Personality and Individual Differences

Personality and Individual Differences
Abbreviated title (ISO)	PAID
Discipline	Personality
Language	English
Edited by	P. A. Vernon and S. B. G. Eysenck.
Publication details
Publisher	Elsevier (Netherlands)
Publication history	1980–
Frequency	12/year
Impact factor (2009)	1.878
Indexing
ISSN	0191-8869
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Personality and Individual Differences (PAID) is a scientific journal published bi-monthly by Elsevier and founded in 1980. PAID is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID).[1] Editor-in-Chiefs are P. A. Vernon and S. B. G. Eysenck. The founding editor was Hans Jürgen Eysenck. Its 2009 impact factor is 1.878, ranking it 12th in the category "social psychology". The journal has, e.g., published description of the revised version of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire—the article^[1] being one of the most cited of the journal. A sex and intelligence article by Helmuth Nyborg from 2005^[2] led to strong reaction in the Danish media and a subsequent investigation of his study. Nyborg was suspended, an investigation was setup, but later the suspension was revoked.^[3]

References

1. ^ Sybil B. G. Eysenck, Hans Jürgen Eysenck & Paul Barrett (1985). "A revised version of the psychoticism scale". Personality and Individual Differences 6 (1): 21–29. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(85)90026-1. http://www.pbarrett.net/publications/EPQR_1985_paper.pdf. 
2. ^ Helmuth Nyborg (August 2005). "Sex-related differences in general intelligence g, brain size, and social status". Personality and Individual Differences 39 (3): 497–509. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.12.011. 
3. ^ "Cleverness Controversy". Science 314 (5804). December 2006. doi:10.1126/science.314.5804.1365b. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol314/issue5804/newsmakers.dtl.