Copy Right Policy

The authors maintain the copyright for all works published in the Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. The authors are required to transfer the copyrights of the material in favour of the journal Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan. Everybody can read the paper for free because it is distributed under an open access Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Additionally,by submitting a manuscript to PJPPRP, the author (s) ensures and confirms to the following:

• The work reported in the manuscript is original without plagiarism (For this Plagiarism guidelines laid down by American Psychological Association will be followed [Ethical Principles of Psychologists & Code of Conduct Section 8.11-8.14 Research & Publication Section] 
• Any material taken from other published work should be properly cited.
• Content related to the submitted manuscript has not been published before except in the form of online repository as thesis or dissertation.
• The current manuscript or its modified copy is not submitted or in publication consideration by any other journal at National or International level.
• The work should confirm to the rights of intellectual property.
• Corresponding author should adhere to the policy of co-author agreement for the preparation, submission and publication of the manuscript.
• Authorship and acknowledgement rights should be followed as prescribed by American Psychological Association and ICMJE. Additional Author Agreement Form will be submitted to the Editorial Board of PJPPRP.
• Written consent should be taken from the author/publisher for relevant material such as table (s), figure (s) taken from any website or other research papers or books and must be provided to the Editorial Office of the PJPPRP.
• The work adheres to ethical standards applicable to the research discipline

The authors maintain the copyright for all works published in the Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (PJPPRP). Everybody can read the paper for free because it is distributed under an open access Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Additionally, as long as the original published version is correctly attributed, the article may be repurposed and quoted. These guidelines ensure that the writers are given due credit while allowing for the greatest possible use and visibility of the work. 

Reproducing works published by other publishers

Any published content (figures, schemes, tables, or any excerpt from a text) that is not in the public domain or for which the author does not have the copyright must be reproduced with the author's permission. The authors must request permission from the copyright holder, who is typically the publisher; for more information, please see the imprint of each publication.

You need permission for:

• Your works were published by other publications without retaining your copyright.
• Substantial excerpts from a book or series of works by anyone
• Use of tables, graphs, charts, schemes, and artwork that hasn't been altered or has only been minimally altered
• Photos that you don't have the copyright to

Permission is not required for:

• Reconstructing your table using information that has previously been made public elsewhere; in this case, you must cite the source as "Data from..." or "Adapted from..."
• Quotes that aren't too long are acceptable and can be used without permission.
• It is not necessary to obtain permission for fully redrawn by the authors and substantially altered works of art, graphs, charts, and schemes.

Note: "Reproduced with permission from [author], [book/journal title]; published by [publisher], [year].' at the end of the caption of the Table, Figure or Scheme".