Journal of
PACIFIC RIM PSYCHOLOGY

A quality peer-reviewed premium e-journal, the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology has its history in the old South Pacific Journal of Psychology published between 1984 and 2005. The new journal fills a void in contemporary psychology, with a focus on a region of the world that is extraordinarily vast, easily recognisable, and rich in cultural diversity. From climate change to disaster management and poverty reduction, the pacific rim region has its share of issues and potential solutions. With a focus on Indigenous and minority perspectives, the journal seeks to foster mutual capacity building in the research domain, and on questions of human development generally.

The Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is now available in over 40,000 libraries worldwide including 90% of US college and university libraries and every major research library across Australia and New Zealand. It is also available as part of the AAP Online Collection and ALPSP Learned Journals Collection.

Joint Editors

Stuart Carr                    &       Leo Marai
Massey University                        University of Papua New Guinea
New Zealand                                Papua New Guinea

Book Review Editor

Shaun A. Saunders Author & Consulting Psychologist, Australia

Editorial Board

A. Aukahi Austin University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Murray Dyck Griffith University, Australia
Nick Higginbotham University of Newcastle, Australia
Pachongchit Intasuwan Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Anthony J. Marsella University of Hawaii, USA
Don Munro University of Newcastle, Australia
Bridie O’Reilly Private Consultant, Australia
Ian Purcell Counseling Psychologist, Australia
Juan Rapadas Department of Youth Affairs/University of Guam, Guam
Tod Sloan Lewis and Clark College, USA
Robin Taylor Behavioural Research Science, Fiji
David Thomas University of Auckland, New Zealand
Paul Watters Medical Research Council, UK

Open Access Policy
Australian Academic Press adheres to the Open Access (OA) “Green Standard” for author self-archiving which allows journal authors who have published in an Australian Academic Press journal to post the peer-reviewed version of their article prior to typesetting on an online archive, repository, or website.

Frequency
2 issues a year, subscription basis, distributed online only

Advisory Board

Sarlito Sarwono Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Randall Braman, Jr.  Chaminade University, USA
Graham Davidson Private Consultant, Australia
Rolf Kuschel University of Copenhagen/Bellona Solomon Islands
John Shea University of Newcastle, Australia
Don Munro, University of Newcastle, Australia
Floyd H. Bolitho Consultant, Australia
George Shouksmith Massey University, New Zealand
John F. Schumaker Author, New Zealand

Consultant Reviewers

Subhash Appana, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Steve Atkins, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
George Bishop, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Peter Ball, University of Tasmania, Australia
Jim Barber, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
Miles Bore, University of Newcastle, Australia
Kerry Chamberlain, Massey University, New Zealand
Jackie Soy Chan, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
David Clarke, Massey University, New Zealand
Peter Forster, Webster University, The Netherlands
Graeme Galloway,  La Trobe University, Australia
Dianne Gardner, Massey University, New Zealand
Ian Glendon, Griffith University, Australia
Bill Ivory, Office of Aboriginal Development, Australia
Gustav Jahoda, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Bernado Jiménez D., CEUR, Universidad de Guadalajara,  Mexico
Nikolaos Kazantzis, Massey University, New Zealand
Daphne Keats, University of Newcastle, Australia
Antonia Lyons, Massey University, New Zealand
Malcolm MacLachlan, Trinity College, Ireland
Eilish McAuliffe, Trinity College Ireland
Robyn Maynard, Northern Territory University, Australia
Raja Ram Mehrotra, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Ray Offen, Macquarie University, Australia
Stephen Provost, University of Newcastle, Australia
Michael Salzman, University of Hawaii , USA
Shaun Saunders, University of Newcastle, Australia
Michael Skinner, Defence Science Technology Organisation, Australia
Craig Speelman, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Lazar Stankov, Sydney University, Australia
Ron Taft, Monash University, Australia
Paul Toulson, Massey University, New Zealand
Fiona White, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Ruth Tarrant, Massey University, New Zealand

ISSN  1834-4909

Click here to view
archival copies of the
South Pacific Journal of Psychology
1984–2005

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology (JPRP) stems from the South Pacific Journal of Psychology published between 1984 and 2005 and reflects the substantial growth in interest in the topics covered under the old journal.  JPRP fills a void in contemporary psychology, with a focus on a region of the world that is extraordinarily vast, easily recognisable, and rich in cultural diversity.  From the Hawaiian Islands at the ‘hub’ of the region, through the many Pacific Island nations, Eastern Asia and the Western seaboards of North and South America, the region we call the Pacific Rim has an incredible potential to inform and contribute to our understanding of human behaviour and the issues our species and its many families now face. From climate change to disaster management and poverty reduction, the Pacific Rim region has its share of issues and potential solutions. JPRP is a broad house both theoretically and methodologically. We encourage contributions that are both scholarly and applied, with an interdisciplinary awareness that matches the complexity of real-world questions and dilemmas. Especially welcome are contributions from Indigenous and minority perspectives. The journal will actively seek to foster mutual capacity building in the research domain, and on questions of human development generally.

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Editorial Enquiries

The Editors
C/- Stuart Carr  
<S.C.Carr@massey.ac.nz>

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Author Guidelines

To be reviewed for possible publication in this journal all authors must follow the instructions below and submit their manuscript to the Editorial Office address as listed above.

All contributions and general correspondence regarding editorial matters should be addressed to the Editor and sent to the Editorial Office. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must represent reports of original research. Manuscripts will be sent for anonymous review either by members of the editorial board, or by individuals of similar standing in the field.

All articles are refereed. Papers submitted to the journal must not previously have been published nor submitted for publication to any other journal.

Preparation of Manuscripts

General Style Guidelines

1. Contributions should follow the format and style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Spelling and punctuation should conform to The Macquarie Dictionary (4th ed.). For matters of style not covered in these two publications the Style manual for authors, editors and printers (6th ed.) should be consulted.
   
   
2. Uncommon abbreviations and acronyms should be explained. Do not use underlining except to indicate italics. Full stops should not be used in abbreviations or acronyms (e.g., NSW).
   
3. Use single quotation marks to introduce a word or phrase used as an ironic comment, as slang, or which has been coined. Use quotation marks the first time the word or phrase is used; do not use them again. Do not use quotation marks to introduce a technical or key term. Instead, italicise the term.
   
   
4. Do not use any footnotes. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum and listed at the end of the text under the centred heading "Endnotes". Acknowledgments should be placed at the end of the article with a separate heading.
   
   
5. Tables should be at the end of the manuscript, not in the main text. Their approximate positions in the text should be indicated by the words, “Insert Table X here”. Horizontal and vertical lines should be used sparingly.
   
   
6. Photographs, graphs and figures should be at the end of the manuscript, not in the main text, and include placement instructions in the Word document, such as "Insert Fig x here".
   
   
7. A list of figure captions should follow the tables in the manuscript.
   
   
8. References should follow the format and style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Examples of citations are:

   The theory was first propounded in 1970 (Larsen, 1971).
   Larsen (1971) was the first to propound the theory.

   Examples of references are:

   Fisse, B. (1989). The proceeds of crime act: The rise of money laundering, offences and the fall of principle. Criminal Law Journal, 13, 5-23.
   Zelinski, E.M., & Gilewski, M.J. (1988). Memory for prose and aging: A meta-analysis. In M.L. Howe & C.J. Brainerd (Eds.), Cognitive development in adulthood (pp. 133-158). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Digital Submission Guidelines

1. Documents should be saved as a Microsoft Word document (or in RTF format if using another program) double-spaced with minimum margins of 25 mm on both sides and in A4 page size.
   
   
2. The first page of the document should include the title of the article only.
   
   
3. The second page should include the title again, with the full names and affiliations of all the authors followed by a full postal and e-mail addresses for the corresponding author. A word count and suggested running head of no more than 50 characters including spaces should also be provided on this second page.
   
   
4. The third page should contain an abstract only, not exceeding 200 words. It should provide a brief overview of the aims, method and major findings and should not refer to the body of the text in the abstract.
   
   
5. FIGURES, GRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SPECIAL CHARACTERS
   
   To ensure optimum quality, please follow the guidelines below when submitting artwork.
   
   Figures, graphs, illustrations and photogrpahs should be prepared to the correct size and each one supplied as an individual file, separate to the manuscript Word file. Include placement instructions in the Word document, such as "[Insert fig 1 here]".
   
   Figures created in Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint need to be saved as PDFs.
   
   Figures created in a drawing program such as Adobe llustrator, CorelDRAW, Freehand, Microsoft Publisher or similar should be saved as EPS (encapsulated postscript) files.
   
   Figures created in Photoshop or with other photographic software should be saved with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi and in TIF format. Minimum resolution for scanned graphics is 300dpi for halftone work (e.g., photographs) and 600 dpi for line art, and these should also be in TIF format. All figures and graphs should should be in black and white line art (artwork that has only text and lines, no shades of grey or blocks of colour).
   
   All photographs should be supplied as separate files in JPEG or TIFF formats for a minimum 300 dpi resolution. (As a rough guide, the file size of each photograph should be above 200KB).
   
   Manuscripts which contain special characters (equations, Chinese characters, etc.) need to be supplied as a high resolution PDF file (print or press format) with all fonts embedded as well as the Word or RTF document.
   
   Prior to sending artwork, the separate files of figures, graphs, illustrations, and so on, should be printed by the author to test that the fonts have been embedded correctly and there is no distortion in the artwork (e.g., lines and fonts reproduce cleanly with no jagged lines or fuzzy edges), as any such faults cannot be corrected by the publisher.

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