The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
About the SocietyThe International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) was founded in 1983 to foster research on individual differences in temperament, intelligence, attitudes, and abilities. The aim of the society is to investigate the major dimensions of individual differences in the context of experimental, physiological, pharmacological, clinical, medical, genetical, statistical and social psychology. It further aims to seek the determinants, causes, and concomitants of individual differences, using concepts derived from these disciplines.To promote this purpose, the Society publishes scientific papers and organizes scientific meetings to discuss and exchange information and ideas relevant to the measurement, structure, dynamics and biological bases of individual differences. The official journal of the Society is Personality and Individual Differences The current membership of 319 members represents 33 countries and five continents. Individuals who are interested in the furthering the goals of the society are encouraged to join, to read our journal, and to attend our meetings. |
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 | ISSID Conference -- Call for papersThe 2009 meeting of the society will be held July 18 to July 22nd in Evanston, Illinois. To further the ISSID goal to foster research in individual differences, the meeting will be in held in conjunction with the first free standing meeting of the Association of Research in Personality (ARP). ARP will meet from July 16th through July 18th. The ISSID program will officially start on the evening of Saturday, July 18th and continue to Wednesday, July 22nd. Members of both organizations are encouraged to come early (ISSID) or stay late (ARP). Discounted registration rates for members of either societies who wish to attend the other meeting will be offered.For more information visit the ISSID 2009 page. Plan on visiting Evanston in 2009. A history of previous conferences and abstracts from some them are available. |
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 | The ISSID journal: Personality and Individual DifferencesThe official journal of ISSID is Personality and Individual Differences, published by Elsevier. The editors in chief are P.A. Vernon and S.B.G. Eysenck. The associate editors and editorial board reflect the broad interests of the society.Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects. Ultimately they believe that human beings are bio-social organisms and that work on individual differences can be most fruitfully pursued by paying attention to both these aspects of our nature. They believe that advances are more likely to be made by the use of the hypothetical-deductive method, though empirical data based on sound research and providing interesting new findings, would of course not be rejected simply because they might not have a good theoretical underpinning. All in all, the traditional type of work on traits, abilities, attitudes, types and other latent structures underlying consistencies in behavior has in recent years been receiving rather short shrift in traditional journals of personality; Personality and Individual Differences aims to reinstate it to its proper place in psychology, equal in importance with general experimental work, and interacting with it to make up a unitary science of psychology. Instructions for authors are available online and should be followed. Online access to the journal and the back issues is available for individual and institutional subscribers. |
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ISSID Officers & Directors
The board of directors includes
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ISSID membershipMembership is open to all who share an interest in the scientific study of individual differences. The benefits of membership include a subscription to the journal and attending the biennial conference. Special membership rates are available for members of the European Association for Personality Psychology and for students. Membership applications should be forwarded to the secretary treasurer. | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISSID member newsOur member news is depressingly out of date (see Member News ). Please send any news items that you would like to add to our member news section to the ISSID WEB PAGE EDITOR. | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISSID newsletterAlso very out of date. Prior newsletters may be found here. An update is coming soon. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Related SocietiesThere are at least three other organizations that specialize in personality and individual differences and that publish personality research
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