Personality and Individual Differences

The Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID)

Personality and Individual Differences is primarily devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, correlational, theoretical, expository/review) which enhance our understanding of the structure of personality and other forms of individual differences, the processes which cause these individual differences to emerge, and their practical applications. Accessible methodological contributions are also welcome. The Editors invite papers that focus on the genetic, biological, and environmental foundations of individual differences, and possible interaction effects. While we recognize the importance of questionnaires for the measurement of individual differences, we encourage their link to experimental and behavioural measures. Ultimately the editors of PAID view human beings as bio-social organisms and that work on individual differences can be most fruitfully pursued by attending to both these aspects of our nature.

We consider studies involving cross-sectional mediation/moderation analyses of self-reported data only when these directly test a theory.

Mendelian Randomization studies will not be considered unless they are accompanied by another set of analyses that allow for triangulation of evidence using a different method.

Studies using latent profile analysis will be considered only when they are supported by clear theoretical and a priori hypotheses, demonstrate the stability of the profile solution (e.g., through cross-validation), and provide evidence of external validation.