Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
Submission Checklist

Version: November 2007

Please use this checklist to confirm your manuscript is in compliance with all JTD requirements. Additional information about the requirements for submission can be found at http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/jtd/ .

Manuscript Title: _____________________________________________

Corresponding Author: ________________________________________

Research with Human Participants and/or Case Studies

_______ If research involved the use of human participants was the research with human participants approved by an institutional ethics committee or institutional review board (“IRB”) and is this so indicated in the manuscript?

_______ Did the participants give informed consent to be involved in this research and is this so indicated in the manuscript?

_______ Does the manuscript give any case study or individual participant information? If so, complete the “Case Presentation Checklist” at http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/jtd/casechecklist.html and submit with manuscript.

Required Format – General Issues

_______ Manuscripts must be double-spaced, with 1 inch (3 centimeter) margins on all sides, with 12 point font.

_______ Paragraphs should be indented at 0.5 inches.

_______ All pages should be numbered beginning with the title page.

_______ There should only be one space between periods.

_______ Manuscripts have been spell-checked.

_______ Manuscripts have been edited so that the writing is clear and concise. (Shorter manuscripts have a higher acceptance rate.)

Title Page

_______ Title

_______ Authors listed with degrees (e.g., MS, PhD, MD)

_______ Location of the institution and place where the work was done

_______ Corresponding author's name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail

_______ Word count

_______ (If applicable) Acknowledgment of previous presentation, grant support, commercial support, or other credit.

_______ Contact information and complete mailing addresses of all co-authors (other than the Corresponding Author) should be on a separate page immediately after the Title Page.

Abstract Page

_______ A single paragraph abstract of 100-250 words must be provided.

_______ Key words for index purposes

Citations in text

_______ All citations in text should be in proper APA format. **Please ensure that your format is compliant with the following examples, and consult the APA manual for formats not listed below.**

Work by one author: (Putnam, 1989).
Work by two authors: (Cardeña & Spiegel, 1993). Cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text. Use no comma between authors.
Work by three, four or five authors: First text citation: (Van der Hart, Van Kijke, Van Son, & Steele, 2000). Use commas after all authors. Subsequent text citations: (Van der Hart et al., 2000).
Work by six or more authors: In all text citations, use only the surname of the first author followed by et al. and the year of publication, e.g., (Ross et al., 1992).
Order of citation: When citing two or more works within the same parenthesis, list them in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author. Separate citations by semicolons.

Reference List

_______ Reference list should be double-spaced, with a hanging indent format.

_______ Each reference should list all authors.

_______ There should be no spaces between author initials (for example: Putnam, F.W.)

_______ Full titles of journals should be listed.

_______ The reference list should be in proper APA format. **Please ensure that your format is compliant with the following examples, and consult the APA manual for formats not listed below.**

Journal article. Titles of and volume number of journals should be italicized. Journal titles should have all important words capitalized.
- Benedict, L.L., & Zautra, A.A. (1993). Family environmental characteristics as risk factors for childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22(3), 365-374.
Book. Titles of books should be italicized. Only the first word of book titles should be capitalized.
- Putnam, F.W. (1997). Dissociation in children and adolescents. New York: Guilford Press.
Book Chapter. Page numbers must be included for book chapters.
- Goodwin, J. (1996). Childhood DID: The male population. In J.L. Silberg, (Ed.), The dissociative child (pp. 69-84). Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press.
Edited Book.
- Kluft, R.P., & Fine, C.G. (Eds.). (1993). Clinical perspectives on multiple personality disorder. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.
Chapter in Edited Book.
- Liotti, G. (1999). Disorganization of attachment as a model for understanding dissociative psychopathology. In J. Solomon & C. George (Eds.), Attachment Disorganization (pp. 291-317). New York: The Guilford Press.

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