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African Journal of Psychological Assessment

AJOPA focuses on original research studies, theoretical papers, test reviews and methods papers in the areas of psychometrics and psychological assessment. Manuscripts must demonstrate a clear contribution to contribution the field and to be relevant to the African context.

African Journal of Psychological Assessment

AJOPA serves as a means of combining the current disparate research being conducted as well as opening up opportunities for collaboration and indigenous knowledge production.

African Journal of Psychological Assessment

AJOPA seeks to interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field

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psychological assessment.

African Journal of Psychological Assessment

Published in partnership with AOSIS, AJOPA is fully open access and charges no article processing fees (APC’s)

The Editorial Team

Sumaya Laher (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is the immediate Past President of PsySSA and is an Associate Editor on the South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP). Prof Laher is an NRF rated researcher whose research interests are in the areas

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The Editorial Team

Solomon Mashegoane (PhD) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Limpopo. Prof Mashegoane’s primary teaching areas at the university are psychological assessment and health psychology; and his research focuses on issues pertaining to psychological assessment, death-related anxiety, and investigations of factors associated with health risk behaviour (such as self-objectification and spirituality/religiosity).

The Editorial Team

Kate Cockcroft (PhD) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is an NRF-rated researcher who is interested in neurocognitive and dynamic assessment. A particular interest is the promise

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working memory assessments as a means of tapping the cognitive abilities and potential of children and adults from diverse socio-economic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

The Editorial Team

David Maree (PhD) is a Professor in the Department

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Psychology at the University of Pretoria where he was Head of Department from 2013 to 2016. He was chair of the Psychometrics committee of the Board of Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in 2016/17 and President of PsySSA in 2013. He is a NRF rated researcher and his interests include psychometrics, Rasch modelling, philosophy of psychology and research methods.

The Editorial Board

• Prof. Amina Abubakar

Institute of Human Development, Aga Khan University; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Mr Justin Oswin August Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

• Prof. Tarek Bellaj

Qatar University and Tunis University, Doha

• Prof. Fanny Cheung

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Prof. Regis Chireshe

Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Dr Maria Ann Florence University of the Western Cape, South Africa

• Prof. Cheryl Foxcroft

Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

• Prof. Kurt Geisinger

Buros Center for Testing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States

• Prof. Dragos Iliescu

University of Bucharest, Romania Dr Malose Makhubela University of Pretoria, South Africa

The Editorial Board

• Prof. Kobus Maree

University of Pretoria, South Africa

• Prof. Deon Meiring

University of Pretoria, South Africa

• Prof. Nhlanlha Mkhize

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Prof. Aletta Odendaal

Stellenbosch University, South Africa Dr Mpho Pheko University of Botswana, Botswana

• Prof. Robert Serpell

University of Zambia, Zambia Dr James Takalani University of Venda, South Africa

• Prof. Andrew Ezadueyan Zamani

Nasarawa State University, Nigeria

African Journal of Psychological Assessment Criteria

Manuscripts that make a clear contribution to the field in ethics in assessment, the establishment of the psychometric properties of an instrument, methods in assessment, research on core issues in psychological assessment (e.g. assessment in low resource settings, multicultural assessment, acculturation and assessment, language and assessment, assessing people with disabilities) amongst others are invited.

African Journal of Psychological Assessment Criteria

Manuscripts can also focus on specific areas in assessment (e.g. cognitive, personality, vocational, intelligence, aptitude) and/or particular settings (clinical, educational, forensic,

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and neuropsychological assessment).

For more information or to submit visit: www.ajopa.org