Submission Preparation Checklist

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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is double-spaced; using Times New Roman 12 font size; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• The length of the article should not exceed 5,000 words and should contain an abstract of not more than 200 words.
• Articles must adhere to the referencing style of the 6th APA edition.
• Tables and figures must be numbered, labeled, and placed at the appropriate page and point in the body of the manuscript.