General Writing Rules and Page Structure
Word Limit: The entire work (including title, abstract, references, tables, and extended abstract) should not exceed 9000 words.
Language and Headings: The article should include both Turkish and English titles, abstracts, and keywords.
Extended Abstract: For Turkish studies, an English extended abstract of at least 1000 and at most 1500 words in length, without subheadings, must be added.
Heading Formats
The hierarchical structure should be organized as follows:
First-Level Headings: All uppercase, bold, left-aligned, and numbered.
Second Level Headings: First letter of each word capitalized, bold, and left-aligned.
Third Level Headings: Only the first letter of the first word capitalized, bold, and left-aligned.
Text Flow: Text should begin on the line immediately below the heading.
Article Sections and Content
The article should follow a specific systematic order:
Introduction: The importance of the topic, fundamental gaps in the field, and the purpose of the study should be clearly presented.
Theoretical Framework: The logical path leading to the hypotheses, relevant literature, and conceptual model are included in this section.
Method: The research design, sample, scales used, data collection process, and analysis techniques should be detailed.
Findings: Data should be presented clearly and in an order consistent with the hypotheses, without interpretation.
Discussion and Conclusion: Findings should be compared with the literature, and implications for practice, limitations, and future recommendations should be fully addressed.
Citation and Reference Rules (APA Style)
The journal follows APA 7 (American Psychological Association) rules.
In-text Citations: The author's last name and year should be indicated in parentheses (e.g., Şahin, 1990).
Number of Authors: * The “&” symbol is used for works with two authors.
For works with three, four, or five authors, all authors are listed in the first citation, and “et al.” is used in subsequent citations.
References: References should be listed alphabetically by author's last name on a new page. Each reference should be indented 0.5 cm.
Table and Figure Layout
Placement: Tables and figures should not be included in the text; only notes such as “Table 1 Here” should be included in the text. All tables and figures should be placed at the end of the article file.
Naming: The table number and name should be above the table; the figure number and name should be below the figure.
Format: Tables and figures should be editable and should not be added as images for ease of layout.
Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Statements
Ethics Approval: Ethics approval information obtained from the relevant committee for all studies involving human participants must be stated both in the methods section and at the end of the article.
Artificial Intelligence: If artificial intelligence tools were used in the preparation of the study, this must be explained in the “Artificial Intelligence Statement” section, along with the justification.

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