Established on October 12, 2020 Revised on October 20, 2025
1. The first author of a paper must be a member of this society. Co-authors and invited authors do not necessarily need to be members of this society.

2. Submitted papers must be unpublished. Papers that have already been published in other academic journals, commercial journals, university/research institute bulletins, or as books, or papers currently under submission to any of these, cannot be submitted to this journal.

3. Submitted papers will include original research papers, practical research papers, practical reports, reviews, short reports, survey reports, commentaries, and other papers deemed necessary by the editorial board.

4. Those wishing to submit an entry should send their original manuscript, prepared in accordance with the following regulations, and a draft for review with the author's name, affiliation, contact information, acknowledgments, etc., removed, via email to the editorial office address (2018asdt@gmail.com) as attachments (Windows PDF files only).

5. Manuscripts should be prepared by downloading the designated template from the society's website and following its format (margin width, font, font size, etc.). Figures and tables should be saved in the same file as the main text and submitted as a single file.

6. The first page of the main text must be entirely in English and include the title, list of authors, names of authors' affiliations, an English abstract (200-300 words), keywords that accurately describe the content of the text (no more than 5 words), and the name and contact information of the first author (principal author). The English text should be typed on A4 paper with double spacing. The English text should be proofread by a professional.

7. On page 2 of the main text, include the Japanese title, a list of authors, the authors' affiliations, a Japanese translation of the English abstract, and contact information.
8. As a general rule, the word count of the manuscript (excluding spaces) should be no more than 12,000 characters in Japanese (including figures, tables, and references), 8,000 words in English, and 8,000 characters in Chinese for original research papers. Practical research papers, practical reports, short reports, survey reports, reviews, and responses should be no more than 8,000 characters, and review articles should be no more than 16,000 characters.
9. The editorial committee may permit a slight exceedance of the prescribed page count if deemed necessary.
10. Original research papers and short reports should, in principle, be structured as follows: Problem, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References.
11. The official languages of the conference shall be Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), and English, written horizontally, using modern kana orthography, commonly used kanji, and Arabic numerals. Commas (,) shall be used for punctuation marks, and periods (。) shall be used for punctuation marks.
12. English translations in the text are limited to proper nouns such as foreign names and place names, and technical terms. For technical terms, the original term is given in parentheses only on the first occurrence, followed by the translation or katakana representation.
13. Use only the bare minimum of figures and tables, limiting each to one per page on the final page, and arranging them sequentially at the end of the main text.
The size of figures and tables should be twice the size of the printed version. Any costs associated with such figures or tables will be borne by the author.
14. Figures should generally be clear and easy to understand, drawn in black on a white background. Figures should be numbered in the order they appear in the text, as in Fig. 1. Tables should be numbered as in Table 1. The insertion points of figures and tables should be clearly indicated in the text.
15. Figures and tables should have short titles and descriptions, but unless Japanese is deemed more appropriate, they should be in English. The title of the figure or table should not be included within the figure itself, but should be shown on a separate sheet before the figure or table.
16. Notes should, in principle, be placed as footnotes, and sequential numbers should be indicated in the upper right corner of the text. Footnotes regarding acknowledgments and grants such as scientific research grants should be placed in the title. If the affiliation changes between the time of submission and publication, the footnote should be placed in the name of the person(s). Footnotes to the title and names should not be included in the manuscript itself, but should be written in the designated area on the submission page.
17. The bibliography should be listed on a separate page after the main text. References should be listed alphabetically, and chronologically for works by the same author. When citing a reference within the text, list all authors for the first mention; for subsequent citations, list only the first author, and use "et al." or "et al." for all others (e.g., ○○○ et al., 2001; ○○○ et al., 2001).
18. The format for citing references should be as follows: for monographs, author(s), year of publication, title, and publisher; for journals, author(s), year of publication, title, journal name, volume number, and page numbers. Do not abbreviate the journal name, and list all authors' names even if there are multiple. The journal name, book title, and volume number should be italicized. If italics are not possible, use an underline. An example of citation is as follows:

1) Monograph: Yoshi, Yuan Hong (2004) The Practice of Cross-Cultural Adaptation Through a Comparative Study of Japan and China. Keisui-sha.
Tominaga, Yoshiki (2012) Great Disasters and the Minds of Children, Iwanami Booklet. Tominaga, Yoshiki (2014) Psychological Support for Children After Disasters and Incidents - Guidelines for System Construction and Practice, Sogensha.
Foa E, Hembree E, Rothbaum B (2007) Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD. Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences Therapist Guide. Oxford University Press.

2) Chapters and sections of the books: Tominaga, Yoshiki & Takahashi, Tetsu (2009) What is Mental Care? In "Psychological Support for PTSD from Trauma," edited by Sugimura, Shogo, pp. 47-55, Kongo Publishing. You, Yongheng (2013) Preventive Education in China. Yamazaki, Katsuyuki, Toda, Yuichi & Watanabe, Yayoi (eds.) School Preventive Education Around the World - Efforts in Various Countries to Protect Mental and Physical Health and Adaptation, Kaneko Shobo.
3) Translated books
Cohen JA, Mannarino AP, Deblinger E (2006) Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents. Treatment Manual. New York: Guilford Press. (Supervised translation by Miyako Shirakawa, Ai Hishikawa, and Yoshiki Tominaga, 2014, Treating Trauma and Grief in Children. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual. Kongo Publishing)

4) Journal article: Yoshiki Tominaga, Tomoko Kobayashi, Yuanhong Ji, Satoshi Takahashi, and Hiroko Arizono (2010) Examination of the nature of psychological support from overseas immediately after a large-scale disaster -- From mental health care training for Chinese psychology professionals by a Japanese team after the Sichuan earthquake. Journal of Clinical Psychology 28(2), 129-139.
Yoshiki Tominaga, Toyomi Goto, Janine Shelby, Atsushi Oshio, Daisuke Nishi & Satoshi Takahashi (2019) Secondary trauma and posttraumatic growth among mental health involved involved in disaster relief activities following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Counselling Psychology Quarterly

19. The final decision on whether to accept or reject a manuscript will be made by the editorial committee based on the evaluation results of three paper reviewers appointed by the editorial committee. However, revisions to the content may be requested before publication.
20. Regardless of whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected, submitted manuscripts will not be returned.
21. Proofreading shall be limited to the first proofreading only, and the author shall be responsible for the content.
22. Please direct any inquiries regarding your submitted manuscript to the editorial office, not to the society's secretariat.
24. Authors of articles published in this journal must retain data files that can reproduce the descriptions in the article for five years from the date of publication.
25. Publish one issue per year as an e-Journal.