Call for Submissions – Special Issue on the Influence of Culture on Personality and Emotional Development

Frontiers in Psychology

Call for Submissions – Special Issue in Frontiers in Psychology: The Influence of Culture on Personality and Emotional Development: Insights from Biology, Measurement, and Psychopathology.
Frontiers in Psychology invites manuscripts for a Special Issue.
Guest Editors:
Dr. Xiaoxue Kong (University of the Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Dr. Yuki Shimizu (Waseda University, Japan)
Dr. Louis Schmidt (McMaster University, Canada)
We are inviting manuscript submissions for our upcoming special issue focused on how culture shapes personality and social-emotional development. This collection welcomes interdisciplinary contributions exploring both universal and culture-specific mechanisms, drawing from areas such as measurement, biology, developmental psychology, and psychopathology.
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
  • -Development and validation of culturally appropriate measures
  • -Cultural influences on parenting, socialization, and personality development
  • -Biological and neurobiological underpinnings of emotional development across cultures
  • -Cross-cultural comparisons of social-emotional outcomes and psychopathology
We welcome empirical, theoretical, and methodological papers using diverse approaches, including longitudinal or experimental designs.
Manuscript Summary Deadline: June 16, 2025
Authors are asked to submit a summary (~2,000 words) outlining their planned contribution. Feedback will be provided prior to full manuscript submission.
Full Manuscript Deadline: December 14, 2025
For inquiries, please contact:
Xiaoxue Kong (xiaoxue.kong@unbc.ca)
Yuki Shimizu (shimizu.yuki@waseda.jp)
Louis Schmidt (schmidtl@mcmaster.ca)
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