The Journal of Individual Psychology

The journal's roots can be traced to Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie founded by Alfred Adler in 1914 (Germany).[6][7] Publication was interrupted by the first world war, and resumed in 1923 under the name Internationale Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie.[8]

Adler immigrated to America in 1935 and established the International Journal of Individual Psychology, published in Chicago.[9][10] After Adler's death in 1937, the journal was edited by his daughter, Alexandra Adler,[11] and then by Rudolf Dreikurs.[7] Individual Psychology News was published in 1940 renaming itself Individual Psychology Bulletin from 1941 to 1951.[12] When the American Society of Adlerian Psychology was incorporated in 1952, it took over the publication under the title American Journal of Individual Psychology (1952 to 1956).[13][14]

In 1957, Heinz Ansbacher took over as editor and it was renamed Journal of Individual Psychology.[15][16] The new, broader editorial policy and focus was announced, calling for papers related to a "holitistic, teleological, phenemological, and socially-oriented approach, based on the assumptions of an active creative self, an open dynamic system of motivation, and an innate potential for social living."[17] The first issue included an article by Albert Ellis among others, and a paper written by Alfred Adler in 1937, the year of his death.[17] This title, Journal of Individual Psychology was used from 1957 to 1973.[18] The journal was noted for maintaining high academic standards covering topics such as the teleological approach to personality and in the tradition of Adler's socially oriented approach psychology.[15] In 1982, The Journal of Individual Psychology merged with Individual Psychologist and was published under new name and format, Individual Psychology: The Journal of Adlerian Theory, Research & Practice.[19][20] In 1998, it was renamed back to Journal of Individual Psychology.[21]

The Adlerian Digitization Project, supported by the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, has made full text versions available to the public:

• Individual Psychology News (1940–1941)[22]
• Individual Psychology Bulletin (1941–1951)[23]
• American Journal of Individual Psychology (1952–1956)[24]
• Journal of Individual Psychology (1957–1973)[25]
• Individual Psychologist (1963–1987)[5]

The Journal of Individual Psychology (1974–1981), Journal of Individual Psychology, and Individual Psychology: The Journal of Adlerian Theory, Research & Practice (1982–1997) is abstracted and indexed by the EBSCO Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection[26] and PsychINFO (from 1950).[27]

• Devonis, David C.; Devonis, David C.; Mattson, Mark E.; Devonis, David C.; Meir, Michael; Kelly, Robert J.; Bujalski, Ashley Scarlett; Cloonan, Thomas F.; Benjamin, Ludy T.; Fuchs, Alfred H.; Taylor, Eugene I.; Takooshian, Harold; Johanningmeier, Erwin V.; Pfaffenberger, Angela H.; Sullivan, Gerald; Elhammoumi, Mohamed; Baker, David B.; Joyce, Nicholas; Capanzano, Sally (2012). "Ansbacher, Heinz". Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories. pp. 75–76. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0463-8_383. ISBN 978-1-4419-0425-6.
• Manaster, Guy (2012). "Adler, Alfred (1870-1937)". In Seel, Norbert M. (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. pp. 130–133. ISBN 9781441914279.
• Brigitte Sindelar; Gabriela Pap. "The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Steve Slavik; Jon Carlson, eds. (2005). Readings in the Theory of Individual Psychology. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415951685.

• Official website