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The Periodical of Family Psychology ® (JFP) is the premier family unit research journal. Family psychology is a complex field, every bit it 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 affect real and meaningful changes in couple, parent, and family unit relationships.

JFP addresses societal challenges faced by families today. Important societal challenges facing families today — take chances for divorce in vulnerable families, couple and marital satisfaction in armed services families, child-raising challenges and positive outcomes in immigrant families, adventure and resilience in families who adopt, and relationship transitions in diverse couples and families (e.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 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 good for you relationships over time.

JFP is a leader in publishing reports that use cutting-edge, sophisticated approaches to inquiry blueprint and data analysis. Actor–partner modeling, bootstrapping, use of phantom data, mixed methods, qualitative inquiry, structural equation modeling with moderators and mediators — these are only 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 about effective therapy and prevention programs relevant to couples and families. JFP provides an splendid outlet for loftier-quality studies that test the furnishings of family- or couple-based therapy or prevention programs. Especially important are reports that include couple or family unit characteristics equally potential mediators and moderators of plan effects.

Contact the editor if you have questions about whether your topic is suitable for JFP .

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

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Submission

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All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a separate page. Later on the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.

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Enquiry manuscripts and review and theoretical manuscripts that provide creative and integrative summaries of an area of work relevant to family psychology should not exceed 30–35 pages, all inclusive (including comprehend page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures), with margins of at least one inch on all sides and a standard font (e.k., Times New Roman) of 12 points (no smaller). The unabridged paper (text, references, tables, figures, etc.,) must be double spaced. References should not exceed 8 pages.

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References

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Journal article

McCauley, Due south. M., & Christiansen, Thou. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1–51. https://doi.org/x.1037/rev0000126

Authored book

Brown, Fifty. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (second ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/x.1037/0000092-000

Chapter in an edited book

Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. K. P., & Safren, Due south. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In Chiliad. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive beliefs therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/ten.1037/0000119-012

Data set commendation

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

Software/Code citation

Viechtbauer, W. (2010). Conducting meta-analyses in R with the metafor package.Journal of Statistical Software, 36(iii), i–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/10.21105/joss.01686

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Editorial Board

Editor

Arin G. Connell, PhD
Example Western Reserve University, United States

Associate editors

Brian R. W. Baucom, PhD
University of Utah, U.s.a.

David J. Bridgett, PhD
Northern Illinois University, United states

Susan S. Chuang, PhD
University of Guelph, Canada

Katherine B. Ehrlich, PhD
University of Georgia, United States

Rachel H. Farr, PhD
University of Kentucky, U.s.a.

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

Justin A. Lavner, PhD
University of Georgia, Usa

Amy Thou. Nuttall, PhD
Michigan State Academy, U.s.a.

Erica Margaret Woodin, PhD
University of Victoria, Canada

Consulting editors

Sam H. Allen, PhD
Academy of Maryland, United States

Hoda Badr, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine, United states of america

Jason Thousand. Bakery, PhD
California Country University, Fullerton, United States

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

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

Robin A. Barry, PhD
Academy of Wyoming, The states

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

Jay Belsky, PhD
University of California, Davis, United States

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

Maureen Chiliad. Black, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States

Jordan A. Booker, PhD
University of Missouri, United states

Bekh Bradley-Davino, PhD
Emory University, United States

Scott R. Braithwaite, PhD
Brigham Young University, Us

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

Kirsten L. Buist, PhD
Utrecht University, Netherlands

Belinda Campos, PhD
University of California, Irvine, United States

Annmarie Cano, PhD
Wayne State University, United States

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

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

Victor Grand. Cicirelli, PhD
Purdue University, The states

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

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

Carla Crespo, PhD
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Keith A. Crnic, PhD
Arizona State University, Usa

Rick A. Cruz, PhD
Utah Land University, U.s.

Annamaria Csizmadia, PhD
University of Connecticut, United States

E. Mark Cummings, PhD
University of Notre Dame, U.s.

Patrick T. Davies, PhD
University of Rochester, U.s.a.

Pamela E. Davis-Kean, PhD
University of Michigan, The states

Kirby Deater-Deckard, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.s.

Catherine Gray Deering, PhD, ABPP
Clayton Country Academy, The states

Tamara Del Vecchio, PhD
St. John's University, U.s.

Susan Dickstein, PhD
Bradley Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical Schoolhouse of Brownish University, United states

Brian D. Doss, PhD
University of Miami, U.s.a.

Westward. Justin Dyer, PhD
Brigham Young University, United States

Christopher I. Eckhart, PhD
Purdue Academy, United States

J. Marking Eddy, PhD
New York University, United States

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

Catherine C. Epkins, PhD
Texas Tech University, U.s.a.

Stephen A. Erath, PhD
Auburn University, United states

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

Eugene W. Farber, PhD
Emory University, United States

Allison K. Farrell, PhD
Miami Academy, United States

Mark Feinberg, PhD
Pennsylvania State Academy, United States

Xin Feng, PhD
The Ohio State Academy, United states

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

Frank J. Floyd, PhD
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, United States

Heather 1000. Foran, PhD
University of Klagenfurt, Republic of austria

Gregory G. Fosco, PhD
Pennsylvania Country University, Usa

Karen Fifty. Franck, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Usa

Steffany J. Fredman, PhD
Pennsylvania Land University, United States

Patti A. Fritz, PhD
University of Windsor, Canada

Adam G. Galovan, PhD
University of Alberta, Canada

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

Abigail H. Gewirtz, PhD
University of Minnesota, United States

Tracy R. M. Gladstone, PhD
Wellesley Higher, Us

Abbie E. Goldberg, PhD
Clark Academy, United States

Cameron Gordon, PhD
Centre Tennessee Country University, United states of america

Kristina Coop Gordon, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United states of america

Erika 50. Grafsky, PhD
Virginia Tech, The states

Harold D. Grotevant, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The states

John H. Grych, PhD
Marquette University, U.s.

Joseph Grzywacz, PhD
Florida State University, U.s.a.

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

Daniel Gutierrez, PhD
College of William and Mary, United States

Stephen N. Haynes, PhD
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, U.s.a.

Laurie Heatherington, PhD
Williams Higher, United states of america

Craig E. Henderson, PhD
Sam Houston State Academy, United States

Chris Henrich, PhD
Georgia State University, United States

Richard E. Heyman, PhD
New York University, United States

Ching-Yu Huang, PhD
Keele Academy, U.k.

Amy Hughes Lansing, PhD
University of Vermont, United states

Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD
HighScope Educational Inquiry Foundation, United States

Vanessa Kahen Johnson, PhD
W Chester University, United states of america

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

Ernest N. Jouriles, PhD
Southern Methodist University, United States

Claire M. Kamp Dush, PhD
The Ohio State University, Usa

Jeremy B. Kanter, PhD
University of Tennessee, United States

Florence W. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP
Kaslow Assembly, U.s.

Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD
Emory University, United States

Astrida Seja Kaugars, PhD
Marquette University, United States

Anne E. Kazak, PhD
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Infirmary for Children, United States

Peggy South. Keller, PhD
University of Kentucky, Usa

Michelle L. Kelley, PhD
Old Dominion University, United States

Shalonda Kelly, PhD
Rutgers Academy, United States

Patricia K. Kerig, PhD
Academy of Utah, Us

Su Yeong Kim, PhD
University of Texas at Austin, United States

Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, PhD
Virginia Tech, Usa

Jeffrey B. Kingree, PhD
Clemson University, United States

George P. Knight, PhD
Arizona Land University, U.s.a.

Kalsea J. Koss, PhD
Princeton University, United states of america

Laurie F. Kramer, PhD
Northeastern Academy, United States

Ambika Krishnakumar, PhD
Syracuse University, United States

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

Dorian A. Lamis, PhD, ABPP
Emory Academy School of Medicine, United States

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

Yunying Le, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University, United States

Thomas Ledermann, PhD
Florida State University, The states

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

Xuan Li, PhD
New York University Shanghai, Prc

Michael F. Lorber, PhD
New York University, United States

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

Rachel Grand. Lucas-Thompson, PhD
Colorado Country Academy, United states of america

Erika Lunkenheimer, PhD
Pennsylvania State Academy, United states

Annette Mahoney, PhD
Bowling Green State University, Us

Gayla Margolin, PhD
University of Southern California, United States

Howard Markman, PhD
University of Denver, United states of america

Susan H. McDaniel, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Us

Susan Thou. McHale, PhD
Pennsylvania State Academy, United States

Jim K. McNulty, PhD
Florida State University, The states

Roger Mills-Koonce, PhD
University of Due north Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Nina S. Mounts, PhD
Northern Illinois University, United States

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

Tricia K. Neppl, PhD
Iowa Country University, U.s.a.

William D. Norwood, PhD
University of Houston - Clear Lake, United States

Thomas G. O'Connor, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Heart, Us

Brian G. Ogolsky, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.s.a.

G. Daniel O'Leary, PhD
Stony Brook University, United States

Laura M. Padilla-Walker, PhD
Brigham Immature Academy, U.s.

Lauren M. Papp, PhD
University of Wisconsin Madison, United States

Justin Parent, PhD
Florida International University, United States

Charlotte J. Patterson, PhD
Academy of Virginia, The states

Vicky Phares, PhD
University of S Florida, Usa

Lauren Due east. Philbrook, PhD
Colgate University, United States

Alison Thruway, PhD
Academy of Sussex, Britain

Kristina Grand. Post, PhD
University of La Verne, United States

Ronald Prinz, PhD
University of South Carolina, U.s.a.

Christine M. Proulx, PhD
University of Missouri, United states

Jae A. Puckett, PhD
Michigan State Academy, Usa

Niyantri Ravindran, PhD
Texas Tech University, United states of america

Keith D. Renshaw, PhD
George Mason Academy, United States

Rena L. Repetti, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Shelley A. Riggs, PhD
University of North Texas, U.s.a.

Michelle M. Robbins, PhD
Georgia Gwinnett College, United States

Theodore F. Robles, PhD
Academy of California, Los Angeles, United States

Natalie O. Rosen, PhD
Dalhousie University, Canada

Lorelei Simpson Rowe, PhD
Allegheny Health Network, Usa

Amanda Roy, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, Us

Keith Sanford, PhD
Baylor University, United States

Darby Saxbe PhD
Academy of Southern California, United States

Steven L. Sayers, PhD
Academy of Pennsylvania & CMC VA Medical Center (Philadelphia), Usa

Dominik Schoebi, PhD
University of Fribourg, Switzerland

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

Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, PhD
Ohio Country University, The states

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

Ryan B. Seedall, PhD
Utah Country University, United States

Katherine Shelton, PhD
Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Tamara Thousand. Sher, PhD
The Family Found at Northwestern University, United States

Richard Slatcher, PhD
Wayne Country University, U.s.

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

Scott K. Stanley, PhD
University of Denver, United States

Sunita Mahtani Stewart, PhD, ABPP
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Eye at Dallas, U.s.a.

Melissa Sturge-Apple, PhD
University of Rochester, United States

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

Kieran T. Sullivan, PhD
Santa Clara University, U.s.a.

Casey T. Taft, PhD
National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, & Boston University Schoolhouse of Medicine, Usa

Douglas Yard. Teti, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United states

Martie P. Thompson, PhD
Clemson Academy, Us

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

Casey J. Totenhagen, PhD
University of Alabama, U.s.a.

Christopher Trentacosta, PhD
Wayne State University, Us

Kimberly Updegraff, PhD
Arizona State University, U.s.

Shu-wen Wang, PhD
Haverford Higher, United States

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

Mark A. Whisman, PhD
Academy of Colorado, Boulder, U.s.

Daniel J. Whitaker, PhD
Georgia Land University, United States

Deborah Whitley, PhD
Georgia Country Academy, United States

Sarah Due west. Whitton, PhD
University of Cincinnati, United states

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

Marcia A. Winter, PhD
Virginia Republic University, United States

Shu Xu, PhD
New York University, United States

Jia Julia Yan, PhD
Utah State University, United States

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

Paula D. Zeanah, PhD
Picard Centre for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, United States

Nan Zhou, PhD
Beijing Normal University, China

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Special Issues

  • Advances in Methods and Measurement in Family unit Psychology

    Special upshot of APA's Periodical of Family Psychology, Vol. 31, No. viii, Dec 2017. The articles highlight recent advances in methods and measurement and likewise shed light on the complexity of family psychology.

  • On New Shores

    Special upshot of APA'southward Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 3, June 2009. The manufactures focus on the psychosocial adaptation of immigrant families, parenting practices and their implications for child outcomes, and the importance of parent–adolescent relationships for boyish mental health.

  • Carpe Noctem

    Special effect of APA's Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 1, March 2007. Includes articles nigh slumber timing and quality; racial/ethnic differences; role of sleep disruptions in emotional security and academic accomplishment; beliefs evolution; marital relationship in the 1st year of life; family stress and insomnia; and other furnishings of sleep disturbances on family dynamics.

  • Sibling Human relationship Contributions to Individual and Family unit Well-Being

    Special issue of APA'due south Journal of Family unit Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2005. Articles discuss bug in sibling relationships, including problem beliefs; interactions with playmates and teachers; role of familism; links with individual adjustment; maternal perception of sibling negativity; transition to siblinghood; parental differential treatment; adjustment; adolescent substance use; bear problems; delinquency training; risk to siblings in abusing families; aligning to chronic disability; and antisocial behavior.

  • Methodology in Family Science

    Special issue of APA's Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 1, March 2005. Articles discuss methodological challenges and opportunities in family and couple inquiry, including outcome, price-effectiveness, qualitative, and narrative research; video-recall procedures, multilevel methods, diary methods, and cluster analysis; and moderator furnishings, the actor–partner interdependence model, survival assay, and upstanding issues.

Open Science

Transparency and Openness Promotion

APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working group in conjunction with the Center for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). The TOP Guidelines cover eight fundamental aspects of inquiry planning and reporting that can be followed past journals and authors at iii levels of compliance.

For example:

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

Every bit of July 1, 2021, empirical research, including meta-analyses, submitted to the Journal of Family Psychology must, at a minimum, encounter Level 1 (Disclosure) for all eight aspects of enquiry planning and reporting. Authors should include a subsection in their methods clarification titled "Transparency and Openness." This subsection should detail the efforts the authors take made to comply with the Transparency and Openness Promotion (Peak) guidelines.

The listing below summarizes the minimal Top requirements of the journal. Please refer to the Center for Open Science Tiptop guidelines for details, and contact the editor (Arin M. 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. At that place 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 system (e.g., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).

A list of participating journals is as well available from APA.

The following list presents the eight fundamental aspects of research planning and reporting, the TOP level required by thePeriodical of Family unit Psychology, and a cursory description of the periodical'south policy.

  • Commendation: Level one, Disclosure—All data, plan code, and other methods developed by others should exist appropriately cited in the text and listed in the References department.
  • Data Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether the raw and/or processed data on which study conclusions are based are available and, if so, where to admission them.
  • Analytic Methods (Code) Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Commodity states whether computer code or syntax needed to reproduce analyses in an article is bachelor and, if so, where to access it.
  • Research Materials Transparency: Level i, Disclosure—Article states whether materials described in the Method department are available and, if so, where to admission them.
  • Blueprint and Analysis Transparency (Reporting Standards): Level i, Disclosure—The journal encourages the use of CONSORT reporting standards for randomized clinical trials and encourages the utilize of APA Style Journal Commodity Reporting Standards (JARS-Quant, JARS-Qual, and/or MARS).
  • Report Preregistration: Level 1, Disclosure—Commodity states whether the written report 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 material or may provide a link after credence.
  • Assay Programme Preregistration: Level ane, Disclosure—Commodity states whether any of the work reported preregistered an analysis plan and, if so, where to admission 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
  • Author contribution statements using CRediT: Non required
  • Registered Reports: Not published
  • Replications: Published

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