INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STRUCTURED ASSOCIATIONTECHNIQUEAn Electronic Journal of Social Skill, Counseling and Imagery Therapy――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――-――――

Aim and Scope
The International Journal of Structured
Association Technique （IJSAT） is an

University, Philippines
Chenying Lui, PhD, Harbin Normal
University, China

interdisciplinary journal of sociology,

Kei-Ichiro Kobayashi, PhD, Japan

psychology, anthropology, biology,

J Gary Linn, PhD, Tennessee Statephysiology, management and healthsciences. The mission is to take advantageof the right hemisphere activities of thehuman brain to explore the mind, body, andsociety through the structured association
technique. Social skill developers,
promoters, managers, consultants,counselors, educators, and healthpractitioners are invited to makecontributions on any problem-solving
research that promptly and effectively
promotes human wellness.

University, USA
Reinhold Kilian, PhD, University of Ulm,
Germany
Linda Bell, PhD, University of Indianapolis,USA
Makoto Hosaka, DDS, Chiba Health College,
Japan
Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, PhD, Harvard
Medical School, USA
Thabo T Fako, PhD, University of Botswana,
Botswana
Mitsuki Nireki, PhD, Rissho University,
Japan

Editors-in-Chief
Tsunetsugu Munakata, PhD, University ofPornsuk Hunnirun, HSD, Srinakharinwirot
University, Thailand

Tsukuba, Japan
Sayuri Hashimoto, PhD, University ofTsukuba, Japan

Contact us
Tsunetsugu Munakata
Editorial Office, IJSATAssociate Editors

Graduate School of Human Comprehensive

Francis N Onuoha, PhD, Nigeria

Sciences

Noriko Higuchi, PhD, University of

University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai,

Tsukuba, Japan

D-511
Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan Tel/fax

Editorial Board
Jessica P Campano, PhD, Capital

81-29-853-3971
Email munakata@hcs.tsukuba.ac.jp

mental health and counseling will be

Submission of Manuscripts

considered.

Published by the Academy for HealthCounseling, Japan, the journal welcomes

Commentaries.

unsolicited manuscripts related to social

Short articles and commentaries on topicalskill issues, counseling and imagery therapy,

issues of social skill promotion, imagery

mental health, and social well-being.

therapy or public health would be

Manuscripts are submitted by e-mail.

considered.

Authors may send queries concerning thesubmission process, manuscript status, orManuscripts should be ordered as follows:

journal procedure to the Editorial Office.

Title page, Abstract, 1. Introduction, 2.
Methods, 3. Results, 4. Discussion andThe Manuscript
Original articles, reviews, narratives, andConclusion, 4.1 Discussion, 4.2 Conclusion,
4.3 Practice Implications, References.

commentaries are considered.

Abstract
Original articles.

●Abstracts may be 200 words or lessPreference is given to empirical research●Include about five keywords that describe

relating to social skill, imagery counseling,

the article Manuscripts without abstracts

narratives, health education and promotion,

may be returned. Abstract should adhere to

psychosomatic illness, mental health,the following format:

patient participation in health care andobjective, methods, results, conclusion,health provider-client communication.

practice implications.

Descriptive and intervention studies aresolicited.

The title page should include name(s）of theauthor(s), the address of institution ofReviews.

affiliation, telephone and fax（if available).

In-depth reviews of empirical research,

Please provide e-mail address of theincluding the analytical discussion ofcorresponding author.

contemporary social skill promotion, healthcounseling, mental health education andAuthors may be sure that practicepromotion and related issues are invited.

implications are derived closely for theNarratives. Case studies and narratives

study data rather than from other literature.

about personal experiences that provide

In the event that the study is a preliminary

windows for health education andresearch, practice implication paragraphpromotion, including social skill issues,

may be omitted. Abstract and manuscriptare to be double-spaced.

intervention with him or her.
The design protocol of a biomedical research

The Text

involving human subjects must conform to●Submit one Word document per

generally accepted scientific principles as

manuscript

highlighted in the World Medical●The Word document may contain theAssociation Declaration, Helsinki

manuscript in the following order: abstract,<http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10p

text, references, table and figures

olicies/b3/index.html>.

●Please remove all author（s）and institution

For example, each potential human subject

identifiers from your electronic copy formust be adequately informed of the aims,

blind review purposes.

methods, sources of funding, any possible●Keep manuscripts within 18 pages

conflicts of interest, and institutional（includingaffiliations of the researcher.

references）.

subject should be aware of the anticipated

The humanbenefits, potential risks and discomfort theReferencing

study may entail.

APA（American Psychological Association）

The human subject must be informed of the5th edition, formatting and referencing styleright to refuse to participate in the study or

are generally accepted.

to withdraw consent to participate at any
time without reprisal. Special attention

Tables and figures

should be given to the specific information

Tables and figures should be numbered inneeds of individual human subjects as wellsequence throughout the article. Eachas to the methods used to deliver theshould be on a separate sheet at the end ofinformation.

the manuscript. Use asterisks（*） to

After ensuring that the potential subject

indicate levels of significance. Figures

has understood the information, thesubmitted with final manuscript should beinvestigator must seek the potential“camera ready,” in black and white print.

subject's freely-given informed consent,preferably in writing.

Ethical Issues
Investigators have a responsibility forStatement of Informed Consent

protecting the rights, dignity and welfare ofPatients have a right to privacy and identity

human subjects who participate in theirinformation (such as patients'/respondents’research. A human subject is a living

names or hospital numbers) constitutes part

individual about whom an investigatorof the privacy. These pieces of information

seeks to obtain data through interaction or

should not be published without thepatient’s (or patient parent’s or guardian’s,●When there is a lack of consensus among

if patient is a minor) written informed

reviewers, the editor casts a decision.

consent for publication. Informed consent
requires that an identifiable patient be

An accepted manuscript is published on-line

shown the manuscript prior to publication.

within weeks.

Unless the information is essential forscientific purposes, identifying details

Copyright

should essentially be omitted. When

Submission of the manuscript to IJSAT bycomplete anonymity is difficult to achieve or

the author（s） implies that the work has not

the author is in doubt, informed consent

been considered for publication elsewhere.

should be obtained. For example, maskingAlso the acceptance of the manuscript by

the eye region in photographs ofIJSAT for publishing, implies that thepatients/respondents is inadequate

author（s）has explicitly conferred on IJSAT

protection of anonymity. Also whenthe exclusive rights to reproduce andidentifying characteristics are altered to

distribute the article.

protect anonymity, authors should provide
assurance that such alterations do not

Conflict-of-Interest Statement

distort scientific meanings.

Scholars are reminded that conflict ofThe IJSAT requires authors to indicate

interest exists when an author (or theinformed consent fulfillment in submitted

author's institution), reviewer, or editor has

manuscripts.

financial or personal relationships(otherwise known as dual commitments,

Review Processcompeting interests or loyalties) that may

The following procedures are followed upon

inappropriately influence his or her actions.

receipt of a manuscript:

These relationships vary from negligible to●The editor determines if the manuscript isthose with great potential to influence

appropriate for the journal.

judgment. The potential for conflict of●The editor removes any identification ofinterest can exist whether or not an

the author(s).

individual believes that the relationship●The editor distributes the manuscript toaffects his or her scientific judgment.

reviewers for peer review

Financial relationships (such as●The reviewers return the manuscript

employment, consultancies, stock ownership,

within 8 weeks to the editor with thehonoraria, paid expert testimony) are therecommendations thus: accept; accept withmost easily identifiable conflicts of interest

minor revisions; accept with major

and the most likely to undermine therevisions; reject.

credibility of the journal, the authors, and of

science itself. Conflicts can also occur forother reasons, such as academic competition
and intellectual passion.
The IJSAT requires authors and reviewers
to report conflicts of interest, if any.