| Abstract: | 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) |
