Introduction

The JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) is a University based journal. Its home is the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY (COOU) (formerly Anambra State University), IGBARIAM, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA. The Journal publishes valuable papers that investigate, explain, and describe HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL phenomena and existence. Papers submitted are given blind peer and professional review. After the peer-review, papers are accepted for publication, or rejected for poor standard. Very minor corrections may be made by the editorial team, while substantial corrections will be sent back to the author(s) for correction assuming the paper is accepted for publication. Accepted works are to be published as soon as payments are made. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) is therefore an avenue to publish your outstanding reports and ideas. Please help spread this to your colleagues and friends and invite them to contribute papers to the journal. Let’s work together to disseminate our research results and ideas. Papers in all fields of PSYCHOLOGY or HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL phenomena and existence are welcome.

Mission

The JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) provides well-reputed access to worldwide quality research publication. Rapid professional reviewing, publishing and uncompromising quality assurance services are provided to contributors. Our drive is to provide well indexed/abstracted journal in the world’s known databases. Our editorial team members are very competent, very sound, versatile, and world-class, to make sure the quality of the published research articles are enticing.

Goal

The main goals of the JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU(JPBDC) are to help scientists and researchers in human behavioural fields publish findings in our scientific journal.The journal is geared toward giving contributors publications that are of very high quality with ever-increasing impactfactor/rating worldwide.

Publication

The journal is published continuously once enough articles are received for that purpose. After the professional peer review, all valuable works will be published. Paper for publication will not exceed 15 pages from the title page to the last appendix. The author’s(s’) names, title/rank, and address should be written the way s/he (they)wants them to appear. All diagrams, analyses, and tables should be positioned where they are required to be and intheir professional formats. The manuscript can be in any language so far it is placed side by side with English languagetranslation version. All submissions must be online. There is the publication charge of N35,000.00 for Nigerianauthor(s), and US$400 for foreign author(s). The fees cover the administrative, peer review, and one copy posting to the correspondence author. Author(s) who want extra copy or copies will make request for that and the author(s) willbe communicated on the prevailing charges. There are no prior charges for peer review and assessment. The publication charge is to be paid while re-submitting the corrected copy of the peer-reviewed and assessed manuscript.For every payment, a scanned copy of the payment bank teller must be done and sent online with the corrected copyof the manuscript.

Structure of Text/Work for Publication

All text/works for publication must take structure/format given below:

IDENTIFICATION (title of work, authors’ names with surname last, address/affiliation, email, & phone number)
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
1. Background to the Study
2. Statement of the Problem
3. Purpose of the Study
4. Research Questions
5. Significance of the Study
6. Operational Definition of Terms
LITERATURE REVIEW
1. Theoretical Review
2. Empirical Review
3. hypotheses
METHODS
1. Participants
2. Instrument
3. Procedure
4. Design and Statistics
RESULTS
1. Summary of Findings
DISCUSSION
1. Implication to Research and Practice
2. Conclusion
3. Recommendation(s)
4. Future Research Suggestions
REFERENCES: (strictly APA format)
APPENDIX – if any (Samples of all instruments or questionnaire(s) used in the study must be supplied at the appendix)

Editing/Arrangement of Text/Work for Publication

All text/works for publication must be edited/arranged as given below:

1. Title of the Paper: (Font Size=14 – style ‘Head’)
2. Author Name: (Font Size=12 – style ‘Author name’)
3. Author Affiliation/Address: (Font Size=12 – style)
4. Email address: (Font Size=12 – style)
5. Phone number: (Font Size=12 – style)
6. Abstract: (not more than 150 words). The abstract should be meaningful and understandable by the general reader, as well as capture the essence of the research.
7. Keywords: (maximum of 6 words)
8. Margins: (Paper Size – A4; Margins: Top & Bottom – 2.54cm each, Left & Right – 3.17cm each)
9. Spacing: All texts must be double line spacing, including abstract and references. Text should be fully justified. The work must not exceed 15 pages from the title page to the last appendix.
10. Format/Operating system: Works must be in Microsoft Words. PDF documents are not allowed.
11. Font Size: All Fonts are Times New Roman with Size=12, unless stated otherwise).
12. Figure: Figures if any should be numbered serially different from the tables. The Title of the figure should be on top of the figure, with brief explanations/interpretations at the bottom of the figure.
13. Table: Tables if any should be numbered serially different from the figures. The title of the table should be on top of the table, with brief explanations/interpretations at the bottom of the table.
14. NOTE: a-e above should be centred, while the rest of the document should have justified margins.
15. Proofreading: Authors MUST reading their works very well, edit and correct all grammatical and punctuation mistakes to avoid the works being rejected.

The JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) is therefore an avenue to publish your outstanding studies/researches, reports and ideas. The editorial team solicits your help in spreading this to colleagues and friends. Endeavour to invite them to contribute papers to the journal. May we work together to disseminate and share our ideas, findings and competence. Please send and copy your manuscript to editorjpbdc@gmail.com, or editorjpbdc@coou.edu.ng, ornwankwodo@gmail.com, or nwankwodo@yahoo.com

Disclaimer:The JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) states that all the opinions or ideas expressed in the articles published in the journal are those of the author(s). The Editor-in-Chief or members of the Editorial Board, reviewer, and/or publisher are in no way responsible for the opinions or ideas. Please may you with respect kindly go through ‘Terms, Conditions, and Ethical/Malpractice Reminders’ of the journal.

Terms, Conditions, and Ethical/Malpractice Reminders:The JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL DISCIPLINES, COOU (JPBDC) is very sensitive and well-guided by ethical considerations. The Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board, or the Journal does not welcome nor associate itself with plagiarism and does not accepted plagiarized work. Since the editorial team will not be able to monitor all malpractices around the world, the concerned author(s) are therefore liable to all illegalities, unprofessional, and unethical works associated or traceable to their published work(s). If found out, papers that do not conform to publication forms and ethical terms of the journal will not be published.

Contact

Please send and copy your manuscript to editorjpbdc@gmail.com , oreditorjpbdc@coou.edu.ng, nwankwodo@gmail.com, or nwankwodo@yahoo.com. For more information, please contact: editorjpbdc@gmail.com , and editorjpbdc@coou.edu.ng ,nwankwodo@gmail.com, or nwankwodo@yahoo.com, or DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY (formerly Anambra State University), IGBARIAM, P.M.B. 6059, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA, or visit www.coou.edu.ng; Phone: +2348030809950, +2348120207053, +2348182559910.