1st Edition

Publishing Your Psychology Research A guide to writing for journals in psychology and related fields

By Dennis M McInerney Copyright 2001
152 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Dennis McInerney's Publishing Your Psychology Research has bridged a much needed gap in the research process literature, providing a well-oiled treaty from both insider and outsider perspectives as to what it takes to become a credible and published author. Dr. Shawn Van Etten Director of Institutional Research Herkimer County Community College State University of New York Do you want to... Read more
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Quality in psychological research: What journal editors are looking for

2. Quality problems and issues in major types of research

3. Selecting a journal outlet and submitting your article

4. Writing your literature review for an effective article

5. Writing your method for an effective article

6. Writing results and discussions for an effective article

7. The review process I

8. The review process II

9. From thesis to journal article

Appendix

Index

Biography

Dennis M. McInerney is Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Masters in Educational and Developmental Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. He is lead author of the widely used Australian textbook, Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning (Pearson), and author of Helping Kids Achieve Their Best (Allen + Unwin). He has published many research papers in major international journals, review articles for scholarly journals and is series editor for Research on Sociocultural Influences on Learning and Motivation (Information Age Press).