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jmf-writing-style

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Use when drafting or polishing a Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) manuscript so it reads for an interdisciplinary family-science audience, follows modified APA style, includes the structured abstract (~200-225 words; Objective / Background / Method / Results / Conclusion / Implications), uses bias-free language, and fits the page limit. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.

When to use

• Drafting the introduction
• Framing the contribution
• Final polish
• Writing the structured abstract
• Cutting content to fit page limits
• Aligning citations and headings to modified APA
• Tightening prose and format

When not to use

• Inventing content
• Generating claims

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