Paper Submission
General information
Original research can be presented, including group studies aimed at experimental evaluations of a clinical prevention or treatment intervention; correlational or predictive cross-sectional studies aimed at analyzing the relationship among variables of clinical interest, and validation studies of psychological tools; case studies, such as those that display a single-case design of an intervention carried out on a child-adolescent sample; and literature revisions and researches focused on different areas related to psychopathology, evaluation and psychological treatment of children and adolescents.
Abstracts can be submitted in any of the official conference languages (Spanish and English, English being the suggested language). Proposals for tables of communications, oral communications and posters formats may be submitted to through the electronic platform. You will have to select the modality of presentation, although the scientific committee reserves the acceptance conditioned to changes of modality. The authors who want to participate in the awards (only available for poster modality), have to meet the requirements for specific category (young researcher, professional and international). The organization may request documentation to prove you meet the requirements. Abstracts must be original works that have not been published or accepted for presentation elsewhere.
Important dates
Abstract submission
Beginning January 29, 2018
Deadline abstract submission
March 21, 2018
First wave of acceptance of abstracts
April 9, 2018
Deadline abstract submission
June 18, 2018
Deadline extended to June 25, 2018
Deadline acceptance of abstracts
July 2, 2018
End registration reduced fee
July 23, 2018
Topics
Work focused on child and adolescent populations addressing aspects of psychopathology, evaluation, psychological treatment in clinical and health areas will be accepted. The work may be on the following topics: psychological evaluation, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, behavioral problems, addictions, sexual abuse, eating disorders, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, sexual health, violence, behavior risk, new approaches and prevention and promotion of mental health.
Modalities of participation
- Abstracts for the proposal of single communications will be submitted by the papers submission platform. The length of each abstract must be between 250 and 300 words.
- Abstracts need to be structured in the following way: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions. Please DO NOT include the name of sections (Background, Objectives…).
- Only abstracts submitted with written results or data and definitive conclusions will be accepted. Abstract submissions indicating that “results will be presented” will not be eligible for acceptance.
- The corresponding author must be registered in the congress at the moment of final acceptance, otherwise the work can be canceled. The name of the author who submits will be stated on the papers submission.
- Each registered author may submit up to three abstracts, and may sign a maximum of 5 abstracts.
- Abstracts for the proposal of posters will be submitted by the papers submission. At least the author presenting the work must be registered in the congress at the moment of final acceptance, otherwise the work can be canceled. The name of the author who submits will be stated on the papers submission.
- The length of each abstract must be between 250 and 300 words.
- Abstracts need to be structured in the following way: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions. Please DO NOT include the name of sections (Background, Objectives…).
- Only abstracts submitted with written results or data and definitive conclusions will be accepted. Abstract submissions indicating that “results will be presented” will not be eligible for acceptance.
- Each registered author may submit up to three abstracts, and may sign a maximum of 5 abstracts.
- Posters will be displayed in panels.
- A jury will make a pre-selection of the posters presented according to originality and quality criteria of the study. The finalists will present their work in a 10-minute oral presentation: Friday, November 16, 2018, ELLIS room, 18:15-19:15.
The jury will be composed by the following members:
* Miguel Ángel Carrasco Ortiz. UNED
* Inmaculada Montoya Castilla. Universitat de València
* José Antonio Piqueras Rodríguez. Universidad Miguel Hernández
* Miguel Tortella Feliu. Universitat de les Illes Balears
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISPLAYING POSTERS
Posters will be presented in two formats: 1) During the congress, in three half-day sessions and 2) Online, through the digital platform. Authors of accepted papers have received detailed instructions including the schedule of their exhibition session. The poster sessions are as follows:
Session 1: Thursday PM: 15h to 19.30h
Session 2: Friday AM: 9h to 13.30h
Session 3: Friday PM: 15h to 19.30h
Posters must be printed in A0 size. All posters must also be sent through the author’s login in JPG format before November 2. You can download the template in the following link: Template_A0_4CIPCNA. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Technical Secretariat at: aitanacongress@cevents.es.
OPTIONAL POSTER PRINTING SERVICE
The organization of the congress offers a service that includes printing and placement – removal of posters. It has a price of 27€ destined only to cover the costs of printing. To request this service you must send an email to the address aitanacongress@cevents.es the file jpg. or pdf. with a minimum resolution of 200 dpi or 300 dpi. In the email will be attached: a) the file of the poster, which must be named with the code assigned, and b) proof of payment by virtual POS or bank transfer to the account: ING ES22 1465 0100 9519 0019 5585. The deadline for requesting the printing of posters is 2 November.
The monographic table proposal will be made following these steps:
1) The chair of the monographic table will send the general abstract of the proposal through the papers submission platform.
2) To complete the proposal you must send us by email (aitanacongress@cevents.es) the following information:
- Name and brief curriculum vitae of the chair (250-300 words).
- A high-quality photo of the symposium chair for the website.
- Title of each communication that makes up the monographic table, indicating name, surnames and email of the components.
3) After reviewing the proposal by the scientific committee, the technical secretariat will contact the chair to inform him / her about the decision (provisionally accepted, provisionally accepted with changes, not accepted, proposal for change of modality).
4) The technical secretariat will confirm the definitive acceptance to the chair when all the speakers of the monographic table are registered to the congress. From that moment (and before the deadline for paper submission), the speakers of the table will send the abstract of their oral communication through the submission form. They must select the title of the monographic table in which their oral communication belongs to.
5) All abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee, which reserves the right to request changes directly from the authors. The inclusion of these modifications is essential for the acceptance of the symposium.
Instructions:
- The monographic session will have a duration of 50 minutes and will consist of four 10-min oral communications, all presented by different authors.
- The abstract of the symposium and each oral presentation must have a length between 250-300 words.
- The abstract needs to be structured in the following way: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. But, please DO NOT include the name of sections (Background, Objectives…).
- Only abstracts submitted with written results or data and definitive conclusions will be accepted. Abstract submissions indicating that “results will be presented” will not be eligible for acceptance.
- The name of the author who submits will be stated on the papers submission platform. The author who presents the work must be registered at the time of final acceptance, otherwise the work may be canceled.
- Each participant can only be part of a invited symposium. However, participants are able to submit a maximum of three abstracts, and be part of five abstracts as a co-author.
General abstract guidelines
To present a work, at least the corresponding author must be registered to the Congress at the time of work acceptance. The name of presenting author will be indicated in the submission form.
The authors should be indicated by surnames and first name initials separated by commas. Sentence Type (Ex: López, S.; Gil, M.; Sevilla, M. L.).
The abstracts for the oral presentations as well as for the posters will be submitted via the submission form. The length of the abstract must be between 250 and 300 words.
Each registered author may submit up to three abstracts, and may be co-author in a maximum of 5 abstracts.
The title should always be written in capital letters with a maximum of 15 words.
The work center and province of each author must be written in Sentence Type and in the corresponding language, except the country that will be written in English followed by a period (Exemple: Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.; Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.)
Abstracts must be structured in the following parts: Background, Objectives, Method, Results and Conclusions. Please do not include the name of sections (Background, Objectives…). Only abstracts submitted with written results or data and definitive conclusions will be accepted. Abstract submissions indicating that “results will be presented” will not be eligible for acceptance.
In case that the authors do not meet the guidelines, the organization committee reserves the right to edit the information provided by the authors in the abstract, specifically in the fields: “authors”, “work center” and “province/state”, in order to meet the guidelines indicated above.
If you wish to present your communication to 4th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents
Book of abstracts
The complete congress book (with ISBN), edited by Ediciones Pirámide will be available online in advance and printed copies will be given with the delegate´s materials. You can access here to the 2017 edition.
Awards
The poster presentation format can be eligible for award. A jury will select the ten best posters presented taking into account criterion of originality and the quality of the study. The finalist will present their work in a 10-minute oral presentation. The following awards will be announced:
- EDICIONES PIRÁMIDE Award for young researcher. In this category, young researchers (PhD students and post-doctoral investigators) under 30 years old may participate. The study must consist of an original research (see section “General information”). The young researcher must be the primary signatory of the study and the author responsible for its presentation. The author must attach a letter of recommendation from the supervisor to endorse the work. The award will consist of €300 prize.
- Award for the best international research. In this category, any researcher that works in an academic or research institute, located in any country other than Spain may participate. The research must consist of an original study (see section “General information”). The award will consist of €300 prize.
- Award for the best applied research. In this category, any professional involved in child and adolescent psychology may participate, and must be accredited. The study must consist of a presentation of a case study or group treatment in any work context (clinical, educational, social, etc.). The author must attach a letter from the director or supervisor of the clinical center in which he/she authorizes to present the work. If the author is freelance, it must be mentioned in an explanatory letter. The award will consist of €300 prize.
Finalists will receive an accredited certificate. For the reception of award, the presence of the authors of the awarded posters in the closing ceremony will be required.
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