University of Connecticut
Rohner Center Awards    

(Temporarily discontinued)   

Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection

The Rohner Center is pleased to announce that the University of Connecticut has authorized the creation of the University of Connecticut Rohner Center Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection.  The awards are intended to encourage and recognize outstanding contributions in the field of interpersonal acceptance and rejection.  Researchers, scholars, and practitioners worldwide are encouraged to submit theory, research, or practice-based manuscripts on any topic relevant to interpersonal acceptance and rejection.  Such topics include but are not limited to issues dealing with parental acceptance-rejection, peer acceptance-rejection, teacher acceptance-rejection, acceptance-rejection among intimate adults, adult offspring’s acceptance and rejection of their aging parents, and others.

The Rohner Center expects to give two Awards of $1,000 each every two years at the biennial meetings of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ISIPAR) at the time the Award is given.  These cash awards are intended to both acknowledge outstanding contributions to the field of interpersonal acceptance and rejection and to help cover expenses associated with attending and giving an Awards Address at the international meeting. Two categories of awards are given, as follows:

Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection: Outstanding Paper of the Biennium

Eligibility Requirements

• The sole author or first author must be a member of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ISIPAR) at the time the Award is given.
• An unpublished manuscript must represent work completed within the two year period prior to the ISIPAR conference at which it will be presented.
• Unpublished manuscripts may not exceed 30 double spaced, typed pages (including references, tables, figures, and other end-matter).
• A published article must have appeared in print within the two year period prior to the ISIPAR conference at which it will be presented. No page restriction is applied to published articles.
  
  

Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection: Outstanding Paper by an Early Career Professional

Eligibility Requirements

• The sole author or first author must be a member of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ISIPAR) at the time the Award is given.
• The sole author or first author may not be more than five years beyond his or her highest earned degree (e.g., Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate) at the time the manuscript is submitted.
• An unpublished manuscript must represent work completed within the two year period prior to the ISIPAR conference at which it will be presented.
• Unpublished manuscripts may not exceed 30 double spaced, typed pages (including references, tables, figures, and other end matter).
• A published article must have appeared in print within the two year period prior to the ISIPAR conference at which it will be presented. No page restriction is applied to published articles.

Evaluation Criteria

Manuscripts will be considered on the basis of their empirical, theoretical, and/or applied merit. To be successful, manuscripts must also be either published or worthy of publication in a book or peer-reviewed journal.  Additionally, the following criteria will serve as the basis of evaluation for contributions made within one or a combination of the following three domains:

Research Contributions

• Importance of hypotheses tested or questions asked.
• Methodological rigor and appropriateness.
• Potential for results to advance understanding of the human condition in sociocultural context.

Theoretical Contributions

• Incorporation of conceptual or theoretical foundations within the field of interpersonal acceptance and rejection.
• Potential for the theoretical perspective(s) to advance understanding of the human condition in sociocultural context.

Applied Contributions

• Directly links theory or research within the field of interpersonal acceptance and rejection to issues of applied practice.
• Potential for applications to advance professional practices that promote the health and well-being of individuals, couples, families, or the broader sociocultural community.

Individuals who are interested in entering the competition for these Awards are invited to submit manuscripts electronically to the Rohner Center (rohner@uconn.edu) no later than March 1, 2012.  Further details about the Awards will be announced on the Society’s website at www.isipar.org and in Interpersonal Acceptance: Newsletter of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection.

• Insofar as applicable all submissions should follow guidelines laid out in the Publication Manual (5th or 6th edition)of the American Psychological Association).
• Unpublished manuscripts must be in a common word processing file (e.g., doc, rtf, pdf).
• Applicants must fill-out and submit the Submission Cover Page along with the article to be reviewed.

Awardees are expected to give an oral presentation based on their award-winning paper at the biennial meeting of ISIPAR where the Award is presented.

Click the Links below to view Evaluation Guidelines:

Quantitative Research Studies

Qualitative Research Studies

Theoretical Papers

Applied Papers