Editorial.

This, the last issue of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, brings to an end an alliance of some 44 years' standing. In January of 1965 the journal will be split into two independent periodicals, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This editorial provides a brief history of the journal as it relates to these two important fields in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Editorial notes that psychological journals are in the dilemma of serving two functions: the older purpose of a forum of broad communication and discussion, and the ever-growing function of a research repository for experimental findings. The assumption in the first purpose is that the journal has readers who regard it as their medium for the exchange of ideas. Two forces, however, are destroying this journal function: Increasing specialization of knowledge, and research output that is growing at a faster rate than journal space. Discussion focuses on whether there are any changes in policy which should be inaugurated with a new administration of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology that might improve the character of the compromises necessary to serve the dual functions of concise research reporting and broad communication needs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial: Into the Second Century.

This editorial discusses the first century of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and speculates on the second century of the journal. In the early decades of its existence, Abnormal clearly was quite different from the typical psychological journal of today. The articles in its inaugural issue reflect the fact that its early content was heavily influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis and other forms of dynamic psychology. The first major shift in the journal's course occurred in 1921, when its scope was broadened to include social and personality research. For a variety of reasons, this union of social, personality, and clinical psychology ended in 1965, when the content subsumed by the old, expanded Abnormal was resplit into two separate outlets: Articles on personality and social processes were redirected to the newly created Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, whereas psychopathology research was retained for the rechristened Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Abnormal has been extremely well-managed in recent years, and it has maintained its status as the top-tier outlet for basic psychopathology research. Accordingly, the editor does not see a need to institute any fundamental changes in its scope or content. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

In this editorial, it is noted that this issue of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, the last one for this editor, is unusually large, for it represents a regular issue and a Morton Prince Memorial Number combined. The enlargement is made possible by the Morton Prince Memorial Fund, an accumulation of money when Journal sales are larger than production expense. Also with this issue, the fifth editorial regime of the Journal ends, and this editor sings his "swan song." Volume 52 begins the sixth regime since Dr. Prince founded the Journal, with Dr. M. Brewster Smith of the Social Research Council as the new editor. This "swan song" is properly a report of stewardship, for the editor is an electee of the Council of Representatives and thus owes his office to the American Psychological Association. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Timothy B. Baker, of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology discusses his goals as editor of the journal. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

In this editorial, the editor notes that with volume 63, his 6-year term as editor of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology ends, and the editorial reins will be passed to Daniel Katz. He reports in this valedictory editorial some facts and impressions about the journal's recent past, and records his indebtedness to the many people who have contributed to bringing the journal out. It is added that such a report is in order, since the editor is responsible for a "public utility," not a "private enterprise"; he holds a stewardship on behalf of the members of the American Psychological Association, of the journal's authors and readers, and less tangibly but most important, on behalf of its sector of psychological science. Overall though, the editor concludes that the pressures, the frustrations, and gratifications of the editorial role predictably leave him ambivalent as he turns over the direction of the journal to the new editor. But there is no ambivalence in his attachment to the venerable journal, and it is therefore very satisfying to know that the new Editor is so admirably qualified to guide it toward a distinguished contribution to psychology in the coming years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

This article is reprinted from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1965, 1, 1-2. It is appropriate with the launching of a new journal (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) to hail the dawn of a new day and to sound a call for revolutionary departures from the traditions of the past. For better or for worse we are constrained in the formulation of new policy in that the forces of organizational continuity must be reckoned with. The first year and a half of our Journal is already committed to articles in personality and social psychology accepted under the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology egis. Our editorial board, with a few exceptions, is much the same. Moreover, an APA journal is representative of the research of APA members in its area of interest rather than innovative with respect to the aspirations of its editors. Nonetheless, we cannot begin the new Journal without a plea for a type of research which we have lacked in the past. We will welcome papers which deal with a psychological analysis of social systems provided they meet our usual criteria of making theoretical or research contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The 75th anniversary of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology: An editorial.

This issue marks the 75th anniversary of Morton Prince's founding of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the first issue of which was released on April 1, 1906. The 50th Anniversary issue in 1956 included Henry A. Murray's brief account of the life and work of Morton Prince and also commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud. On this occasion of the 75th anniversary it seems proper to present a brief account of the history of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Since Gordon W. Allport discussed the history of the Journal from 1906 to 1938 (Allport, 1938), the present account will emphasize the changes that have occurred during the last 4 decades. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

The editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology explains the basis for his decisions and provides guidelines for potential contributors to the journal over the next five years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

This article is reprinted from the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1965, 70, 1. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology will give priority to articles on problems related to abnormal behavior, broadly defined. The Journal's interests thus include the following: (a) psychopathology--its development or acquisition, its treatment or remission, and its symptomatology and course; (b) normal processes in abnormal individuals; (c) pathological or atypical features of the behavior of normal persons; (d) experimental studies, with human or animal subjects, relating to emotional or behavioral pathology; (e) social or group effects on adjustment or pathological processes; (f) tests of hypotheses from psychoanalytic or other psychological theory. This list does not pretend to be exhaustive; nor does the order of listing imply an order of priority. The boundaries of the Journal's interests cannot be hard and fast and, in fact, probably will be breached on occasion at the discretion of the editors and consultants. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Correction to Editorial Consultants for the October 1979 Special Issue: Hypnosis and Psychopathology.

In the October 1979 Special Issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Volume 88, Number 5), the list of editorial consultants for the issue, which appears on the reverse page of the table of contents, is incorrect. The corrected list of editorial consultants for the October 1979 Special Issue are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Journal of Abnormal Psychology: Editorial.

In keeping with tradition, the editor of the current issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1980, Vol. 89, No. 4) presents an account of his policies and goals for the benefit of readers and potential authors. The author discusses the Journal's coverage, criteria for acceptance, types of articles, evaluation procedures, and the blind review process. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Final editorial.

In his last editorial, the editor of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology acknowledges the hard work of his editorial team and the journal's reviewers, and then discusses why he chose to step down after four years, rather than the usual six. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

In the 6 years since the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology was divided into three sections, Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes (IRGP) has come to be the impoverished sibling in the family. This weakness seems curious in a discipline that concentrates on human interrelatedness as its central theme. Indeed, Gordon Allport's definition in the Handbook of Social Psychology (1968) acknowledged the social core of social psychology: "an attempt to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others." Perhaps the short rations to which many readers have become accustomed reflected a reluctance of researchers to engage these phenomena in the individualistic Zeitgeist of the 1970s and early 1980s. Nevertheless, 1986 brings a renewed interest in the scientific study of human social bonds. It is to the dissemination of the very best of this work that this editorship is dedicated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Who was Morton Prince?

Morton Prince, a Boston neurologist, founded the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1906 as an outlet especially for those who took a psychogenic view of neurotic disorders. Through experiments with hypnotism, he added appreciably to knowledge of subconscious and coconscious mental processes; The Dissociation of a Personality (Prince, 1905) still ranks as a classic. He saw that studying normal people in the depth and detail with which one studied patients could make significant contributions to the whole understanding of human nature. Before his death he established and briefly directed the Harvard Psychological Clinic, devising the research environment out of which presently sprang major contributions to the study of personality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Presents a reaffirmation of the goals of the Canadian Journal of Psychology. The primary objective of the Canadian Journal of Psychology is to provide a vehicle for the communication of scientific research in general experimental psychology. The editor hopes to encourage Canadian experimental psychologists to take pride in their Journal, and submit their quality work to it. The Journal will continue to maintain a small and selective book review section, and it will maintain its short report section. There is no question that there is ample material to fill the pages of the Journal and make it interesting. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

What's social about social psychology? Where's the person in personality research?

Content analyses of research published in the 1982 volumes of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology indicate that social psychologists have largely failed to study subjects drawn from meaningfully defined social groups, to consider social structural variables, to study genuine social interaction, to observe social influences on psychological functioning, or to ask Ss about social issues. It is maintained that with few exceptions, personality researchers have failed to study groups other than college students, to use biographical materials or personal documents, to devise appropriate experimental treatments, to study persons over time, or even to retain the individual as a unit of analysis. Currently, the 2 fields of social and personality psychological research appear to be linked mainly by their deficiencies and appear to have little content worth sharing. Reexamination of each field's traditions and priorities is urgently needed. (22 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)