Journal of Child and Family Studies - Editor's Choice Articles
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The Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Child and Family Studies acknowledge the quality of papers by choosing in each issue one article that is outstanding with respect to scientific quality and public-health relevance.
Volume 32 (2023)
- Adolescent Grandchildren as Caregivers of their Custodial Grandmothers: Implications for Grandchild Well-Being (Free Access Until April 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- Treatment Focus Diffusion is Associated with Long-term Outcomes in Youth Public Mental Health Care (Free Access Until January 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Language, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Status: A Latent Class Analytic Approach to Parental Predictors of Child Behavior Outcomes (Free Access Until January 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Alcohol Use Among U.S.-born and Immigrant Latinx Youth: The Roles of Social Support and Stress Hormones (Free Access Until January 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Can We Talk?: An Exploratory Examination of Communication Patterns Between Emerging Adults and their Parents (Free Access Until June 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- The Protective Effects of Developmental Assets on Internalizing Symptoms among Youth Impacted by Parental Incarceration (Free Access Until June 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- Examining Parental Monitoring, Neighborhood Peer Anti-social Behavior, and Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Control as a Pathway to Adolescent Substance Use (Free Access Until April 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
Volume 31 (2022)
- Parenting Characteristics Protective Against Substance Use and Deviant Peer Involvement in High-Risk Neighborhoods (Free Access Until November 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- “All About How You Couch It:” African American Fathers’ Visions of Interventions for their Sons (Free Access Until November 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- Examining Gender-Specific Modeling in the Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting Style and Physical Child Abuse Risk (Free Access Until October 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Character Strengths and Social Support as Protective Factors between Grandparents’ Caregiving and Health-Related Quality of Life (Free Access Until October 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- A national examination of poverty and interactive caregiving practices among parents of young children (Free Access until September 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- Poverty after Birth: How Mothers Experience and Navigate U.S. Safety Net Programs to Address Family Needs (this opens in a new tab)
- African American Children’s Racial Discrimination Experiences and Mental Health (Free Access Until July 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- The Associations Between Everyday Discrimination, Brooding, Reflection, and Symptoms of Depression in Adolescents (Free Access Until July 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Latinx Parents’ Perception of Discrimination and Ethnic/Racial Socialization Predict Their Elementary School Children’s Perceptions of Discrimination (Free Access Until July 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Assessment of Positive and Stimulating Home Environments for Global Monitoring (Free Access Until March 31st, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Parents’ Obedience Beliefs and Autonomy Granting: The Role of Child Externalizing and Parent Anxiety (Free Access Until March 31st, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Low-Income Mothers’ and Fathers’ Cognitive Stimulation During Early Childhood and Child Vocabulary at Age 9 (Free Access Until March 31st, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Home Improvement: Evaluating Secular Changes in NLSY HOME-Cognitive Stimulation and Emotional Support Scores (Free Access until March 31st, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- The Role of Parents’ School Climate Perceptions on Attainment Expectations for Black Middle Schoolers (Free Access until March 31st, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- An Introduction to the Special Section on Multiracial Families: The Challenges, Strengths, and Work that Remains (Free Access until April 30th, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Counting Families, Counting Race: Assessing Visible Family Structural Change among Multiracial Families, 1980–2018 (Free Access until April 30th, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- She’s Biracial, but She’s Still Black: Reflections from Monoracial African American Parents Raising Biracial Children (Free Access until April 30th, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Race, Multiraciality, Income, and Infant Mortality: Markers of Racial Equity (Free Access until 30th, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
- Loving Across Racial Lines: Associations between Gender and Partner Race and the Health of Young Adults (Free Access until 30th, 2022) (this opens in a new tab)
Volume 30 (2021)
- Hope as a Protective Factor: Relations to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Delinquency, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (Free Access until December 31st, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- Risk Factors, Promotive Factors, and Gainful Activity in a Sample of Youth Engaged in Delinquent Behaviors (Free Access until December 31st, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- Associations among African American Parents’ Beliefs, Involvement, and Measures of School Readiness (Free Access until December 31st, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- Associations between Paid Paternity Leave and Parental Mental Health Across the Transition to Parenthood: Evidence from a Repeated-Measure Study of First-Time Parents in California (Free Access until December 31st, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) in Child Maltreatment Prevention Research (Free access until November 30th) (this opens in a new tab)
- Effects of a Brief Parenting Intervention in Shelters for Mothers and Their Children Experiencing Homelessness (Free access until October 31st) (this opens in a new tab)
- Child Welfare Services Response to COVID-19: Addressing Face-to-Face Contacts (Free Access until September 30, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- Caregiver Strain, Social Support, and Mental Health Service Use Among Urban African American Mothers (Free Access until August 31, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)
- Longitudinal Associations Between Parental SES and Adolescent Health-Related Quality of Life Using Growth Curve Modeling (Free Access until July 31, 2021) (this opens in a new tab)