Call for Proposals

IMPORTANT DEADLINES & DATES

Abstract Submission: June 1, 2024

Completed Manuscript: September 1, 2024

Response from Editors: December 1, 2024

Publication: February 2025

The Dying to be Beautiful Conference brings focus and conversations to healthcare challenges and marginalized topics such as body image, colourism, excessive social media use, weight concerns, and eating behaviours faced by people in the Caribbean and by extension other similar ethnic groups and colonized nations. By bringing together an international group of healthcare providers and scholars, these healthcare challenges are viewed through a scientific lens, which are examined closely for a deeper understanding, translatable to the public. The knowledge and expertise garnered from this conference will inform policy and provide further training for those involved in the management and healthcare of our people. We encourage individuals to submit original research, workshops, theoretical frameworks, literature reviews, case studies, and articles on psychology and health behaviours in the public interest.

Broad Themes of Interest

You are invited to submit papers related to the following themes:

❖ Cultural Norms that Define Body Image

❖ Colourism

❖ Acculturation and Challenges when working with Caribbean Immigrants

❖ Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Stigma

❖ Trauma and Depression in the Caribbean Population

❖ The Emotional and Physical Cost of Food Scarcity

❖ Obesity vs Health at Every Size

❖ Cost of Beauty: Social and Economic Implications

❖ Sports Psychology – Getting Your Head into the Game

❖ Men and Muscularity – What is healthy vs. disordered?

❖ What is Old has Become New Again – The Science and Promise of Plant Medicine

❖ The Impact of Media on Physical, Mental and Social Health

❖ The Impact of Supplement Use for Sports Performance

❖ Substance Abuse

❖ Physical Activity and Mental health

Papers will be considered from other related themes.

ONLINE SUBMISSION FOR ABSTRACTS/WORKSHOPS:

Scientific abstracts and workshop proposals should be submitted to dtbb@uwimona.edu.jm. The word limit for abstracts is 350 words and should include background, objectives, methods, results and conclusion. For workshop proposals, the format can be obtained at: CLICK LINK!

ONLINE SUBMISSION FOR FULL MANUSCRIPTS

Presenters have the opportunity to submit their fully developed manuscripts for peer-review and possible publication in a special issue of the Caribbean Journal of Psychology. We encourage presenters to submit original research, theoretical frameworks, literature reviews, case studies, and pieces on psychology and health behaviours in the public interest.

Authors should submit their manuscripts online at:

http://ojs.mona.uwi.edu/index.php/cjpsy/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions and note that the submission is intended for the special issue on Dying to be beautiful, body image, eating behaviours and health in the Caribbean. You must register as an author and log in to submit the manuscript. For further assistance, contact the Journal Manager at: caribbeanpsychology@gmail.com

See Caribbean Journal of Psychology Special Issue for Call for Paper here.