Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submissions to Latin American Psychology undergo an initial editorial assessment to ensure alignment with the journal's aims and scope. Suitable manuscripts proceed to a single-blind peer review. Authors must obtain publishing permissions for all supplementary materials and ensure all listed authors consent to their inclusion. Research must possess appropriate ethics committee approval adhering to the legal requirements of the study's jurisdiction. Submissions failing to meet minimum quality standards may be desk rejected. Ensure the study design and arguments are properly structured. Manuscripts must adhere strictly to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). The maximum word count is 6500 words, excluding references. The required structure is: Title Page; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; Results; Discussion; References. The abstract must be a single paragraph of up to 250 words encompassing the background, methodology, results, and discussion. The introduction must integrate the background, justification, and objective. The methodology must encompass the sample, instruments, procedure, and analysis. The results must report findings concisely, including appropriate statistical analyses. The discussion must interpret the findings in relation to the study objectives and existing literature, acknowledging methodological limitations and suggesting future research directions. All references must be presented in Roman script.

1. Title Page: Manuscript title, author names, institutional affiliations, and corresponding author contact details.
2. Abstract: A single paragraph of up to 250 words encompassing the background, methodology, results, and discussion, followed by three to five keywords.
3. Introduction: Integrates the theoretical background, study justification, and research objectives.
4. Methodology: Details the sample characteristics, instruments utilised, data collection procedure, and analytical strategy.
5. Results: Reports findings, appropriate statistical analyses, effect sizes, and confidence intervals.
6. Discussion: Interprets findings in relation to objectives and existing literature, acknowledges methodological limitations, and suggests future research directions.
7. Ethical Considerations*: Statement of ethics committee approval and informed consent for research involving human or animal subjects.
   E.g.: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of the Universidad de Guayaquil (Protocol No. 123-2026) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
8. Author Contributions*: Detailed statement utilising the CRediT taxonomy.
   E.g.: J. A. Rodas: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft. M. Capella: Formal analysis, Data curation. F. Santos: Writing - review & editing, Supervision.
9. Conflict of Interest*: Explicit declaration of any financial or non-financial conflicts.
   E.g.: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
10. Funding*: Details of any financial support received for the research.
    E.g.: This work was supported by the Interamerican Society of Psychology under Grant ISP-2026-001.
11. References: Formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), presented exclusively in Roman script.

* Starting in 2026

Authors must provide a statement detailing the specific contributions of each author to the manuscript. Latin American Psychology utilises the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT). The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all listed authors have agreed to the assigned roles and that all individuals who contributed significantly are recognised. This statement must be included in the manuscript prior to the references section.

Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT)

• Conceptualization
• Data curation
• Formal analysis
• Funding acquisition
• Investigation
• Methodology
• Project administration
• Resources
• Software
• Supervision
• Validation
• Visualization
• Writing - original draft
• Writing - review & editing