactly as they should appear in print, main affiliation(s) (such as institution and department) and email (e.g. Author Name Author Last Name, Author Institution, Author Department, Author@Email)
4) The corresponding author should be identified with a full mailing address and an email address provided.

- Abstract and its translations: The abstract should be between 150 and 200 words. Next, three to five keywords, preferably included in the DeCs (http://decs.bvs.br/I/homepagei.htm), should be indicated. Abstracts and keywords should be presented in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

- Text: The article itself should be written on a new page, in a logical and easy-to-understand order, specified by titles and subheadings according to the standards of APA -Sixth Edition. Non-systematic literature review articles are not usually pre-defined. The organization of these articles can be based on theoretical models, points of view, relevance of the literature or chronological evolution of the cited literature. They should, however, at the end present a Discussion section and / or Final Considerations. Empirical articles, systematic reviews of literature and meta-analysis usually have the following order: Introduction, Method (Participants, Instruments, and Procedures, including ethics statements, data collection and data analysis), Results, Discussion and Final Considerations. Figures and tables, where relevant, should be placed at the end of the text, after the list of references, each on a new page. The places of insertion of figures and tables should be indicated in the text as follows: *** Insert Table (or Figure) 1 (or 2, or 3, etc.) here ***. The use of footnotes is strongly discouraged. Authors' citations and the list of references must be strictly in accordance with the APA Publication Manual, Sixth Edition. It is advised that the names of the authors cited should be presented in parentheses rather than in the body of the text, for a more fluid reading. The citation of the names of authors in the body of the text should be done only when authors want to highlight these authors because of their relevance to the topic addressed in the article. In addition, at least 40% of the references used in the article must have been published within the last five years.

Articles regarding qualitative empirical studies should follow Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups, available at https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/19/6/349/1791966/Consolidated-criteria-for-reporting-qualitative

- Tables: Submit tables as editable text and not as images, preferable created using Microsoft Word processor tools. All tables must be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Tables should complement the text, make sure that the data presented in the table do not duplicate information contained elsewhere in the paper. Titles in tables should be short but self-explanatory. Legends should be concise but comprehensive. Moreover, explain all nonstandard abbreviations in legends, and use symbols to explain information if needed. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified.

- Figures: Figures should be submitted as digital images, preferably as .tif or .jpeg format. All Figures must be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Figures should be made as self-explanatory as possible. Each illustration must have a caption. The caption should provide a brief title and a brief description of the illustration. Furthermore, the caption should explain each symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters used in the illustration. Important, figure title and description should be in the caption, not on the illustrations themselves. Legends for figures should be on a separate page, with the number corresponding to the illustrations.

- Authorship and Acknowledgments: After main text, authors should provide Authorship and Acknowledgments. Corresponding author, where applicable, should be able to: (a) Identify which co-authors are responsible for specific parts of the work (e.g. method design, data collection, statistical analysis, writing, proofreading, etc); (b) Recognize persons or institutions that contributed for the article, but does not belongs to co-authors. Persons or institutions must provide permission to be cited; (c) Mention any financial or support received to conduct the study (e.g. research grant, scholarship, etc).

The references list must be written up in the APA style. You can use the original manual (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition) or the translated version into Portuguese (Manual de Publicação da APA, Sexta Edição).

As a complementary tool, it is suggested that the authors visit the APA Style Blog, maintained by the authors of the original manual. You can solve specific questions and access instructional material about the APA style. One should look at the four main elements of the reference, which are separated by a point: author, date, title, source - see Lee (2011). If the four information are available in the bibliographic source, follow the template for each type of work (article, book, chapter, etc.). If any information is missing, see Lee (2012) for how to proceed.

The Revista de Psicologia da IMED adopts two adaptations in relation to the original manual: 1) it is not necessary to translate titles into English when non-English materials are used and 2) the section "Institutional or legal materials" presents adaptations to the Brazilian context, due to its difference in relation to materials of the same type in English. Remember not to justify the list and use indentation of 1.27 cm (0.5 in) in each reference.

Below, we have selected some examples of the most commonly used types of bibliographic sources.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

Articles in English

Plant, E. A., & Devine, P. G. (1998). Internal and external motivation to respond without prejudice. JournalofPersonalityand Social Psychology, 75(3), 811-832. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.811

Article in a language other than English

Cremasco, M. V. F., & Ribeiro, C. C. (2017). Quando a cirurgia falha: Implicações da melancolia na cirurgia da obesidade. Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão, 37(2), 258-272. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-3703000132015

Articleswithout DOI

Formiga, N. S., & Silva Neta, A. B. da. (2009). Precisão preditiva das novas formas de sexismo a partir das orientações valorativas em brasileiros. Psico, 40(2), 174-183. Retrievedfrom http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fo/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/4038

Books

Book in English

Papalia, D. E., & Martorell, G. (2015). Experience humandevelopment (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Book in a language other than English

Furtado, O., Bock, A. M. M., & Teixeira, M. de L. T. (2009). Psicologias: Uma introdução ao estudo de psicologia (14a ed.). São Paulo, SP: Saraiva.

Translated Book

Papaia, D. E., & Feldman, R. D. (2013). Desenvolvimento humano (12a ed.; C. Monteiro & M. de C. Silva, Trads.). Porto Alegre, RS: AMGH.

Book editedbyoneor more persons

Porchat, I., & Barros, P. (Eds.). (2006). Ser terapeuta: Depoimentos (5a ed.). São Paulo, SP: Summus.

Book chapters or reference works

Book chapter in English

Papalia, D. E., &Martorell, G. (2015). Psychosocial development in adolescence. In D. E. Papalia & G. Martorell (Eds.), Experience human development (13th ed., pp. 356-383). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Bookchapter in a language other than English

Osorio, L. C. (2003). Os fenômenos do campo grupal. In L. C. Osorio (Ed.), Psicologia grupal: Uma nova disciplina para o advento de uma era (pp. 59-64). Porto Alegre, RS: Artmed.

Translated Book chapter

Smith, J. A., &Eatough, V. (2010). Análise fenomenológica interpretativa (F. R. Elizalde, Trad.). In G. M. Breakwell, C. Fife-Schaw, S. Hammond & J. A. Smith (Eds.). Métodos de pesquisa em psicologia (3a ed., pp. 321-339). Porto Alegre, RS: Artmed.

Book chapter edited by one or more persons

Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Institutional or legal materials

This section presents adaptations to the Brazilian context, due to its difference in relation to materials of the same type in English.

Brasil. (1990). Lei 8.069: Dispõe sobre o estatuto da criança e do adolescente e dá outras providências. Retrieved from http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/L8069.htm

Conselho Federal de Psicologia. (1999). Resolução 001/99: Estabelece normas de atuação para os psicólogos em relação à questão da orientação sexual. Retrieved from https://site.cfp.org.br/wp-content/uploads/1999/03/resolucao1999_1.pdf

Rio Grande do Sul. (1992). Lei 9.716: Dispõe sobre a reforma psiquiátrica no Rio Grande do Sul (. . .) e dá outras providências. Retrieved from http://www.al.rs.gov.br/legis/M010/M0100099.ASP?Hid_Tipo=TEXTO&Hid_TodasNormas=15281&hTexto=&Hid_IDNorma=15281

Theses and Dissertations produced outside the United States

Ferreira, E. A. (2016). Acumuladores de animais: Caracterização do perfil psicopatológico (Dissertação de Mestrado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10923/9798

Attention: Articles submitted to the Revista de Psicologia da IMED that do not meet all the standards described above will be rejected promptly. Therefore, review the document carefully before submitting.

See the forms that journal reviewers should fill out when evaluating submissions. Use them as a parameter when writing and submitting your article!

Empirical Articles Evaluation Form

Non-systematic Review of Literature Evaluation Form

Experience Report Evaluation Assessment Form

Only articles inserted in the portal of the Revista de Psicologia da IMED(http://seer.imed.edu.br/index.php/revistapsico) will be accepted, according to the steps below. Articles received by other means (email, print) will not be evaluated.

You must log in to the journal's portal to submit the papers. For new authors, it is necessary to register their personal data and password. The login field is in the menu located on the right.

After registering, you can submit articles by clicking on Start New

Step 1: Choose the appropriate section for submission by selecting one of the alternatives.

Confirm that the submission complies with the following conditions by checking the checkboxes:

- The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not being evaluated for publication by another journal

- The article is in .doc, .docx or .rtf format

- All "URL" addresses in the text (e.g., https://imed.edu.br) are active.

- The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in the Guidelines for Authors, on the About page.

- The ethical aspects of research with human beings were observed, such as submission and approval of the research by the Research Ethics Committee, in the case of empirical research.

- The article respects the ethical standards of writing and reference to the consulted authors, all of which are properly cited in the bibliographical references and respective copyrights are observed.

- The article does not refer to the authors' names, preserving the anonymity of the authors and the blind peer review process.

- Select the box indicating that the authors agree to the terms of the Copyright Statement, which will apply to this submission if published in this journal.

If necessary, authors can make comments to the publisher in a specific field.

- Save and continue to Step 2

Step 2: Transfer of the manuscript

- Only in this step should you proceed with the transfer of themanuscript in .docx, .doc or .rtf format, without any author identification following the instructions on the page.

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Step 3: Submission Metadata (Indexing)

- Complete and confirm the data of all authors (must include: full name (s), title, institution to which is affiliated (in full), ORCID and e-mail. Include at least one author's full address)

- Insert full title and abstract, in English, Portuguese or Spanish, according to the language of the article

Include keywords in the field Indexing, separated by semicolons

- Point out funding agencies if the research received specific funding

- Include the list of bibliographic references of the article, in APA format

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The works received areinitially evaluated with regard to conformity with the journal’s scope and editorial line by the editor, in which the parts of the material and complementary documents will be analyzed.

If the article is in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies and with the present Guideline for Authors, it will be submitted, without identification, to blind peer review, which will result in the acceptance or not of the publication. The consultants' responses will be formulated according to three possibilities:

a) Article accepted: no need for modifications.

b) Article accepted with modifications: there is a need for punctual modifications that need to be strictly observed by the authors.

c) Call for new submission: situation in which the article addresses a relevant topic from the scientific and social point of view, however, it needs a broad reformulation.

d) Article rejected: The article cannot be published.

The authors will receive a copy of the comments made by the reviewers, with the appropriate observations, directing them to possible modifications in the text if necessary.

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not being evaluated for publication by another journal; otherwise, it should be justified in "Comments to the editor".
The article is in .docx, .doc, or .rtf format.
All "URL" addresses in the text (eg, https://imed.edu.br/) are active.

The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Guidelines for Authors, on the About page.

Ethical aspects of research with human beings were observed, such as submission and approval of the research by the Research Ethics Committee, in the case of empirical research.

The article respects the ethical standards of writing and reference to the consulted authors, all of which are properly cited in the bibliographical references and respective copyrights are observed.

The article does not refer to the authors' names, preserving the anonymity of the authors and the Blind Peer Review process.

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