Alonso-Arbiol, I; van de Vijver, FJR. 2010. A Historical Analysis of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment A Comparison of the Earliest (1992-1996) and the Latest Years (2005-2009). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 26 (4): 238-247

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Alonso-Arbiol, I; van de Vijver, FJR. 2010. A Historical Analysis of the European 
Journal of Psychological Assessment A Comparison of the Earliest (1992-1996) 
and the Latest Years (2005-2009). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL 
ASSESSMENT 26 (4): 238-247.

Author Full Name(s): Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: European Journal of Psychological Assessment; psychological 
assessment; historical analysis; content analysis; authorship location
KeyWords Plus: IMPLICIT SELF-CONCEPT; PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY; FACTORIAL 
STRUCTURE; CONVERGENT; COMPETENCE; VALIDATION; GUIDELINES; VERSION

Abstract: We conducted a historical analysis of the articles published in the 
first (1992-1996) and last 5 years (2005-2009) of the European Journal of 
Psychological Assessment (EJPA), mainly on the basis of an analysis of 
abstracts and keywords of articles. We dealt with the impact of EJPA, the main 
characteristics of its articles, its evolution, and to what extent main features in 
psychological assessment are represented in the journal. EJPA is a journal with 
a steadily rising impact factor that is relatively high for the field of assessment. 
Authorship is mainly European and coauthors usually come from the same 
country. The personality domain has gained popularity at the expense of 
cognition and education. Questionnaires are the most often and increasingly 
popular assessment method; there is also a tendency to employ multiple 
instruments and methods, and computerized assessment. More recent volumes 
have fewer substance-oriented and more measurement-oriented studies, 
notably studies in which validity is addressed by factor-analytic procedures. 
The incomplete coverage of recent developments in psychological assessment 
is discussed.

Addresses: [Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar] Univ Basque Country, Fac Psychol, E-20018 
San Sebastian, Spain; [Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.] Tilburg 
Univ, Tilburg, Netherlands; [van de Vijver, Fons J. R.] North W Univ, Tilburg, 
Netherlands

Reprint Address: Alonso-Arbiol, I, Univ Basque Country, Fac Psychol, E-20018 
San Sebastian, Spain.

E-mail Address: itziar.alonso at ehu.es
ISSN: 1015-5759
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000032
fulltext: http://psycontent.metapress.com/content/htqt668742u7013p/