Journal scope statement

Couple and Family unit Psychology: Research and Do ® (CFP) is a scholarly journal publishing peer-reviewed papers representing the science and practice of couple and family psychology. CFP is the official publication of APA Partitioning 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology) and is intended to be a forum for scholarly dialogue regarding the most important emerging problems in the field, a main outlet for research particularly as it impacts practice and for papers regarding education, public policy, and the identity of the profession of couple and family unit psychology.

Equally the official periodical for the Society, CFP will provide a home for the members of the sectionalisation and those in other fields interested in the most cutting border issues in couple and family psychology. Dissimilar other journals in the field, CFP is focused specifically on couple and family psychology equally a specialty practice, unique scientific domain, and critical element of psychological knowledge.

CFP will seek and publish scholarly manuscripts that make a contribution to the knowledge base of couple and family unit psychology specifically, and the science and practice of working with individuals, couples, and families.

The periodical is designed in format and in vision with the following goals:

  • provide a mechanism to promote the integration of the science and practice of couple and family psychology;
  • make a potent contribution to the scholarship of couple and family psychology;
  • promote the interdisciplinary nature of couple and family psychology;
  • enhance the international focus on couple and family unit psychology;
  • promote education and preparation in couple and family unit psychology; and
  • promote the issues of social justice and multicultural competence as they chronicle to couple and family unit psychology.

Journal diversity statement

As a specialty, Couple and Family unit Psychology is founded on the principles of systems theory and is committed to embedding variety in all areas of research, practice, and preparation. CFP implements the revised APA multicultural guidelines, which emphasize the integration of an ecological approach to diversity (APA, 2017). CFP also includes a deep understanding that diverseness extends well across race and ethnicity, including merely not limited to variables such as gender, ability condition, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, organized religion, language, and acculturation levels, and acknowledging the touch that the intersectionality of each of these aspects has on couples and families.

At present more than than ever, it is vital for couple and family psychologists to not only inform themselves but to also inform others about ethnic and cultural differences and similarities between and within individuals of all backgrounds. Given the growing variety among couples and families and the quickly changing environmental systems impacting individuals, it is imperative that couple and family psychologists be committed to cultural sensitivity and cultural humility. As systemically-focused professional psychologists, we are committed to continually aspiring to cultural competence. This includes advancing our clinical and empirical cognition about diverse couples and families and their of import contexts, increasing our awareness and against structural oppression and the biases within our profession and ourselves, and developing the skills necessary to work with couples and families of all backgrounds and identities.

APA regularly publishes chore forcefulness reports and guidelines regarding many areas of diversity. Information technology is expected that Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice authors, reviewers, and editors stay abreast of and adhere to the current guidelines and methods of demonstrating cultural competence and humility.

Periodical highlights

Submission Guidelines

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

To submit to the editorial office of Michelle D. Sherman, please submit manuscripts electronically through the Manuscript Submission Portal in Microsoft Word format (.doc) or LaTex (.tex) every bit a zip file with an accompanied Portable Document Format (.pdf) of the manuscript file.

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Lorenz Clinic of Family unit Psychology
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Manuscripts

We seek manuscripts that bridge the broad universe of couple and family psychology, including but not limited to:

  • theory
  • assessment
  • interventions
  • clinical instance studies (come across below)
  • handling processes (e.g., therapeutic human relationship)
  • specialty competencies
  • ideals
  • diversity issues in working with couples and families

Clinical Implications Section: All manuscripts must conclude with an "implications and applications" section. Although this tin can be brief (2-3 paragraphs), it is i of the most of import sections. It should provide concrete and usable data that can exist practical in everyday clinical practice or in preparation programs.

Nosotros welcome interdisciplinary collaboration equally well as manuscripts describing the application of couple and family psychology in diverse settings (due east.grand., integrated behavioral health in chief care, incarceration and reentry, military/veteran settings).

Treatment-focused articles may focus on particular clinical problem domains from a systemic perspective (due east.grand., substance abuse, low, eating disorders, relationship issues, sexuality).

Clinical case studies involve a detailed analysis of the therapy conducted with a couple or family that volition be instructive, may be exemplary or cautionary, and stresses factors contributing to either success or failure of the treatment. Because evidence-based clinical instance studies can be difficult to practise well, Evidence-Based Instance Written report Guidelines are provided.

Enquiry-focused manufactures may report the findings of studies that use a variety of research methods and data, both qualitative and quantitative. CFP-RP welcomes articles with advisedly selected inquiry methods that are best fitted to reply the inquiry questions. Research articles should not exceed a full of xxx pages, all inclusive.

Brief reports are encouraged for innovative work that may be premature for publication as a full enquiry report because of small sample size, novel methodologies, etc. Cursory reports besides are an appropriate format for pilot studies, replications, and clinical case studies. Authors of brief reports should indicate in the cover alphabetic character that the total written report is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Cursory reports should be designated as such and should not exceed a full of xx pages, all inclusive. References should not exceed 8 pages.

The editor welcomes inquiries regarding the suitability of ideas for regular articles.

Manuscript preparation

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Abstract and keywords

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References

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Journal commodity

McCauley, Southward. M., & Christiansen, K. H. (2019). Language learning as linguistic communication utilise: A cross-linguistic model of child linguistic communication development. Psychological Review, 126(i), ane–51. https://doi.org/ten.1037/rev0000126

Authored book

Dark-brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

Affiliate in an edited volume

Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. Yard. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive beliefs therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In Thou. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practise and supervision (2d ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012

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Editorial Board

Editor

Michelle D. Sherman, PhD ABPP
Lorenz Clinic of Family Psychology, U.s.

Associate editor

Hayley C. Fivecoat, PhD
The Family Institute at Northwestern University, United States

Consulting editors

Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH
University of Massachusetts Boston, The states

Christina Balderrama-Durbin, PhD
Binghamton Academy–SUNY, United States

Linda Berg-Cross, PhD
Howard University, United States

Rebecca K. Blais, PhD
Arizona Country Academy, United States

James H. Bray, PhD
The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States

Douglas C. Breunlin, MSSA, LMFT, LCSW
Northwestern Academy, Usa

Molly Burrets, PhD, ABPP
California School of Professional person Psychology and Alliant International University, Los Angeles, The states

Marianne P. Celano, PhD, ABPP
Emory University, United States

Anthony Fifty. Chambers, PhD, ABPP
The Family Institute at Northwestern University, United States

Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, PhD
Rutgers Academy, United States

Frank Datillo, PhD
Harvard Medical School, United States

Robert E. Emery, PhD
University of Virginia, United States

Mona Fishbane, PhD
Chicago Heart for Family Health, United States

Anne 1000. Fishel, PhD
Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

Adam Fisher, PhD, ABPP
Brigham Immature University, United States

Shirley Glynn, PhD
Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA, United States

Kristina Coop Gordon, PhD
Academy of Tennessee at Knoxville, The states

Florence Westward. Kaslow, PhD
Kaslow Associates, U.s.

Shalonda Kelly, PhD
Rutgers University, United states

Jessica Larsen, PhD
Private Practise, United States

Erika Lawrence, PhD, LCP
Family Found, United states

Howard A. Liddle, EdD, ABPP
University of Miami School of Medicine, Us

Jeffrey J. Magnavita, PhD
Glastonbury Psychological Associates, PC, United States

Howard Markman, PhD
University of Denver, United states

Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, ABPP
Academy of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, United States

Terence Patterson, EdD
Academy of San Francisco, United States

Heather G. Pederson, PhD, ABPP
Individual Practice, United states

Nicole Pukay-Martin, PhD
Trauma Recovery Center, Cincinnati VAMC (Ft. Thomas Division), U.s.

Kelley Quirk, PhD
Colorado Country University, United States

Susan Jane Regas, PhD
California Schoolhouse of Professional Psychology, Usa

Samuel Rennebohm, PhD
Swedish Family Medicine Residency, United States

Galena K. Rhoades, PhD
University of Denver, United States

Shelley A. Riggs, PhD
Sam Houston State Academy, United States

Fred Sautter, PhD
Private Practice

Steven L. Sayers, PhD
Corporal Michael Crescenz VA Medical Heart and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The states

Thomas Fifty. Sexton, PhD
Indiana University, Us

Tamara Sher, PhD
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scientific discipline, Usa

Robert Welsh, PhD, ABPP
Azusa Pacific University, Usa

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