Publication Conditions:

Research presented for publication in the Saudi Journal of Psychological Counselling requires:

•           Research should be authentic and trend-sound.

•           The research should be in Arabic or English, and extracted in Arabic and English.

•           Research conforms to the Scientific Secretariat's standards and ethics of scientific research.

•           To achieve linguistic integrity and observe punctuation.

•           Not previously published.

•           Research assets that reach the journal are not refunded, whether published or not.

•           Search with sources, margins and tables shall not exceed 30 pages (A4), and shall not be less than 20 pages, including Arabic and English summaries and references.

•           The Journal adopts the American Psychological Society's documentation system (APA) last edition.

•           The magazine has the right to publish the research on the magazine's website or other electronic and paper publishing receptacles of the University after it has been cleared for publication.

•           E-mail correspondence, submission of research is an acceptance by the researcher of (the terms of publication in the journal), and the editorial board has the right to prioritize the publication of research.

•           Each issue of the magazine shall bear the following phrase: "This issue expresses the views of its authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board, the policy of Princess Noura bint Abdul Rahman University or the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

•           The Journal retains the intellectual property rights of everything published in the Journal in paper or electronic versions.

Rules for copying researches:

•           Page margins are (3cm) from (top, bottom, right, left), and line spacing is individual.

•           The Standard English line is used for Arabic language with size (16) for metallic, size (18) for heading and size (13) for footnote and extract, and size (10) for tables and shapes.

•           The "Times New Roman" line is used for English in size (11) for metallic, size (12) for titles, size (9) for footnote and extract, size (8) for tables and shapes.

•           The pages are numbered starting from the first page, and the number is in the middle of the bottom of the page.

•           The tables are numbered sequentially, so that the number is on top of the table, then the table address is in italics.

•           The shapes number sequentially, so that the number is below the shape, then the title of the shape.

•           It is economical to write tables and margins, so that the number of tables does not exceed six tables, and to write margins in extreme necessity.

•           A common language is used in the reference to the table or figure, whether when referring to the table or shape (before the table or figure), or when commenting on the table or figure (after the table or figure is displayed).

•           Uses the following format for tables

Table Title

Content Requirements:
•    The researcher's name and place of work should be given immediately after the title of the research in Arabic and English. He mentions his email in the margin.
•    The researcher attaches two abstracts, the first in Arabic and the second in English, so that the number of words in the extract does not exceed 250 and contains the following elements: (search objectives, sample, tools, most important results), with careful editing.
•    The research should include the following components:
§ Introduction: Includes a focused theoretical presentation of the study's variables, their relevance, and the need to study them with a scientific logical link between the study variables; supports the introduction of statistics and the results of recent studies, concludes with a clear identification of the study's problem, and does not accept a separate theoretical framework and previous studies.
Study Problem: Only Study Questions
§ importance of the study is mentioned in light of its theoretical and applied significance.
§ Terms of Study: Includes terminological and procedural definitions.
§ study's procedures include the following:
Study curriculum: determines the curriculum used and the rationale for using it.
Society's Agenda: The study of society determines precisely, with statistical mention of the number of societies; the source of statistics is documented; and a society's agenda is not required.
Sample: The sample is accurately described with an average sample age and standard age deviation, mentioning the sample selection method, how it was withdrawn from the community, and the year in which it was applied, with a single table showing all sample specifications depending on the study variables.
§ study tools: the tools used are accurately described, so that the description includes the name of the original meter setter, the name of the person who expresses it or legalizes it in the Arab environment in our case, the number of paragraphs of the instrument, and the number of dimensions with their names. In the solution of the existence of dimensions and the distribution of paragraphs to dimensions, reference is made to negative and positive paragraphs if they exist. With a clarification of the alternatives to response and the method of correction, then a brief mention of the instrument's stability and sincerity in the meter, Then, in the current study, he mentioned the procedures for verifying the stability and sincerity of the scale in the form of paragraphs and without addresses coefficiently using tables, for example, the extent and level of correlation factors could be stated in the calculation of internal consistency rather than the presentation of the table.

Data analysis method: remember the statistical methods used to answer the study's questions and do not mention the statistical methods used to verify the consistency and truthfulness of the tools.
§ presentation and discussion of the study's results: each question of the study is presented and how it is answered, and then the results are presented in table form. The results are then linked to those of previous studies, whether they agreed or disagreed with the results obtained. The results are then interpreted in the light of scientific theories, sample characteristics, developmental stages, community culture, and changes.
§ Reference List: Includes Arabic References List and Foreign References List, taking into account their writing in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) '

General rules in the writing of references:
•    The references mentioned in the research are written only, and no reference that is not mentioned in the research body may be written.
•    References are arranged according to the author's last name (title) alphabetically rather than alphabetically.
•    Spacing between individual references
•    Do not use in the first line a starting distance while in the second line of the same reference a starting distance as much as (name)
• There is no number in the references list.
•    (Book title, master's or doctoral thesis title, conference paper title, symposium title, journal or periodical name) should be written in italics instead of deep font or words below font.
•    When there is more than one author's reference, there are three cases:
1. If the year of publication varies: the references are arranged chronologically (from oldest to most recent).
2.    If the publication is in the same year, the references are arranged alphabetically according to the letters given on board.
3.    If there are co-authors, the author's individual references are first arranged, followed by the joint references, in accordance with the titles of the co-authors.
•    When the reference has more than one author:
§    All authors involved in the research must be named (up to 20 authors) and do not use abbreviations, others, et al.
§    The authors' names are separated by a comma, and the letter (f) (&) is used before writing the last author's name.

How to document each reference according to its type:

Documentation of books:

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). Title of the book with inclined edition number if after the first (i *). Publishing House.

Documentation of a translated book

Last name of book author, first name. (Date of publication). The title of the book is inclined (translator's name, translator). Publisher.

Documentation of scientific journals and periodicals:

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). Search address. Name of magazine or periodical with slant, volume number with slant (issue number). Page range * * - * *

Documentation of scientific journals and periodicals with DOI number:

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). Search address. Name of magazine or periodical with slant, volume number with slant (issue number). Page range * * - * *. Link

Documentation of scientific journals and periodicals without DOI number:

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). Search address. Magazine name or periodic slant, volume number (number), page range * * * *. Magazine URL not the article link.

Documentation of unpublished scientific messages

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). Title of thesis with inclination [master's thesis or PhD thesis unpublished]. Name of institution or university.

Documentation of published scientific messages.

Author's last name, first name. (Year of publication). The title of the thesis is inclined [master's thesis or PhD thesis published, name of institution or university]. Name database or archive. Link.

Documentation of a scientific paper presented at a conference.

Researcher's last name, first name. (Year of publication, month, conference days). The title of the paper is tilted [type of contribution]. Conference name, organizer. City, Country.

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