Journal

The European Journal of Personality is the official journal of the European Association of Personality Psychology, and is published by John Wiley & Sons. The Journal promotes the development of empirical and theoretical personality psychology within Europe and elsewhere, by reporting and reviewing original research, theoretical issues, methodological advances and current experience.

It is intended that the journal reflects all areas of current personality psychology.

The Journal emphasizes (1) human individuality as manifested in cognitive processes, emotional and motivational functioning, and their physiological and genetic underpinnings, and personal ways of interacting with the environment, (2) individual differences in personality structure and dynamics, (3) studies of intelligence and interindividual differences in cognitive functioning, and (4) development of personality differences as revealed by cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.

The journal is currently edited by Jens B. Asendorpf, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (period of office: 2005-2008).
Please consult the journal's homepage for aim and scope, information for authors, and recent issues.

From the Editorial for 2005

In the years to come, we wish to continue 4 good traditions of the Journal, and each one with a special flavor:

• research on personality structure, particularly on common structures underlying both normal personality variations and psychopathology;
• research on the contribution of personality to applied fields such as health and disease, work, and criminology;
• research on personality development, particularly longitudinal studies over many years;
• research on intelligence and interindividual differences in cognition (not only social/emotional competence, but also intelligence in the strict sense which we consider a genuine part of personality).

In addition, we want to encourage the submission of 2 additional kinds of manuscripts:

• empirical studies based on new theoretical approaches to personality such as implicit cognition, cognitive neuroscience approaches, and evolutionary psychology approaches;
• empirical evaluations of new methodological approaches such as usage of the internet for personality assessment or multilevel analyses of personality data.

Of course we are open also to submissions on other areas of personality psychology that do not fit within the previous categories, provided that they are of high quality and are interesting for the personality field.

Last but not least we discourage the submission of two kinds of manuscripts:

• clinical studies with no or only marginal reference to normal personality variation;
• evaluations of a particular personality assessment instrument of a traditional type (particularly questionnaires).