Journal of Family Psychology®

Journal of Family Psychology^® offers cutting-edge, groundbreaking, state-of-the-art, and innovative empirical research with real-world applicability in the field of family psychology.

This premiere family research journal is devoted to the study of the family system, broadly defined, from multiple perspectives and to the application of psychological methods to advance knowledge related to family research, patterns and processes, and assessment and intervention, as well as to policies relevant to advancing the quality of life for families.

Coverage includes empirical research in the areas of:

couple and family patterns and processes, life stages, transitions, and stress and coping
health and illness across the family life cycle
couple and family diagnosis
couple and family assessment
couple and family intervention studies
family-focused prevention programs
families in transition (separation, divorce, and single parenting; remarriage and the stepfamily; adoption; death)
family violence
employment and the family
family and other systems
diversity – ethnicity/race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability
methodological and statistical advances in qualitative and quantitative research
policies related to families
theories related to families and systems
family psychology education and training
professional issues in family psychology

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Editor

Nadine J. Kaslow
Emory University

Associate Editors

Annmarie Cano
Wayne State University

Marianne Celano
Emory University

Susan S. Chuang
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Barbara H. Fiese
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ernest N. Jouriles
Southern Methodist University

Martie P. Thompson
Clemson University

Mark A. Whisman
University of Colorado at Boulder

Sarah W. Whitton
University of Cincinnati

Editorial Associate

Michelle Calderon

Consulting Editors

David Atkins
University of Washington

Jason K. Baker
California State University, Fullerton

Steven R. H. Beach
University of Georgia

Jay Belsky
University of California, Davis

Cynthia A. Berg
University of Utah

Annie Bernier
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Maureen M. Black
University of Maryland

Thomas Bradbury
University of California Los Angeles

Bekh Bradley
Atlanta VA Medical Center

James H. Bray
Baylor College of Medicine

Belinda Campos
University of California, Irvine

Alice S. Carter
University of Massachusetts Boston

Victor G. Cicirelli
Purdue University

Arin M. Connell
Case Western Reserve University

Kristina Coop Gordon
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

E. Mark Cummings
University of Notre Dame

Melissa Curran
University of Arizona

Kirby Deater-Deckard
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Sujata Desai
The Family Place, Dallas, Texas

Susan Dickstein
Bradley Hospital

Tom Dishion
University of Oregon

Brian D. Doss
University of Miami

Christopher I. Eckhardt
Purdue University

J. Mark Eddy
Oregon Social Learning Center

Deborah Ellis
Wayne State University Pediatric Prevention Research Center

Catherine C. Epkins
Texas Tech University

Mark Feinberg
The Pennsylvania State University

Mark A. Fine
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Frank Floyd
University of Hawaii

Heather M. Foran
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Gregory M. Fosco
Pennsylvania State University

Jody M. Ganiban
The George Washington University

Tracy R. G. Gladstone
Wellesley College

Tamara Goldman Sher
Northwestern University

Harold D. Grotevant
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

John H. Grych
Marquette University

W. Kim Halford
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Robert B. ("Buck") Hampson
Southern Methodist University

Stephen N. Haynes
University of Hawaii

Laurie Heatherington
Williams College

Christopher Henrich
Georgia State University

Richard E. Heyman
New York University

George W. Holden
Southern Methodist University

Grayson N. Holmbeck
Loyola University Chicago

George W. Howe
The George Washington University

Carol S. Huntsinger
Northern Illinois University

Theodore Jacob
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California

Florence W. Kaslow
Florida Couples and Family Institute, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Astrida Seja Kaugars
Marquette University

Anne E. Kazak
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania

Peggy Keller
University of Kentucky

Michelle L. Kelley
Old Dominion University

Angie Kennedy
Michigan State University

Patricia K. Kerig
University of Utah

Su Yeong Kim
University of Texas at Austin

JB Kingree
Clemson University

Katherine Kitzmann
University of Memphis

George P. Knight
Arizona State University

Chrystyna D. Kouros
Southern Methodist University

Laurie Kramer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anna Lau
University of California, Los Angeles

Erika Lawrence
University of Iowa

Ronald F. Levant
The University of Akron

Leslie Leve
Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon

Michael F. Lorber
New York University

Annette Mahoney
Bowling Green State University

Gayla Margolin
University of Southern California

Howard J. Markman
University of Denver

Velma McBride Murry
Vanderbilt University

Susan H. McDaniel
University of Rochester

Renee McDonald
Southern Methodist University

James K. McNulty
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Nina S. Mounts
Northern Illinois University

William D. Norwood
University of Houston, Clear Lake

K. Daniel O'Leary
Stony Brook University

Pamella H. Oliver
California State University, Fullerton

Lauren M. Papp
University of Wisconsin—Madison

Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Kent State University

Charlotte J. Patterson
University of Virginia

Gregory S. Pettit
Auburn University

Vicky Phares
University of South Florida

Danielle Popp
MedAvante Research Institute, Hamilton, New Jersey

Keith Sanford
Baylor University

Lorelei Simpson Rowe
Southern Methodist University

Amy M. Smith Slep
Stony Brook University

Laura Spiller
Midwestern State University

Scott M. Stanley
University of Denver

Sunita Stewart
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Melissa Sturge-Apple
University of Rochester

Kieran Sullivan
Santa Clara University

Casey Taft
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts

Patrick Tolan
University of Virginia

Erin B. Tone
Georgia State University

Lisa A. Uebelacker
Brown University

Sarah E. Ullman
University of Illinois – Chicago

Shari L. Wade
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Deborah P. Welsh
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Michael Windle
Emory University

Paula D. Zeanah
Tulane University

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Please consult APA's Instructions for All Authors for information regarding

Manuscript Preparation
Submitting Supplemental Materials
Abstract and Keywords
References
Figures
Permissions
Publication Policies
Ethical Principles

Submission

Please submit manuscripts electronically, either using Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) via the Manuscript Submission Portal.

If you encounter difficulties with submission, please email Michelle Calderon at the Editorial Office or call 404-616-2895.

General correspondence with the journal should be addressed to:

Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP
Editor, Journal of Family Psychology
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Grady Health System Room 13D018
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30303

In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply fax numbers and email addresses for potential use by the editorial office, and later by the production office.

Keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.

Article Requirements

For general guidelines to style, authors should study articles previously published in the journal.

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

The manuscript title should be accurate, fully explanatory, and preferably no longer than 12 words. The title should reflect the content and population studied (e.g., "family therapy for depression in children"). If the paper reports a randomized clinical trial, this should be indicated in the title, and the CONSORT criteria must be used for reporting purposes.

Research 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 cover page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures), with margins of at least 1 inch on all sides and a standard font (e.g., Times New Roman) of 12 points (no smaller). The entire paper (text, references, tables, figures, etc.,) must be double spaced. References should not exceed 8 pages.

Brief reports are encouraged for innovative work that may be premature for publication as a full research report because of small sample size, novel methodologies, etc. Brief reports also are an appropriate format for replications and for clinical case studies. Authors of brief reports should indicate in the cover letter that the full report is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Brief reports should be designated as such and should not exceed a total of 20 pages, all inclusive. References should not exceed 8 pages.

Manuscripts exceeding the space requirement will be returned to the author for shortening prior to peer review.

All research involving human participants must describe oversight of the research process by the relevant Institutional Review Boards and should describe consent and assent procedures briefly in the Method section.

It is important to highlight the significance and novel contribution of the work. The translation of research into practice must be evidenced in all manuscripts. Authors should incorporate a meaningful discussion of the clinical and/or policy implications of their work throughout the manuscript, rather than simply providing a separate section for this material.

Masked Review

The Journal of Family Psychology^® uses a masked reviewing system for all submissions. The cover letter should include all authors' names and institutional affiliations. However, in order to permit anonymous review, the first page of text should omit this information. This cover page should only include the title of the manuscript and the date it is submitted. Please make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to the authors' identities.

Cover Letter

Authors should indicate in their cover letter that the work has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The relationship of the submitted manuscript with other publications and/or submissions of the author, if any, should be explained.

The cover letter should include a statement indicating that the manuscript has been seen and reviewed by all authors and that all authors have contributed to it in a meaningful way.

The cover letter must include the full mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address for the corresponding author.

CONSORT Criteria

The Journal of Family Psychology requires the use of the CONSORT reporting standards (i.e., a checklist and flow diagram) for randomized clinical trials, consistent with the policy established by the Publications and Communications Board of the American Psychological Association.

CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) offers a standard way to improve the quality of such reports and to ensure that readers have the information necessary to evaluate the quality of a clinical trial. Manuscripts that report randomized clinical trials are required to include a flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the trial and a checklist that identifies where in the manuscript the various criteria are addressed. The checklist should be placed in an Appendix of the manuscript for review purposes.

When a study is not fully consistent with the CONSORT statement, the limitations should be acknowledged and discussed in the text of the manuscript. For follow-up studies of previously published clinical trials, authors should submit a flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the trial and follow-up. The above checklist information should be completed to the extent possible, especially for the Results and Discussion sections of the manuscript.

Visit the CONSORT Statement Web site for more details and resources.

On New Shores
Special Issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 3, June 2009.
Carpe Noctem
Special issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 1, March 2007.
Sibling Relationships Contribute to Individual and Family Well-Being
Special Issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2005.
Methodology in Family Science
Special Issue of the journal Methodology in Family Science, Vol. 19, No. 1, March 2005.
Family Psychology and the Law
Special Issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 2, June 2003.
Cultural Variations in Families
Special Issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 2000.

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