Although the lack of conceptual clarity has been observed to be a widespread and
fundamental problem in psychology, conceptual clarification plays a mostly marginal role in …

Meehl argued in 1978 that theories in psychology come and go, with little cumulative
progress. We believe that this assessment still holds, as also evidenced by increasingly …

Background: Social interactions are important for well-being, and therefore, researchers are
increasingly attempting to capture people's social environment. Many different disciplines …

The study of emotional intelligence (EI) in the field of leadership, and in the organizational
sciences in general, has often been characterized by controversy and criticism. But the study …

The study of human behavior is severely hampered by logistical problems, ethical and legal
constraints, and funding shortfalls. However, the biggest difficulty of conducting social and …

Finding causes is a central goal in psychological research. In this paper, I argue based on
the interventionist approach to causal discovery that the search for psychological causes …

Rating scales are popular methods for generating quantitative data directly by persons
rather than automated technologies. But scholars increasingly challenge their foundations …

One of the original aims of this journal was to promote theory in psychology. Nowadays
more and more psychological researchers are calling for more theory development, and …

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IF ICOULD TALK TO THE ANIMALS: MEASURING SUBJECTIVE ANIMAL WELFARE …

Measurement in psychology is at the heart of a major debate in the academic literature. We
aim to contribute to a critical discussion of this issue. We propose to reposition the object of …