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The Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes study section reviews applications for research on fundamental psychological and social conditions and processes, including personality, emotions, motivation, social identities and roles, social cognition, attitudes and attitude change, individual differences, aging and the life course, and small group dynamics and their relation to mental and physical health.
Specific areas covered by SPIP:

• Personality traits, their development and change; social, cultural and genetic influences on personality.
• Motivation and emotions; prosocial and antisocial motivation.
• Self-esteem, self-evaluation, self-efficacy, self-control, and identity development.
• Social cognition; formation, maintenance, and change of attitudes and culturally based beliefs; relation of attitudes and behavior.
• Social norms, roles and support; their influence on mental and physical health.
• Social stress and coping; risk and resilience; consequences for health and well-being.
• Aging, life course, and health; elder care.
• Small group dynamics and decision-making; intergroup conflict and negotiation.
• Relation of these attributes and processes to mental/physical health and illness, morbidity, mortality and social well-being.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention Study Section [PDRP]
Risk, Prevention and Intervention for Addictions Study Section [RPIA]  
Cognition and Perception Study Section [CP] 
Nursing Science: Adults and Older Adults Study Section [NSAA] 
Social Sciences and Population Studies Study Section [SSPS]