Author Guidelines

1. Manuscript to be sent for publication in the journal of Solution, Journal of Counseling and Personal Development must be about research, theory, practice, literature review and policy in educational psychology and counseling.
2. Manuscripts are written in English and or in Bahasa Indonesia. The language and styles used in the body of the manuscript are to be considered as one aspect of manuscript evaluation. The writer is advised to maintain accuracy including, for example, the use of a proofreader’s services. Authors have the responsibility to avoid plagiarism at all costs and should follow appropriate writing techniques. The editor will examine the resemblance of texts using computer software (e.g., Turnitin), allowing tolerance of not more than 20%, before sending the manuscript to the reviewer.
3. In general, an article is between 3,000 and 7.000 words in length including the title, abstract, tables, and references. Page numbers are not needed. The body of the article consists of four main sections; namely: a) introduction (20%) should contain (in sequence) a general background, a review of previous literature (state of the art) as the basis for the statement of scientific novelty of the article, a statement of scientific novelty, and the research problem or hypothesis, b) method (10%) section contains the research design, research subjects, instruments, data collection procedures, and data analysis which are presented in paragraph form, c) results and discussion (60%) contains research findings obtained from research data and related to the hypothesis and discussion of research results and comparison with similar theories and/or research, d) conclusion (5%) section answers the hypothesis, research objectives and research findings as well as suggestions regarding further ideas from the research, and e) references (5%) all references referred to in the article text must be listed in the References section. Writing references (bibliography) uses the APA 6th edition style and it is recommended to use the Mendeley application or similar. The reference list is also an important part of the article. It is advisable to include only internationally accessible, reliable, and reputable references.
4. To make it easier please download this Template
5. The journal accepts submissions through the Online Journal Sistem (OJS)
6. Any images, graphs, and tables are presented in the following arrangement:

• • Image photographs must be sharp enough to be printed on glossy paper.
  • Image, graph, and table size should meet the journal page setup.
  • Images and graphs are adjustable to be printed on white paper and black ink.
  • All of these should be numbered and referred to in the text.