Link to Website: American Psychological Association http://apa.org/pubs/journals/abn/
Or http://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/abn/127/1
The Review process
The Journal of abnormal psychology is peer reviewed by an editorial board composed of scholars from various universities. The manuscripts submitted undergo scrutiny on three levels from associate editors, the main editor from the University of Minnesota and the Editorial reviewer’s board. The approved articles have to go through a process of abstracting and indexing and manuscripts submitted have to conform to strict submission guidelines. The length of time for the review is approximately one year (Lundstrom " Baker, 2009).
The impact factor
The impact factor measures frequency of citations and references from an article in a given year. The Journal of abnormal psychology recorded a 5 year impact factor of 5.722 and 4.133 in 2017 (Garfield, 2006).A high impact factor indicates that the journal has achieved a good influence on the academia. Notably, this journal has achieved a fairly average impact.
Acceptability
The research article published in the journal are acceptable for use in an academic literature review because the Journal of Abnormal psychology publishes research articles based on theory and hypothesis tests based on correlation between determinants of abnormal behaviours in psychopathology. In addition, the editors only allow empirical papers or theoretical papers based on scholarly information (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2018).
Research question and Hypothesis
Research question
1. Does attention change with age for infants affected by parental emotions?
Hypothesis
With regard to age and attention for infants the following hypothesis will be tested;
1. Attention is influenced by age during early stages of development.
2. Attention deficit is related to parental emotion.
References
Bordens, K., " Abbott, B. (2017). Research design and methods: a process approach (8th ed., pp. 56-95). McGraw-Hill Education.
Garfield E. (2006).The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor. JAMA.
2006;295(1):90–93. doi:10.1001/jama.295.1.90
Journal of Abnormal Psychology. (2018). http://www.apa.org. Retrieved 7 February 2018, from http://apa.org/pubs/journals/abn/
Lundstrom, K., " Baker, W. (2009). To give is better than to receive: The benefits of peer review to the reviewer's own writing. Journal of second language writing, 18(1), 30-43.
Musser, E. D., Karalunas, S. L., Dieckmann, N., Peris, T. S., " Nigg, J. T. (2016). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder developmental trajectories related to parental expressed emotion. Journal of abnormal psychology, 125(2), 182.
