Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal · American Psychological Association · ISSN 0022-3514
17,536 papers · 3,308,119 citations · h-index 762 · impact 3.1
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
- Dynamic processes in narcissism and affect across Chinese and American individuals: A registered report.Yuping Liu, Bingtao Zhou, Leon P. Wendt et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- When and why are social categories overused relative to individuating information? A Bayesian approach to identifying biases in impression formation processes.Thalia H. Vrantsidis, William A. Cunningham · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Equality in the eye of the advantaged beholder: Group status shapes perceptions of equality as zero-sum.N. Derek Brown, Drew S. Jacoby-Senghor · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- How power shapes judgments of culpability: Shield or liability?Gerben A. van Kleef, Seval Gündemir, Rohan L. Dunham et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- From people to prompts: Understanding susceptibility to persuasion in conversations with artificial intelligence.Geoff Tomaino, SungJin Jung · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for Equality in the Eye of the Advantaged Beholder: Group Status Shapes Perceptions of Equality as Zero-SumJournal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Evaluating the predictive model for national life satisfaction from the world happiness report, between and within nations.Michael A. Busseri · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2026
- Supplemental Material for From People to Prompts: Understanding Susceptibility to Persuasion in Conversations With Artificial IntelligenceJournal 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 · 198672,223cited
- 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 · 198671,767cited
- 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 · 198832,756cited
- 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 · 198016,380cited
- Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being.Carol Diane Ryff · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 198913,787cited
- 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 · 200313,569cited
- Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being.James Jonathan Gross, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 200311,996cited
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