AJOPA

AJOPA focuses on original research studies, theoretical papers, test reviews and methods papers in the areas of psychometrics and psychological assessment.

PsySSA is proud to announce the latest edition to its publications – The African Journal of Psychological Assessment (AJOPA) published in conjunction with AOSIS.

Focus and Scope

AJOPA is intended to serve as a means of combining the current disparate research being conducted in psychometrics and psychological assessment in Africa. Further it is hoped that AJOPA will open up opportunities for collaboration and indigenous knowledge production. The journal will be of both local and international value since the submissions will interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment and will lend much to international debates in psychological theory and assessment.

Manuscripts in the areas of psychometrics and psychological assessment are invited. Manuscript submissions must demonstrate a clear contribution to the field and must be of relevance to the African context. Manuscripts can focus on but are not limited to ethics in assessment, establishing the psychometric properties of an instrument, methods in assessment, research on core issues in psychological assessment (eg. assessment in low resource settings, multicultural assessment, acculturation and assessment, language and assessment, assessing people with disabilities) and/or specific areas in assessment (eg. cognitive, personality, vocational, intelligence, aptitude) and/or particular settings (clinical, educational, forensic, organisational, neuropsychological assessment). Manuscripts make take the form of original research studies, theoretical papers, test reviews and methods papers

Publication Frequency

Articles are published online when ready for publication and then compiled into a full issue at the end of the year. 

Open Access

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Vacancy: AJOPA Editor-in-Chief

For more details on the application process and position requirements, please view the Call below.

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