spsp

SPSP most commonly refers to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, a professional organization dedicated to advancing research and education in personality and social psychology. The society serves scholars, students, and practitioners by promoting high-quality research, encouraging collaboration, and facilitating the dissemination of findings.

Activities and programs: The SPSP organizes an annual convention for presenting research, networking, and professional development. It supports research through grant programs, travel awards, and mentoring initiatives for students and early-career researchers. The society also publishes and disseminates scholarly work. It oversees two flagship journals, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), which publish peer-reviewed articles across subfields of personality and social psychology.

Membership: open to individuals from academia, government, and industry who are engaged in or supportive of personality and social psychology; students may join at discounted rates.

Impact and scope: Its work influences theoretical developments, methodological standards, and applications in areas such as attitudes, stereotypes, social influence, personality processes, and intercultural psychology.

Other uses: The acronym spsp may be used in other contexts to abbreviate different terms or organizations, depending on domain; this article focuses on the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.