The ''Journal of Applied Social Psychology'' is a monthly

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. The journal was established in 1971 by Professor Dr. Siegfried Streufert at Purdue University who edited the Journal for the first ten years. Its current

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Richard J. Crisp Richard J. Crisp is an author, blogger, scientist and Professor of Psychology at Durham University. He is co-originator of the imagined contact hypothesis and a major contributor to the field of social psychology. Life Richard Crisp was born i ...

(

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). The journal is devoted to applications of experimental research to the problems of society (e.g. health, safety, gender, law). It was published by Bellwether Publishing until 2006, when it was acquired by

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 1.231, ranking it 44th out of 62 journals in the category "Psychology Social".

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