Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Last updated ISSN 0022-3514
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology is published by American Psychological Association in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-3514, 1939-1315 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 17,531 |
| Publishing since | 1965 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/pubs/journals/psp/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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