The ''Journal of Personality'' is a bimonthly

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covering

personality psychology Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include: * construction of a c ...

. It is published by

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and the

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is Howard Tennen (

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

). The journal covers research on

personality Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that are formed from biological and environmental factors, and which change over time. While there is no generally agreed-upon definition of personality, mos ...

, particularly on personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and cognitive, affective, and interpersonal individual differences. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 5.117. The journal began in 1932 as ''Character and Personality''. It took on its current name in 1945.

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