Journal of Personality Assessment: Resources for Reviewers and Authors

I. For Reviewers

1. Reviewer Guidelines
2. JPA Statement of Scope and Submission Guidelines
3. Reviewer Feedback Form
4. Editors' Scale to Rate the Quality of Reviews - this is posted here so reviewers have a clear idea of what we look for.
5. Tips for Reviewing Manuscripts Electronically

II. For Authors: Publisher's General Requirements

1. Manuscript Preparation Guide

III. For Authors: JPA Specific Information

1. JPA Statement of Scope and Submission Guidelines
2. Description of Journal Sections:

a. Clinical Case Applications and Update
b. Statistical Developments and Applications
c. Book, Software, and Test Reviews

3. APA Task Force on Statistical Inference's Guidelines for using and reporting statistics
4. Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies: The STARD Initiative

a. JPA Editorial
b. STARD Guidelines for reporting research examining the diagnostic accuracy of tests and an explanation of underlying principles
c. Downloadable Word files containing the STARD Checklist for Authors and the STARD Flowchart
d. JPA primer on computing test statistics for diagnosis and screening
e. Programs for computing diagnostic and screening statistics from a 2 x 2 table using an Excel spreadsheet or stand-alone software for the Mac or PC from Marley Watkins (this site contains other useful programs, including those that compute parallel analysis criteria and ROC statistics).

IV. For Assistance Computing Effect Sizes

1. Basic Effect Size Guide with SPSS and SAS Syntax. This guide was prepared to lead authors through the steps required to compute Pearson's r or Cohen's d from raw data or from the output of statistical tests. The computational steps are illustrated with SPSS and SAS syntax commands. The Guide is currently being expanded so check back for a revised version in the future.

2. David Wilson created an Excel program for converting a wide range of statistical data into Pearson's r or Cohen's d. The program can be downloaded directly as a compressed zip file or by scrolling to the link at the bottom of his meta-analysis web page. Despite what the note on the web page suggests, the software creates both d and r.

3. Michael Furr's web site provides two potentially useful PDF files. The first offers an overview of effect size formulas and the second provides help for computing and interpreting the effect sizes associated with planned contrasts in an ANOVA design.

V. For Individuals Wishing to Join the Society for Personality Assessment

1. General Information about SPA

2. Application Forms for Student Members, Full Members, and Fellows

VI. Templates for Tables and Figures [each hyperlink leads to a downloadable Excel or word processing file]

1. MMPI-2 and MMPI-A Profiles in Microsoft Excel for Plotting T-scores for a Single Person or Group. Thanks to John L. McNulty, Ph.D., University of Tulsa, who created these files and made them available to others.

2. MMPI-2 Basic Scales and Content Scales in Microsoft Excel for Plotting T-scores for Multiple Individuals or Groups. Thanks to Roger L. Greene, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, who created these files and made them available to others.

3. Structural Summary corresponding to Exner's 5th Edition Workbook for the Rorschach Comprehensive System.

4. Sequence of Scores for the Rorschach Comprehensive System