JOURNAL of CLINICAL CHILD and ADOLESCENT PYSCHOLOGY
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Editor Paul J. Frick, University of New Orleans
Associate Editors Jennifer Hudson, Macquarie University Janet A. Kistner, Florida State University Wendy Kliewer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Editor – Policy and Advocacy Patrick Tolan, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois-Chicago
Editorial Assistant Barbara A. Myers, University of New Orleans
Consulting Editors
Anne Marie Albano, Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute; Lauren B. Alloy, Temple University; Arthur D. Anastopoulos, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Tina Anctil, Portland State University; Marc S. Atkins, University of Illinois at Chicago; Bruce L. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles; Christopher T. Barry, The University of Southern Mississippi; Karen L. Bierman, The Pennsylvania State University; Joaquin Borrego, Jr., Texas Tech University; Paul Boxer, Rutgers University, Newark; Catherine P. Bradshaw, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Alice S. Carter, University of Massachusetts Boston; Timothy A. Cavell, University of Arkansas; Stephanie Irby Coard, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Michele Cooley, Johns Hopkins University; Susan L. Crowley, Utah State University; Andres De Los Reyes, Yale University; Eric F. Dubow, Bowling Green State University; Deborah Drabick, Temple University; Andrew R. Eisen, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Frank J. Elgar, Carleton University; Mesha L. Ellis, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies; Albert D. Farrell, Virginia Commonwealth University; Paul Florsheim, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Kate Flory, University of South Carolina; Rex L. Forehand, University of Vermont; Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Pennsylvania State University; Brandon E. Gibb, Binghamton University (SUNY); Golda S. Ginsburg, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Sara E. Goldstein, Montclair State University; Deborah Gorman-Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago; Kathryn E. Grant, DePaul University; Benjamin L. Hankin, University of South Carolina; Mary E. Haskett , North Carolina State University; Richard Hastings, University of Wales; David J. Hawes, University of New South Wales; Jill M. Holm-Denoma, University of Denver; Betsy Hoza, University of Vermont; Jennifer L. Hudson, Macquarie University; Jan N. Hughes, Texas A&M University; Yo Jackson , University of Kansas; Ernest Jouriles, Southern Methodist University; Kathy S. Katz, Georgetown University Medical Center; Alan E. Kazdin, Yale University; Christopher A. Kearney, University of Nevada , Las Vegas; Kate Keenan, University of Chicago School of Medicine; Philip C. Kendall, Temple University; Cheryl A. King, University of Michigan; Wendy Kliewer, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeff Laurent, Western Illinois University; John E. Lochman, The University of Alabama; Craig A. Mason, University of Maine; Velma McBride Murry, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University; Elizabeth McCauley, University of Washington; Robert J. McMahon, University of Washington; Shari Miller, RTI International; Laura Mufson, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York State Psychiatric Institute; Peter Muris, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Joel T. Nigg, Michigan State University; Matthew K. Nock, Harvard University; Susan G. O'Leary, Stony Brook University; Thomas H. Ollendick, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jamie M. Ostrov, University at Buffalo , SUNY; Joseph E. Nyre, The Hope Institute for Children and Families; Dustin A. Pardini, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Sean Perrin, Institute of Psychiatry , King's College London; Jeremy W. Pettit, University of Houston; Linda J. Pfiffner, University of California , San Francisco; John Piacentini, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine; Lloyd E. Pickering, University of Southern Mississippi; Armando A. Piña, Arizona State University; Mitchell J. Prinstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kimberly Renk, University of Central Florida; Lina Riccardelli, Deakin University; Cynthia A. Riccio, Texas A & M University; Michael C. Roberts, University of Kansas; Randall T. Salekin, University of Alabama; Sonja K. Schoenwald, Medical University of South Carolina; Joseph R. Scotti, West Virginia University; Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh; Stephen R. Shirk, University of Denver; Ian M. Shochet, Queensland University of Technology; Jennifer Silk, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Wendy K. Silverman, Florida International University , Miami; Belinda E. Sims, National Institute on Drug Abuse; Bradley H. Smith, University of South Carolina; Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Virginia Commonwealth University; Anthony Spirito, Brown Medical School; Ric G. Steele, University of Kansas; Timothy R. Stickle, University of Vermont; Eric A. Storch, University of South Florida Jonathan G. Tubman, Florida International University , Miami; R. Enrique Varela, Tulane University; Michael W. Vasey, Ohio State University; Daniel A. Waschbusch, University at Buffalo , SUNY; Carl F. Weems, University of New Orleans; Carol K. Whalen, University of California , Irvine; Janice L. Zeman, William and Mary; Deborah Drabick, Temple University
Editorial Policy: The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) is the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53), American Psychological Association. It publishes original contributions on the following topics: (a) the development and evaluation of assessment and intervention techniques for use with clinical child and adolescent populations; (b) the development and maintenance of clinical child and adolescent problems; (c) cross-cultural and sociodemographic issues that have a clear bearing on clinical child and adolescent psychology in terms of theory, research, or practice; and (d) training and professional practice in clinical child and adolescent psychology, as well as child advocacy. Manuscripts that discuss theoretical and/or methodological issues on topics pertinent to clinical child and adolescent psychology also are considered.
Manuscripts: Please refer to inside back cover of this journal for detailed instructions to authors, particularly regarding instructions for manuscript preparation and submission. All manuscripts must be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5 th edition), with the exception of the title page.
Instructions for Contributors
The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology ( JCCAP ) is the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53. It publishes original contributions on the following topics: (a) development and evaluation of assessment and intervention techniques for use with clinical child and adolescent populations; (b) development and maintenance of clinical child and adolescent problems; (c) cross-cultural and sociodemographic issues that have a clear bearing on clinical child and adolescent psychology in terms of theory, research, or practice; and (d) training and professional practice in clinical child and adolescent psychology as well as child advocacy. Manuscripts that discuss theoretical and/or methodological issues on topics pertinent to clinical child and adolescent psychology also are considered. Authors need not be members of Division 53 to submit articles to JCCAP .
Style of Manuscripts. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5 th edition). Typing instructions, including format, organization, and the preparation of figures, tables, and references appear in the Manual . Manuscripts should not exceed 35 pages, including references, footnotes, figures, and tables. Manuscripts that exceed this page limit and that are not prepared according the guidelines in the Manual will be returned to authors without review.
Publication Policies. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work and for obtaining permission from copyright owners to use a lengthy quotation (500 words or more) or to reprint or adapt a table or figure published elsewhere. Authors should write to both author(s) and publisher of such material to request nonexclusive world rights in all language for use in print and nonprint forms of the article and in future editions. In recognition of the special vulnerabilities of children as participants in research, the Method section of all manuscripts needs to indicate how informed consent and assent was obtained in the study and all studies must document appropriate approvals from Institutional Review Boards for studies involving human participants. Also, the Discussion section of all manuscripts must include a section with the heading, Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice.
Abstracts. The second page of all manuscripts must contain an abstract. (The first page is the title page.) The abstract should be no longer than 1,000 characters (including spaces between words).
Brief Reports. JCCAP will accept Brief Reports of research studies in clinical child and adolescent psychology. Brief Reports are intended to permit the publication of soundly designed studies that are of specialized interest or narrow focus. Authors who submit Brief Reports are required to include a statement in their cover letter indicating that they agree not to submit the full report to another journal of general circulation. The Brief Report should give a clear, succinct summary of the study's procedure and as full an account of the results as space permits. Brief Reports should have a limit of 60 characters per line and should not exceed 410 lines for text and references. These limits do not include the title page, abstract, author note, footnotes, tables, and figures. The number of tables, figures, and headings should be limited. Subheadings under the Method section can be omitted, and the Results and Discussion sections can be combined.
Case Studies in Evidenced-Based Practice in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. These manuscripts will describe an example of evidenced-based practice for a child or adolescent client. The case study should illustrate the use of the most current research evidence for making decisions at each stage of treatment delivery. Suggested sections for the case studies include: I. Reason for Referral/ Background Information, II. Assessment and Diagnosis, III. Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning, IV. Treatment Course, and V. Evaluating Outcome. Key identifying information must be omitted to maintain the participant's anonymity. Manuscripts for this section can be invited by journal editors or submitted by authors. However, all manuscripts will undergo the standard peer-review process of JCCAP. Thus, invited manuscripts are not guaranteed acceptance. The primary criterion for determining whether a submission of this type will be published is how well it illustrates the use of research to make decisions required in the case study. Manuscripts of this type are limited to 20 pages, including references, tables, figures, and footnotes. Manuscripts must conform to all other JCCAP guidelines for manuscripts.
Submitting Manuscripts. JCCAP is now using an online submission and review system, Editorial Manager, through which authors submit manuscripts and track their progress up until acceptance for publication. Authors will enter pertinent information into the system and submit the following files: (a) Cover letter file, containing any comments to the editor, a statement indicating that the findings reported have not been previously published and that the manuscript is not being simultaneously submitted elsewhere, and a statement that the authors have complied with the American Psychology Association's ethical standards in the treatment of their sample; (b) manuscript file, containing the entire text of the article, including abstract, all text, references, footnotes, and appendixes; (c) figures and tables, which may be submitted as separate files if desired. Please log onto http://www.editorialmanager.com/jccap for information and instructions regarding registration and manuscript submission.
Masked Review. A masked review procedure will be used on all submitted manuscripts. To prepare manuscripts for masked review, authors' names and affiliations should not appear on the title page or elsewhere in the manuscript file (they can be keyed into the system and placed on a separate page in the cover letter file). Footnotes identifying the authors should be typed on a separate page and submitted in the cover letter file. Authors should make every effort to ensure that the manuscript file itself contains no clues to their identities. Manuscripts that do not comply with these instructions will be returned to the authors without review.
Production Procedures. After a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors are asked to submit a final version of the manuscript. Files are copyedited, typeset into page proofs, and e-mailed to authors. Authors are responsible for reading proofs, correcting errors, and answering editors' queries.