Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal · American Psychological Association · ISSN 0022-3514
17,506 papers · 3,285,692 citations · h-index 760 · impact 2.9
Journal websiteOpenAlexSocial and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesBehavioral Health and InterventionsAttachment and Relationship DynamicsPersonality Traits and PsychologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Latest papers
- Virtue trade-offs in everyday life.Q. Zhang, Jeremy Jacobson, Benjamin Hardin et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Compassion persists: The effects of repeated exposure to suffering on compassion.Jaweria Qaiser, Solomiya Draga, Linh N. P. Pham et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for Virtue Trade-Offs in Everyday LifeJournal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for Compassion Persists: The Effects of Repeated Exposure to Suffering on CompassionJournal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- When having less elevates more: Benefactor income, moral elevation, and prosocial contagion among observers.Bingqing Yin, Jenny G. Olson, Yexin Jessica Li · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- How institutional distrust breeds one-sided leadership: A consistency-based account.Claire Linares, Anne‐Sophie Chaxel · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for When Having Less Elevates More: Benefactor Income, Moral Elevation, and Prosocial Contagion Among ObserversJournal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for How Institutional Distrust Breeds One-Sided Leadership: A Consistency-Based AccountJournal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
Most cited
- The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.Reuben M. Baron, David A. Kenny · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198672,240cited
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.Reuben M. Baron, David A. Kenny · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198671,078cited
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.David Watson, Lee Anna Clark, Auke Tellegen · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198832,412cited
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.David Watson, Lee A. Clark, Auke Tellegen · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198831,678cited
- A circumplex model of affect.James A. Russell · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198016,123cited
- Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being.Carol D. Ryff · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198913,551cited
- The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being.Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M. Ryan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 200313,411cited
- Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being.James J. Gross, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 200311,809cited
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