Social Psychology Quarterly: Condensed Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation

Please follow these guidelines to prepare manuscript pages for copy-editing. For details and sample pages, consult the “Detailed Guidelines” document or the ASA Style Guide (2010, 4th edition).

Formatting Use 12-point Times New Roman font, with double spacing for everything Set margins to be at least 1.25 inches on all four sides Use one , not two, between sentences

Order parts of the document, elaborated below, as follows: 1) Title page; 2) Abstract and keywords; 3) Article text; 4) Acknowledgments (if applicable) and Funding (if applicable); 5) Notes; 6) References; 7) Short author bio(s); 8) Tables (if applicable); 9) Figures, illustrations, or photographs (if applicable); 10) Appendices (if applicable) (Sound or video files and some appendices, can be hosted on the journal’s website.)

Title page: All text flush left • “Running Head = YOUR SHORTENED TITLE” at the top of the title page • Article title in bold font, headline-style (upper/lower case) capitalization • Author name(s) in bold font • Affiliation for each author in regular (roman) font • “Corresponding Author” in bold font followed on next line by address in roman font, with separating particulars • “Email:” in roman font (not hyperlink) on a separate line just below address

Abstract and keywords: All text flush left • Top of page: “Abstract” in bold font, no . • Next line: abstract text (flush left; no more than 150 words). • Next line: “Keywords” in bold font, no colon • Next line: three to five keywords (lowercase, separated by commas) for indexing • Next line: Begin article text

Text • First paragraph is flush left • Indent subsequent paragraphs, unless following a first- or a second-level head • Use consistent heading style (see ASA Style Guide) o FIRST-LEVEL HEAD (all caps, center) o Second-Level Head (italicized, headline-style capitalization, flush left) o Third-level head. (Italics, indented at the beginning of the paragraph, and followed by a period. Paragraph text begins on same line. • Interviews and emails, if quoted, must be cited in the text as follows: (Smith interview 01/19/09) or (Jane email 12/04/08) • Scholarly citations provide evidence of assertions or indicate important sources: last name of the author(s) and year of publication; include page numbers for quotes or referencing specific passages. Consult “Detailed Guidelines” or ASA Style Guide to do it correctly!

Equations and statistical notation • Italicize lowercase letters in equations and notation: p > .03, df = 4; z = –3.03 • Italicize F; use roman font for N, SD, M • Include a space on either side of statistical notation • Use an en , not a , for a negative sign: –.32 • Eliminate the leading zero in numeric measurements: .495, not 0.495

Acknowledgments and funding • Acknowledgements (optional) fall at the end of the article text • Funding information (optional) falls before Notes

Notes • Use endnotes, not footnotes, and place just before “References” • Reference numbers are full size (not superscripted as in the text), followed by a period (e.g., 1. This is an example of an endnote number.)

References All references cited in the text must be listed (completely and correctly) in the reference section, and vice versa. Consult “Detailed Guidelines” or ASA Style Guide to do it correctly!

Short author bio(s) • Author’s name, title (lowercase), department, and institution • Five or six lines for each author on current research interests, publications, awards

Tables • Please submit tables in an editable format, such as Word or Excel • Number consecutively, with one per page • Insert a in the text to indicate table placement (e.g., “Table 2 About Here”) • Include a descriptive title and label headings for columns and rows for each table • Use en , not , in numeric ranges or to indicate a negative number • List general table notes directly under the table as “Note: . . .”; letter specific notes consecutively within each table with superscript lowercase letters • Use *, **, and/or *** to indicate significance at the p < .05, p < .01, and p < .001 levels, respectively, and always specify one-tailed or two-tailed tests

Figures, illustrations, or photographs (minimum 300 dpi) • Number consecutively, with one per page • Insert a note in the text to indicate placement (e.g., “Figure 1 About Here”) • Include a title or caption for each • Submit in camera-ready form, legible when reduced or enlarged to fit column widths of 2-9/16 or 5-5/16 inches • Authors must secure permission to reproduce all copyrighted figures, illustrations, and photographs before they are published by SPQ

Appendices • “Letter” appendices • Include descriptive title for each (e.g., “Appendix A. Variables Names)

NOTES ON STYLE

• Hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes o Hyphens. Eliminate unnecessary hyphenation (e.g., nonresponse, rather than non-response). But use to: separate two similar vowels (as in re- educate); avoid confusion with another word (re-creation/recreation); prevent misreading (co-worker, not coworker) o En dash (longer than a hyphen, shorter than an em dash) use with numbers (everything from page ranges to the negative sign) and in compound adjectives with open compounds: the post–World War II era not the post-World War II era. o Em dash. An em dash (not a double hyphen) is used with no spaces on either side to indicate a parenthetical matter: “High percentages of former and current patients—from 50 to 95 percent—are aware of . . . .” • Colon. The first word following a colon is always lowercased unless it introduces a proper name, a quotation, or more than one sentence. • Serial . With three or more items joined by and, use a comma before and. • Use “i.e.” and “e.g.” as sparingly as possible. Substitute “that is” or “for example” • Spell out percent in running text (do not use % symbol) • Avoid using however to start a sentence. Embed it in the sentence instead • Avoid using further to start a sentence

Run spell check one final time before submitting an article!

Thank you,

The Editors