PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL

DIFFERENCES
An International Journal of Research into the Structure and Development of
Personality, and the Causation of Individual Differences

Editors-in-Chief
Dr T. VE R N O N
University of Western Ontario, Canada
and
Dr S. B. G. EY S E N C K
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry,
De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Associate Editors:
Dr Elizabeth Austin, University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Veena Kumari, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Professor P. Barret, Hogan Assessment Systems, Tulsa, USA Dr G. Matthews, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A.
Dr C. Cooper, Queen’s University, Belfast Professor A. Neubauer, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria
Professor P. Corr, University of Wales, Swansea Dr K. V. Petrides, University of London, UK
Professor Caroline Davis, York University, UK Dr D. Saklofske, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr N. Gillespie, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Dr T. Shackelford, Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A.
Australia Professor R. Stelmack, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr K. Jang, University of British columbia, Canada
Book Review Editor: G. D. Wilson
Founding Editor
Professor H. J. EY S E N C K z
Editorial Board
Professor M. AM E L A N G Professor M. W. EY S E N C K Professor R. PL O M I N
University of Heidelberg, Germany Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Surrey Institute of Psychiatry, London
Professor A. AN G L E I T N E R Professor F. FA R L E Y Professor W. RE V E L L E
University of Bielefeld, Germany University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. Northwestern University, U.S.A.
Professor G. BO Y L E Professor A. FU R N HHAAM Professor T. SH I G E H I S A
Bond University, Australia University College, London Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin University, Japan
Professor J. BR E B N E R Professor L. GO L D B E R G Professor F. SP I N A T H
University of Adelaide, S. Australia Oregon Research Institute, U.S.A. Saarland University, Germany
Professor H. CA R P I N T E R O Professor A. R. JE N S E N Professor J. ST R E L A U
University Complutense de Madrid, Spain Kelseyville, U.S.A. University of Warszawu, Poland
Professor G. CL A R I D G E Dr W. JO H N S O N Professor M. ZE I D N E R
University of Oxford University of Minnesota, U.S.A. University of Haifa, Israel
Professor I. DE A R Y Professor R. LY N N Professor M. ZU C K E R M A N
University of Edinburgh, Scotland University of Ulster, N. Ireland University of Delaware, U.S.A.
Dr L. EA V E S Professor P. NE T T E R
Medical College of Virginia, U.S.A. Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany

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