Journal scope statement

The Periodical of Family Psychology ® (JFP) is the premier family unit inquiry journal. Family psychology is a complex field, as information technology includes systems perspectives on the multiple influences on relationships, developmental perspectives on how relationships are formed and sustained over time, cultural perspectives on how society and traditions affect relationships, the intersection of individual differences and social relationships, and practice components in how to impact existent and meaningful changes in couple, parent, and family relationships.

JFP addresses societal challenges faced past families today. Of import societal challenges facing families today — risk for divorce in vulnerable families, couple and marital satisfaction in military families, kid-raising challenges and positive outcomes in immigrant families, risk and resilience in families who prefer, and relationship transitions in various couples and families (east.g., in terms of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and inability) — are examples of topics addressed in JFP .

JFP publishes important studies on what makes couple and family relationships piece of work. JFP consistently publishes strong empirical studies on what keeps couples together, what makes for strong parent–child relationships, and the subtle nuances in predicting healthy relationships over time.

JFP is a leader in publishing reports that utilise cutting-border, sophisticated approaches to research design and information assay. Player–partner modeling, bootstrapping, use of phantom data, mixed methods, qualitative inquiry, structural equation modeling with moderators and mediators — these are just a few of the sophisticated approaches commonly used in JFP reports. Close to half of the highly cited works in JFP are longitudinal studies.

JFP imparts knowledge nearly effective therapy and prevention programs relevant to couples and families. JFP provides an first-class outlet for high-quality studies that examination the effects of family unit- or couple-based therapy or prevention programs. Especially important are reports that include couple or family characteristics as potential mediators and moderators of program furnishings.

Contact the editor if you accept questions virtually whether your topic is suitable for JFP .

Disclaimer: APA and the editors of the Journal of Family unit Psychology assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles.

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All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a dissever page. Afterward the abstruse, please supply upwards to five keywords or cursory phrases.

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McCauley, South. Thousand., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of kid language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), i–51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

Authored book

Brown, L. Southward. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Clan. https://doi.org/x.1037/0000092-000

Affiliate in an edited book

Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. 1000. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In M. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cerebral behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012

Information set citation

Alegria, Thousand., Jackson, J. S., Kessler, R. C., & Takeuchi, D. (2016). Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003 [Data ready]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20240.v8

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Viechtbauer, W. (2010). Conducting meta-analyses in R with the metafor package.Journal of Statistical Software, 36(3), 1–48. https://www.jstatsoft.org/v36/i03/

Wickham, H. et al., (2019). Welcome to the tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(43), 1686, https://doi.org/x.21105/joss.01686

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Editorial Board

Editor

Arin M. Connell, PhD
Case Western Reserve University, U.s.

Acquaintance editors

Brian R. Westward. Baucom, PhD
University of Utah, United States

David J. Bridgett, PhD
Northern Illinois Academy, U.s.

Susan Southward. Chuang, PhD
University of Guelph, Canada

Katherine B. Ehrlich, PhD
University of Georgia, U.s.

Rachel H. Farr, PhD
University of Kentucky, United States

Chrystyna D. Kouros, PhD
Southern Methodist University, United States

Justin A. Lavner, PhD
University of Georgia, United States

Amy K. Nuttall, PhD
Michigan State Academy, United States

Erica Margaret Woodin, PhD
University of Victoria, Canada

Consulting editors

Sam H. Allen, PhD
University of Maryland, U.s.

Hoda Badr, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Jason K. Baker, PhD
California Land University, Fullerton, United States

Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, PhD
Leiden Academy, Netherlands

Melissa A. Barnett, PhD
University of Arizona, United States

Robin A. Barry, PhD
University of Wyoming, Us

Steven R. H. Beach, PhD
University of Georgia, United States

Jay Belsky, PhD
Academy of California, Davis, U.s.

Cynthia A. Berg, PhD
University of Utah, United States

Maureen M. Black, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Usa

Hashemite kingdom of jordan A. Booker, PhD
University of Missouri, U.s.

Bekh Bradley-Davino, PhD
Emory University, Us

Scott R. Braithwaite, PhD
Brigham Young University, Us

James H. Bray, PhD
Academy of Texas at San Antonio, United states of america

Kirsten L. Buist, PhD
Utrecht University, Netherlands

Belinda Campos, PhD
University of California, Irvine, United states of america

Annmarie Cano, PhD
Wayne Country University, U.s.

Alice Southward. Carter, PhD
University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

Daniel Ewon Choe, PhD
University of California,  Davis, United States

Victor Thou. Cicirelli, PhD
Purdue University, United States

Mari L. Clements, PhD
Fuller Theological Seminary, United States

Suzannah Thousand. Creech, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin & VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence, United States

Carla Crespo, PhD
Academy of Lisbon, Portugal

Keith A. Crnic, PhD
Arizona State Academy, United States

Rick A. Cruz, PhD
Utah State Academy, United States

Annamaria Csizmadia, PhD
University of Connecticut, U.s.

E. Mark Cummings, PhD
University of Notre Matriarch, United states

Patrick T. Davies, PhD
University of Rochester, United States

Pamela East. Davis-Kean, PhD
Academy of Michigan, United states

Kirby Deater-Deckard, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The states

Catherine Gray Deering, PhD, ABPP
Clayton Country University, United States

Tamara Del Vecchio, PhD
St. John's University, The states

Susan Dickstein, PhD
Bradley Infirmary/Warren Alpert Medical Schoolhouse of Brown Academy, The states

Brian D. Doss, PhD
Academy of Miami, U.s.

W. Justin Dyer, PhD
Brigham Young Academy, United States

Christopher I. Eckhart, PhD
Purdue Academy, U.s.

J. Marker Boil, PhD
New York University, The states

Deborah A. Ellis, PhD
Wayne State University, United States

Catherine C. Epkins, PhD
Texas Tech University, United States

Stephen A. Erath, PhD
Auburn University, United States

Robin S. Everhart, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Eugene West. Farber, PhD
Emory University, United States

Allison K. Farrell, PhD
Miami University, United States

Marking Feinberg, PhD
Pennsylvania Land Academy, U.s.a.

Xin Feng, PhD
The Ohio State University, U.s.a.

Barbara H. Fiese, PhD
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States

Frank J. Floyd, PhD
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, U.s.

Heather Thousand. Foran, PhD
University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Gregory Thousand. Fosco, PhD
Pennsylvania State Academy, Us

Karen L. Franck, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Steffany J. Fredman, PhD
Pennsylvania Country University, Us

Patti A. Fritz, PhD
University of Windsor, Canada

Adam 1000. Galovan, PhD
Academy of Alberta, Canada

Jody Yard. Ganiban, PhD
George Washington University, United States

Abigail H. Gewirtz, PhD
Academy of Minnesota, The states

Tracy R. Grand. Gladstone, PhD
Wellesley College, United States

Abbie East. Goldberg, PhD
Clark University, Us

Cameron Gordon, PhD
Middle Tennessee State Academy, U.s.a.

Kristina Coop Gordon, PhD
Academy of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Erika L. Grafsky, PhD
Virginia Tech, Usa

Harold D. Grotevant, PhD
Academy of Massachusetts, Amherst, United states

John H. Grych, PhD
Marquette University, United states of america

Joseph Grzywacz, PhD
Florida State University, Us

Hanna C. Gustafsson, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University, United States

Daniel Gutierrez, PhD
College of William and Mary, The states

Stephen N. Haynes, PhD
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, United States

Laurie Heatherington, PhD
Williams Higher, United States

Craig E. Henderson, PhD
Sam Houston Country University, United States

Chris Henrich, PhD
Georgia State University, United States

Richard Due east. Heyman, PhD
New York University, United States

Ching-Yu Huang, PhD
Keele University, United Kingdom

Amy Hughes Lansing, PhD
University of Vermont, United States

Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD
HighScope Educational Inquiry Foundation, The states

Vanessa Kahen Johnson, PhD
West Chester University, United States

Blake L. Jones, PhD
Brigham Young University, United States

Ernest North. Jouriles, PhD
Southern Methodist University, United states of america

Claire M. Kamp Dush, PhD
The Ohio Country University, United states

Jeremy B. Kanter, PhD
University of Tennessee, U.s.

Florence W. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP
Kaslow Associates, United States

Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD
Emory University, United states

Astrida Seja Kaugars, PhD
Marquette University, United States

Anne Due east. Kazak, PhD
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Infirmary for Children, Us

Peggy S. Keller, PhD
University of Kentucky, Usa

Michelle L. Kelley, PhD
Old Rule University, Usa

Shalonda Kelly, PhD
Rutgers University, United States

Patricia Grand. Kerig, PhD
University of Utah, U.s.

Su Yeong Kim, PhD
University of Texas at Austin, U.s.

Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, PhD
Virginia Tech, U.s.

Jeffrey B. Kingree, PhD
Clemson University, United States

George P. Knight, PhD
Arizona State University, United States

Kalsea J. Koss, PhD
Princeton University, United states

Laurie F. Kramer, PhD
Northeastern University, United States

Ambika Krishnakumar, PhD
Syracuse Academy, United States

Patty X. Kuo, PhD
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

Dorian A. Lamis, PhD, ABPP
Emory University Schoolhouse of Medicine, United States

Erika Lawrence, PhD, LCP
Family unit Institute of Northwestern University, United States

Yunying Le, PhD
The Pennsylvania Land Academy, United States

Thomas Ledermann, PhD
Florida State University, U.s.

Ronald F. Levant, EdD
The University of Akron, United States

Xuan Li, PhD
New York Academy Shanghai, Prc

Michael F. Lorber, PhD
New York University, Us

Jessica P. Lougheed, PhD
University of British Columbia, Canada

Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson, PhD
Colorado State University, U.s.a.

Erika Lunkenheimer, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United states of america

Annette Mahoney, PhD
Bowling Dark-green State University, United states

Gayla Margolin, PhD
University of Southern California, U.s.

Howard Markman, PhD
University of Denver, U.s.

Susan H. McDaniel, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center, United States

Susan M. McHale, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, U.s.a.

Jim K. McNulty, PhD
Florida State Academy, U.s.a.

Roger Mills-Koonce, PhD
University of Northward Carolina at Chapel Hill, United states of america

Nina S. Mounts, PhD
Northern Illinois Academy, U.s.

Jackie A. Nelson, PhD
The University of Texas at Dallas, United States

Tricia K. Neppl, PhD
Iowa Land University, The states

William D. Norwood, PhD
Academy of Houston - Clear Lake, U.s.

Thomas M. O'Connor, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Eye, United States

Brian Yard. Ogolsky, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

One thousand. Daniel O'Leary, PhD
Stony Brook University, Us

Laura M. Padilla-Walker, PhD
Brigham Young University, United States

Lauren Yard. Papp, PhD
University of Wisconsin Madison, Usa

Justin Parent, PhD
Florida International University, The states

Charlotte J. Patterson, PhD
Academy of Virginia, Usa

Vicky Phares, PhD
Academy of South Florida, Us

Lauren E. Philbrook, PhD
Colgate University, United States

Alison Thruway, PhD
University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Kristina M. Post, PhD
University of La Verne, U.s.

Ronald Prinz, PhD
University of South Carolina, United states

Christine One thousand. Proulx, PhD
Academy of Missouri, United States

Jae A. Puckett, PhD
Michigan Country University, Us

Niyantri Ravindran, PhD
Texas Tech University, United States

Keith D. Renshaw, PhD
George Mason University, The states

Rena 50. Repetti, PhD
Academy of California, Los Angeles, United states

Shelley A. Riggs, PhD
Academy of Northward Texas, U.s.

Michelle Chiliad. Robbins, PhD
Georgia Gwinnett College, United states

Theodore F. Robles, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, Us

Natalie O. Rosen, PhD
Dalhousie University, Canada

Lorelei Simpson Rowe, PhD
Allegheny Health Network, Us

Amanda Roy, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Keith Sanford, PhD
Baylor University, United states

Darby Saxbe PhD
University of Southern California, United states

Steven 50. Sayers, PhD
University of Pennsylvania & CMC VA Medical Center (Philadelphia), U.s.a.

Dominik Schoebi, PhD
Academy of Fribourg, Switzerland

Thomas J. Schofield, PhD
World Federation of Hemophilia, Canada

Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, PhD
Ohio State University, United States

Julie A. Schumacher, PhD
University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States

Ryan B. Seedall, PhD
Utah State Academy, U.s.

Katherine Shelton, PhD
Cardiff University, U.k.

Tamara G. Sher, PhD
The Family Institute at Northwestern Academy, United States

Richard Slatcher, PhD
Wayne State University, The states

Amy Chiliad. Smith Slep, PhD
New York Academy, United States

Scott Chiliad. Stanley, PhD
University of Denver, U.s.

Sunita Mahtani Stewart, PhD, ABPP
Academy of Texas Southwestern Medical Heart at Dallas, U.s.

Melissa Sturge-Apple tree, PhD
University of Rochester, U.s.

Chang Su-Russell, PhD
Illinois State University, United states of america

Kieran T. Sullivan, PhD
Santa Clara University, Usa

Casey T. Taft, PhD
National Middle for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, & Boston Academy Schoolhouse of Medicine, The states

Douglas One thousand. Teti, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States

Martie P. Thompson, PhD
Clemson University, United States

Erin B. Tone, PhD
Georgia State University, United States

Casey J. Totenhagen, PhD
University of Alabama, Usa

Christopher Trentacosta, PhD
Wayne State University, United States

Kimberly Updegraff, PhD
Arizona Country University, United States

Shu-wen Wang, PhD
Haverford College, United States

Deborah P. Welsh, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Mark A. Whisman, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder, United States

Daniel J. Whitaker, PhD
Georgia State University, The states

Deborah Whitley, PhD
Georgia State University, The states

Sarah Westward. Whitton, PhD
University of Cincinnati, United States

Hannah C. Williamson, PhD
University of Texas at Austin, United States

Marcia A. Wintertime, PhD
Virginia Republic University, U.s.a.

Shu Xu, PhD
New York Academy, United states

Jia Julia Yan, PhD
Utah State University, The states

Na Zhang, PhD
University of Connecticut, U.s.a.

Paula D. Zeanah, PhD
Picard Centre for Kid Development and Lifelong Learning, U.s.

Nan Zhou, PhD
Beijing Normal University, Cathay

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Special Issues

  • Advances in Methods and Measurement in Family Psychology

    Special issue of APA'south Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 31, No. eight, December 2017. The manufactures highlight recent advances in methods and measurement and as well shed calorie-free on the complexity of family psychology.

  • On New Shores

    Special outcome of APA's Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 3, June 2009. The articles focus on the psychosocial adaptation of immigrant families, parenting practices and their implications for kid outcomes, and the importance of parent–adolescent relationships for boyish mental wellness.

  • Carpe Noctem

    Special outcome of APA's Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 1, March 2007. Includes articles about slumber timing and quality; racial/indigenous differences; role of sleep disruptions in emotional security and academic accomplishment; beliefs development; marital relationship in the 1st year of life; family unit stress and indisposition; and other effects of sleep disturbances on family unit dynamics.

  • Sibling Relationship Contributions to Private and Family unit Well-Being

    Special upshot of APA's Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2005. Manufactures discuss problems in sibling relationships, including problem behavior; interactions with playmates and teachers; role of familism; links with private adjustment; maternal perception of sibling negativity; transition to siblinghood; parental differential treatment; adjustment; boyish substance employ; carry problems; delinquency training; risk to siblings in abusing families; adjustment to chronic inability; and hating beliefs.

  • Methodology in Family Science

    Special issue of APA's Periodical of Family Psychology, Vol. xix, No. 1, March 2005. Articles discuss methodological challenges and opportunities in family and couple inquiry, including event, price-effectiveness, qualitative, and narrative research; video-recall procedures, multilevel methods, diary methods, and cluster analysis; and moderator effects, the actor–partner interdependence model, survival analysis, and upstanding issues.

Open Scientific discipline

Transparency and Openness Promotion

APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working grouping in conjunction with the Middle for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). The Acme Guidelines cover eight primal aspects of enquiry planning and reporting that can be followed past journals and authors at three levels of compliance.

For example:

  • Level 1: Disclosure—The article must disclose whether or not the materials are available.
  • Level 2: Requirement—The commodity must share materials when legally and ethically permitted (or disclose the legal and/or ethical restriction when non permitted).
  • Level 3: Verification—A third party must verify that the standard is met.

As of July 1, 2021, empirical enquiry, including meta-analyses, submitted to the Journal of Family Psychology must, at a minimum, run across Level 1 (Disclosure) for all 8 aspects of research planning and reporting. Authors should include a subsection in their methods description titled "Transparency and Openness." This subsection should detail the efforts the authors have fabricated to comply with the Transparency and Openness Promotion (Height) guidelines.

The list below summarizes the minimal Top requirements of the journal. Please refer to the Center for Open up Science Pinnacle guidelines for details, and contact the editor (Arin 1000. Connell, PhD) with any further questions. APA recommends sharing data, materials, and code via trusted repositories (due east.g., APA's repository on the Open Science Framework (OSF)), and we encourage investigators to preregister their studies and analysis plans prior to conducting the research. There are many available preregistration forms (e.g., the APA Preregistration for Quantitative Research in Psychology template, ClininalTrials.gov, or other preregistration templates available via OSF). Completed preregistration forms should be posted on a publicly attainable registry organization (e.chiliad., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).

A list of participating journals is also available from APA.

The following list presents the eight fundamental aspects of enquiry planning and reporting, the TOP level required by theJournal of Family Psychology, and a cursory description of the journal'south policy.

  • Commendation: Level i, Disclosure—All data, program code, and other methods developed by others should be appropriately cited in the text and listed in the References section.
  • Data Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether the raw and/or processed data on which study conclusions are based are bachelor and, if so, where to access them.
  • Analytic Methods (Code) Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether figurer lawmaking or syntax needed to reproduce analyses in an article is available and, if so, where to access it.
  • Inquiry Materials Transparency: Level one, Disclosure—Article states whether materials described in the Method department are available and, if so, where to access them.
  • Design and Analysis Transparency (Reporting Standards): Level 1, Disclosure—The journal encourages the use of Espoused reporting standards for randomized clinical trials and encourages the apply of APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS-Quant, JARS-Qual, and/or MARS).
  • Study Preregistration: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether the study design and (if applicable) hypotheses of any of the work reported was preregistered and, if so, where to access it. Authors may submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental fabric or may provide a link afterward acceptance.
  • Analysis Programme Preregistration: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether whatever of the work reported preregistered an analysis plan and, if so, where to access it. Authors may submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental material or may provide a link after credence.

Other open science initiatives

  • Open Science badges: Not offered
  • Public significance statements: Not offered
  • Writer contribution statements using CRediT: Not required
  • Registered Reports: Non published
  • Replications: Published

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