Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

期刊简介：The Journal welcomes contributions to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. Such contributions may stem from various theoretical perspectives. The Journal primarily focuses on (quasi)experimental tests of psychological approaches to psychopathology, though contributions from medicine, biology, sociology, or epidemiology may be considered. The same holds for non-experimental approaches (e.g., prospective approaches), which may occasionally be published if deemed relevant for the field of experimental psychopathology. Papers to be published generally focus on: Theoretically or clinically relevant differences between specific patient groups and other groups, if experimentally tested; (Transdiagnostic) mechanisms that cause, perpetuate or reduce disorders; Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures Participants in the studies may be patients, healthy subjects, or animals, depending on the relevance of the subject characteristics for the question to be answered. We encourage the investigation of transdiagnostic constructs. Relatedly, we strongly encourage studies testing hypotheses on characteristics of a disorder to not only include a non-patient control group, but also at least one appropriate clinical control group, to assess the specificity of the effect. We cannot guarantee acceptance of studies missing an appropriate clinical control group. Pre-registration of all studies is strongly encouraged and justification of statistical power required. We ask authors who submit studies that were not pre-registered to provide a motivated justification in their cover letter. Clinical trials (RCTs and others) should be registered in an official trial register and the registration number should be reported. These studies should include a flow diagram according to the most recent CONSORT guidelines and a CONSORT checklist should accompany the submission. See http://www.consort-statement.org for the guidelines and forms. Any changes in the submitted study as compared to the pre-registered study (e.g., intended sample size, primary and secondary outcome variables, method) should be stated explicitly in the manuscript. Case studies, open trials, and pilot studies may be considered for publication in the Journal if they are unusually innovative Consecutive case series with appropriate designs (i.e., contrasting at least two conditions; e.g. multiple baseline design) and appropriate statistical analyses are considered for publication. Theoretical contributions on topics relevant to the field of experimental psychopathology are also considered as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses, given that they meet the appropriate guidelines for reporting. Replications are essential in science and are, to the present editors' opinion, often undervalued. Short reports of attempts to replicate experimental studies, whether successful or failed, and whether applied or fundamental, are considered for publication, if appropriately powered. The maximum number of words is 2500 for these reports. All submissions will first be screened on the degree to which they match the Aims and Scope of the Journal.

【译文】该杂志欢迎对精神病理学的理解和治疗做出贡献。这些贡献可能源于不同的理论观点。该杂志主要关注精神病理学心理学方法的（准）实验测试，但也可以考虑医学、生物学、社会学或流行病学的贡献。对于非实验方法（例如前瞻性方法）也是如此，如果认为与实验精神病理学领域相关，则有时可能会发表。待发表的论文通常侧重于： 特定患者群体与其他群体之间的理论或临床相关差异（如果经过实验测试）；引起、延续或减少疾病的（跨诊断）机制；诊断或治疗程序 研究的参与者可以是患者、健康受试者或动物，具体取决于受试者特征与要回答的问题的相关性。我们鼓励跨诊断结构的研究。与此相关的是，我们强烈鼓励测试有关疾病特征的假设的研究不仅包括非患者对照组，而且还包括至少一个适当的临床对照组，以评估效果的特异性。我们不能保证接受缺少适当临床对照组的研究。强烈鼓励所有研究的预先注册，并需要证明统计能力的合理性。我们要求提交未预先注册的研究的作者在求职信中提供有动机的理由。临床试验（随机对照试验和其他）应在官方试验登记册中注册，并报告注册号。这些研究应包括根据最新 CONSORT 指南的流程图，并且提交时应附有 CONSORT 检查表。请参阅 http://www.consort-statement.org 了解指南和表格。与预先注册的研究相比，提交的研究的任何变化（例如，预期样本量、主要和次要结果变量、方法）应在手稿中明确说明。如果案例研究、开放试验和试点研究具有非凡的创新性，则可以考虑在《期刊》上发表。具有适当设计（即对比至少两个条件；例如多基线设计）和适当统计分析的连续案例系列可考虑发表。还考虑了与实验精神病理学领域相关主题的理论贡献以及系统评价和荟萃分析，前提是它们符合适当的报告指南。重复在科学中至关重要，但在目前的编辑看来，它的价值常常被低估。如果有适当的动力，尝试复制实验研究的简短报告，无论成功还是失败，无论是应用的还是基础的，都将被考虑出版。这些报告的最大字数为 2500。所有提交的内容将首先根据其与期刊的目标和范围的匹配程度进行筛选。