Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Manuscript style

The submitted research must be unpublished (not having been partially or totally published in other journals, books or digital media) and must be authored by the applicant (s). The content of the articles should be directly on topics of health psychology, clinical psychology, family psychology, or about different scientific topics that have been addressed from a psychological perspective.

The manuscript must contain a title that synthesizes clearly, the main idea of the writing in 18 words or less, the full name of the author, professional title (of being a collegiate), institution to which it belongs (if a student, the name of the university where the studies are being studied) and email of the author (s). The work may be under the authorship of more than one author, indicating the order of authorship, considering the ethical standards proposed by the American Psychological Association (APA) in its seventh edition in English.

The summary must be coherent and precise reflecting the purpose and informative content, noting the most relevant points. It must be in English (abstract), with a maximum extension of 300 words. The abstract should be structured in background, objective, method, result, and conclusion.

At least 5 key-words must be added, which must correspond to the MeSH terms for English key-words (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/).

The papers will be presented in Word format with font Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1.5, margins of 2.5 cm on all sides, A4 size, the vertical orientation of the page.

Article Types

Interacciones publishes different types of documents, here is a list of the types of documents it accepts. It is recommended that you review the editorial policies:

types of manuscritp	Recommended guidelines
Editorial (max: 1,000 words) (max: 2 tables or figuras)	None
Original paper (max: 7,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras)	1. Randomised trials (CONSORT). 2. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). 3. Observational Studies (STROBE). 5. Qualitative research (COREQ). 6. Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD and TRIPOD). 7. Economic Evaluation (CHEERS). 8. Quasi-experimental studies (TREND).
Review paper (max: 7,000 words) (max: 8 tables or figuras)	None
Study protocol (max: 5,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras)	1. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). 2. Protocol for clinical trials (SPIRIT).
Case study (max: 5,000 words) (max: 5 tables or figuras)	Case reports of EQUATOR (CARE).
Letters to the editor (max: 1,000 words) (max: 2 tables or figuras)	None

Only in the case of randomized clinical trials conducted in Peru, the authors of the Clinical Trial must have registered their study to the Peruvian Clinical Trials Registry (REPEC, Spanish acronym) of the National Institute of Health (INS, Spanish acronym) following the standards established in the international platform of clinical trials registries of the World Health Organization taking into account the following aspects: content, quality, validity, access, technical capacity and administrative profiles (https://ensayosclinicos-repec.ins.gob.pe/; http://www.scielo.org.pe/avaliacao/avaliacao_es.htm). The authors will have to provide information about their studies together with their identification number. In addition, the Clinical Trial must have been registered with the REPEC's Ethics Committee and have obtained its accreditation (https://ensayosclinicos-repec.ins.gob.pe/acerca-del-repec/registro-de-ensayos-clinicos).

Reference Style

It is the responsibility of the author to present with precision the bibliographic references ordered alphabetically, at the end of the work. All listed works must be referenced in the text of the article indicates. The bibliographical references and the form of the citations should correspond to the editorial style of the APA in its seventh version in English.

Article of scientific journal:

Model: Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Year). Article title. Journal, Volume (Number), pp.incia-pp.final. doi

Example: Dominguez-Lara, S. (2016). Normative values of a scale of academic self-efficacy in university students in Lima. Interacciones, 2 (2), 91-98. https://doi.org/10.24016/2016.v2n2.31

Book:

Model: Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Year). Title of the book. City or Country: Editorial

Example: Villarreal, D. & Villarreal-Zegarra, D. (2016). Notes on systemic therapy. Peru: IPOPS.

Book-chapter:

Model: Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or the entry. In A. A. Surname. (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. Xx-xx). City, Country: Editorial

Example: Hancock, G. R., & Mueller, R. O. (2001). Rethinking construct reliability within latent variable systems. In R. Cudeck, S. H. C. du Toit & D. Sörbom (Eds.), Structural equation modelling: Past and present. A Festschrift in honour of Karl G. Jöreskog (pp. 195-261). Chicago: Scientific Software International.

Guidelines for submissions

The manuscript sent for publication will be attached through the OJS platform from the link www.revistainteracciones.com; the authors must register and follow all the corresponding steps. Additionally, they should be sent via email, as an attachment, to: editorial@revistainteracciones.com with the subject "Interacciones", specifying the title of the manuscript, authors, and manuscript type.

Only those manuscripts that are not in the process of simultaneous review in other national or international journals will be subject to evaluation.

By submitting the manuscript, the author claims to possess all the rights of the article in question, releasing from any subsequent responsibility the Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica - IPOPS and the journal Interacciones.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish the material it receives, in order to prioritize the research lines of the journal. By submitting an article, the journal and the Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica - IPOPS, are expressly authorized to publish said work in a physical and/or digitalized manner, giving all rights of reproduction of the text.

Pre-Print Policy

The journal's policy is to interoperate with preprint servers, facilitating the submission of manuscripts previously deposited in preprint servers. The author must choose the preprint server that suits his research. Due to the scope of our journal we recommend Scielo Pre-print (https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo),medRxiv.org (https://www.medrxiv.org), PsyArXiv Preprints (https://psyarxiv.com/), and Research Square (https://www.researchsquare.com/).

Preprints should be published in PDF, HTML, or XML format. Most servers allow automatic conversion to one of these formats. The corresponding author must indicate within the Open Science Form that the manuscript has been uploaded to a Pre-print server and indicate the doi of this pre-print.

No Article Processing Charge

The journal Interacciones published by the "Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica" does not have charges or fees for the processing of articles (reception, initial review, peer review, acceptance or publication of articles) in any of the accepted formats (empirical studies, methodological articles, theoretical articles, and case studies). The Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica covers all the costs of the publication process. Therefore, at no point in the editorial process will authors be asked to pay a fee for submitting, revising, editing, typesetting, translating, or publishing articles in the journal. Interaciones has no article processing charges (APC).

Original paper

Qualifies as an original article, empirical manuscripts written in English or Spanish. It is based on the review of external peers in the double-blind paper review. The author undertakes not to submit simultaneously in other journals the articles submitted for possible publication in Interactions.

The author (s) must accompany their proposal with a letter of originality, where they declare to be the author of the proposed document and that it has not been published totally or partially in another print, electronic, internet or any other means of publication. That all sources are duly cited and referenced (adding doi if any). Declares to be the owner of the copyright or to have the authorization of those who own them, of the content and materials included in the article, so any claim on this subject is the sole responsibility of the author.

The letter must be signed by all the corresponding correspondent author and be addressed in PDF format to the email revistaintecciones@ipops.pe

The editorial committee of Interactions reserves the right to make the correction of style and editorial changes that it deems necessary to improve the work, in the same way, to advance or postpone the accepted articles with the purpose of giving a better thematic composition to each issue.

The journal "Interacciones" recommend that the minimum guidelines be used for reports on health and behavioral science research provided by the EQUATOR Network when you are making your manuscripts, and FAIRsharing.org to report checklists for research. Authors should adhere to these guidelines when drafting their manuscripts, peer reviewers will be asked to consult these checklists when evaluating such studies.

1. Randomized clinical trials (CONSORT)
2. Systematic reviews and / or meta-analysis (PRISMA)
3. Observational studies (STROBE)
5. Qualitative research (COREQ)
6. Prognostic / diagnostic studies (STARD and TRIPOD)
7. Economic evaluations (CHEERS)

Review paper

In this type of study, we analyze an existing theory, present a new theory, and contrast the limitations or advantages of one theory with respect to another, analyzing them critically. The structure can be flexible according to the author's criteria, it is suggested: introduction (the approach of the problem and relevant aspects that the author points out), development of the topic (here the sections that allow better visualization of the subject are considered), discussion (contrast of the ideas discussed), conclusions, conflict of interest, financing, and references.

Study protocol

The study protocol is used to transparently report the hypotheses, the fundamentals and the methodology of a study so that in the final study the steps are followed as reported or failing to provide reasonable explanations for a change of the protocol. To conduct this type of study are to avoid publication bias and ensure the reproducibility of the results. Interactions accept different types of the study protocol, but it is recommended to follow EQUATOR guidelines to perform systematic review protocols (PRISMA-P) or randomized clinical trial protocols (SPIRIT).

Case studies

These are reports obtained when working with an individual, group, community or organization. They illustrate a problem; they indicate the means to solve a problem and/or give evidence about new required research, clinical applications or theoretical issues. The following structure is suggested: introduction (the approach of the problem and relevant aspects that the author points out) begins, method (background, evaluation, intervention, etc.), results, discussion, conclusions, conflict of interest, financing, and references.

Interactions strongly recommend that authors adhere as closely as possible to the EQUATOR Case Reports (CARE) document.

Letter to the editor

Letters to the editor are often written in response to a particular article. These letters can be used to highlight some specific points, to correct any misunderstandings or errors that the article contains and to reinforce key messages.

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