Psychology of Addictive Behaviors^®

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors^® publishes peer-reviewed original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors. The journal includes articles on the following topics:

• alcohol use and alcohol use disorders
• drug use and drug use disorders
• smoking and nicotine use and disorders
• eating disorders, and
• other addictive behaviors

Randomized trials, laboratory and prospective studies, and meta-analyses are given the highest priorities. Cross-sectional studies, especially those involving convenience samples, will need to make unique contributions to be competitive in this journal.

Editor

Nancy M. Petry
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Associate Editors

Tammy Chung
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Craig R. Colder
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

James R. McKay
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Sherry A. McKee
Yale University School of Medicine

Thomas M. Piasecki
University of Missouri

Damaris J. Rohsenow
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health

John M. Roll
Washington State University

Katie Witkiewitz
University of New Mexico

Mark D. Wood
University of Rhode Island

Consulting Editors

Michelle C. Acosta
National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Chana K. Akins
University of Kentucky

Sheila M. Alessi
Calhoun Cardiovascular Center — Behavioral Health University of Connecticut Health Center

Rebecca L. Ashare
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Samuel A. Ball
Yale University and CASA Columbia

Celestina Barbosa-Leiker
Washington State University

Nancy P. Barnett
Brown University

Marsha E. Bates
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Warren K. Bickel
Virginia Polytechnic and State University Carilion Research Institute

Gallus Bischof
University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Donald W. Black
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Daniel M. Blonigen
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System

Marcel O. Bonn-Miller
VA Palo Alto Health Care System and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Guilherme LG Borges
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, México City, México

Brian Borsari
Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University School of Public Health

Henrietta Bowden-Jones
National Problem Gambling Clinic and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Sarah Bowen
Pacific University Oregon and University of Washington

Thomas H. Brandon
Moffitt Cancer Center and University of South Florida

Jennifer F. Buckman
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jason J. Burrow-Sanchez
University of Utah

Kate B. Carey
Brown University

Kenneth M. Carpenter
Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute

Kathleen M. Carroll
Yale University School of Medicine

Scott F. Coffey
The University of Mississippi Medical Center

Carlo C. DiClemente
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Joseph W. Ditre
Syracuse University

Dennis M. Donovan
University of Washington

David J. Drobes
Moffitt Cancer Center and University of South Florida

Cristiane S. Duarte
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Columbia University

Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing
University of New Mexico

Mark T. Fillmore
University of Kentucky

Gabriele Fischer
Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

Kim Fromme
The University of Texas at Austin

Sally M. Gainsbury
Centre for Gambling Education & Research, Southern Cross University, Australia

Jon E. Grant
University of Chicago

Anders C. Håkansson
Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Sarah H. Heil
University of Vermont

Christian S. Hendershot
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David C. Hodgins
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Gregory G. Homish
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Monica Webb Hooper
University of Miami

Andrea Hussong
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kristina M. Jackson
Brown University

Mitchell P. Karno
University of California, Los Angeles

Kevin M. King
University of Washington

Matt Kushner
University of Minnesota

David M. Ledgerwood
Wayne State University

C. W. Lejuez
University of Maryland

Adam M. Leventhal
University of Southern California

Mark D. Litt
University of Connecticut Health Center

Andrew Littlefield
Texas Tech University

Leslie H. Lundahl
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Gregory J. Madden
Utah State University

Stephen A. Maisto
Syracuse University

Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida

Steve Martino
Yale University School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Silvia S. Martins
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Danielle E. McCarthy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Denis M. McCarthy
University of Missouri

Michael G. McDonell
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine

Sterling McPherson
Washington State University

Jennifer E. Merrill
Brown University

Jane Metrik
Brown University

Cynthia D. Mohr
Portland State University

LaTrice Montgomery
University of Cincinnati

Peter M. Monti
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University

Antonio A. Morgan-Lopez
RTI International

James G. Murphy
University of Memphis

Clayton Neighbors
University of Houston

Sarah E. Nelson
Harvard Medical School

Roisin M. O’Connor
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Tian Po Oei
The University of Queensland, Australia

Don Operario
Brown University School of Public Health

Brian D. Ostafin
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Tibor P. Palfai
Boston University

Ståle Pallesen
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Aesoon Park
Syracuse University

Kathleen A. Parks
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tao Ran
Addiction Medicine Center, General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, P.R. China

Carla J. Rash
University of Connecticut Health Center, Calhoun Cardiovascular Center – Behavioral Health

Jennifer P. Read
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Khary K. Rigg
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute — University of South Florida

Hans-Jürgen Rumpf
University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

William G. Shadel
RAND Corporation

Kenneth Silverman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Wendy S. Slutske
University of Missouri

Mark B. Sobell
Nova Southeastern University

Catherine Stanger
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Sherry H. Stewart
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Randy Stinchfield
University of Minnesota Medical School

Maxine L. Stitzer
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

William W. Stoops
University of Kentucky

David R. Strong
University of California, San Diego

Maria Testa
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Stephen T. Tiffany
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Jalie A. Tucker
University of Florida—Gainesville

Tomoko Udo
University at Albany – State University of New York

Ryan Vandrey
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Eric F. Wagner
Florida International University

Andrew J. Waters
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Andrea H. Weinberger
Yeshiva University

Helene R. White
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Thomas A. Wills
University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Ken C. Winters
University of Minnesota Medical School

Maria M. Wong
Idaho State University

Sarah E. Woolf-King
University of California, San Francisco

William H. Zywiak
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Editorial Assistant

Catherine Blackwell

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Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.

Please also review the Manuscript Submission Checklist (PDF, 25KB) prior to submission. The checklist should follow the cover letter as part of the submission.

Submission

Submit your manuscripts electronically, through the Manuscript Submission Portal (.rtf, PDF, or .doc).

General correspondence may be directed to

Nancy M. Petry, PhD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, CT 06030-3944
Email: Editor's Office

Every attempt will be made to review manuscripts rapidly and to keep publication lag at a minimum. The opinions and statements published are the responsibility of the authors, and such opinions and statements do not necessarily reflect the policies of the publisher or of Division 50 or the views of the Editor.

In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply electronic mail addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office and later by the production office.

Masked Review Policy

Authors may request masked review. Authors requesting masked review should include with each copy of the manuscript a cover sheet, which shows the title of the manuscript, the authors' names and institutional affiliations, and the date the manuscript is submitted.

The first page of the manuscript should omit the authors' names and affiliations but should include the title of the manuscript and the date it is submitted.

Footnotes containing information pertaining to the authors' identity or affiliations should be on separate pages.

It is the authors' responsibility to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to the authors' identity.

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Manuscripts

All titles and degrees should be omitted from authors' names. All manuscripts should include the following footnote typed on a separate sheet in APA format: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to [give the author's full name and mailing address].

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors has firm page limitations on manuscripts. A full-length manuscript should contain no more than 40 pages inclusive of title page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures, and appendices. A brief report is 10 pages, excluding title page, abstract, author note, references, figures, and tables. Margins of 1 inch and font size of 12 point must be employed, per APA style.

Manuscript Preparation

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Review APA's Checklist for Manuscript Submission before submitting your article.

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Display Equations

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In Online Supplemental Material
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Tables

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Submitting Supplemental Materials

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Abstract and Keywords

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References

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Examples of basic reference formats:

• Journal Article:
  Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (2013). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 133–151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028566
• Authored Book:
  Rogers, T. T., & McClelland, J. L. (2004). Semantic cognition: A parallel distributed processing approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Chapter in an Edited Book:
  Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

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The same caption will appear on both the online (color) and print (black and white) versions. To ensure that the figure can be understood in both formats, authors should add alternative wording (e.g., "the red (dark gray) bars represent") as needed.

For authors who prefer their figures to be published in color both in print and online, original color figures can be printed in color at the editor's and publisher's discretion provided the author agrees to pay:

• $900 for one figure
• An additional $600 for the second figure
• An additional $450 for each subsequent figure

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Publication Policies

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See also APA Journals^® Internet Posting Guidelines.

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In addition, APA Ethical Principles specify that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14).

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