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The Journal of Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Social and Intergroup Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Journal of Psychology 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSocial and Intergroup Psychology Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Behavioral and Psychological Studies Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
ISSN0022-3980
Citation impact (2-yr)2.24
h-index145
i10-index2,908
Total citations158,176
Top institutions publishing hereMichigan State University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in The Journal of Psychology per year

65
2014
34
2015
48
2016
42
2017
47
2018
45
2019
28
2020
38
2021
35
2022
30
2023
56
2024
41
2025

Citation impact of The Journal of Psychology by publication year

2.8K
2014
1.7K
2015
1.7K
2016
1.2K
2017
1.6K
2018
1.4K
2019
523
2020
510
2021
698
2022
248
2023
234
2024
28
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Journal of Psychology

A Protection Motivation Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change1

Ronald W. Rogers · 1 Sep 1975

A protection motivation theory is proposed that postulates the three crucial components of a fear appeal to be (a) the magnitude of noxiousness of a depicted event; (b) the probability of that event's occurrence; and (c) the efficacy of a protective response. Each of these communication variables initiates corresponding cognitive appraisal processes that mediate attitude…

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The General Self-Efficacy Scale: Multicultural Validation Studies

Aleksandra Łuszczyńska, Urte Scholz, Ralf Schwarzer · 1 Sep 2005

General self-efficacy is the belief in one's competence to cope with a broad range of stressful or challenging demands, whereas specific self-efficacy is constrained to a particular task at hand. Relations between general self-efficacy and social cognitive variables (intention, implementation intentions, outcome expectancies, and self-regulation), behavior-specific self-efficacy, health behaviors, well-being, and coping strategies were examined…

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What reference style does The Journal of Psychology use?
The Journal of Psychology uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Journal of Psychology 12 (3): 45–58.
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