Considerations for Reporting Positive or Negative Findings in Psychology and Behavioral Research

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Daniel Maitland
Gabriel Sanders

Keywords

Psychology, Behavior, Research, Significance

Abstract

About Research Directs in Psychology and Behavior
Research Directs aims to provide authors at research and non-research institutions with an open access platform for scientific discovery that reduces cost barriers associated with traditional open access publishers. Research Directs in Psychology and Behavior (RDPB) has a moderately broad scope and the journal aims to enhance negative and positive findings1 in the psychology and behavioral sciences. Topics can include, but are not limited to the following categories: behavioral, clinical, industrial, forensic and environmental psychology, mental health, addictions, counseling, psychiatric treatment and outcomes and many more topics in the field.


Unique to Research Directs is a manuscript type called Direct Original Research. This is a manuscript type designed to provide authors with a direct way to publish various types of data that avoids excessive citations and unnecessary jargon that may disrupt the promptness of peer-review. As always, quality is paramount in research and haste in today’s fast-paced global environment is becoming imperative for scientific advancement. A Direct Original Research is the same as original research, but written in a concise manner with the goal of providing direct and citable research.

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