The Journal of Abnormal Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal has been in publication for 125 years, and it is considered to be a "preeminent outlet for research in psychopathology."
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology addresses the following major areas of focus :
- psychopathology (etiology, development, symptomatology, and the course)
- normal processes in abnormal disorders
- pathological or atypical features of behavior of normal individuals
- experimental studies (with human or animal subjects) relating to the abnormal emotional behavior or pathology
- sociocultural effects on pathological processes (gender, ethnicity)
- tests of hypotheses from psychological theories that relate to abnormal behavior
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