The editors of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence have named Anna Vannucci as the 2020 recipient of its Emerging Scholar Best Article Award for her article entitled “Social Media Use Subgroups Differentially Predict Psychosocial Well-Being During Early Adolescence".

Marginalized and system-involved youth, including youth experiencing homelessness and youth involved with the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems, engage in sexual risk behaviors at higher rates and are at increased risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections than their general population peers. Yet, the literature on how to sensitively address the sexual and reproductive health needs of these youth is limited. 

This special issue will feature empirical articles that address the sexual and reproductive health needs of marginalized and system-involved youth.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2021

Guest Editors: Dr. Elizabeth Aparicio, Dr. Amy Dworsky, Dr. Nadine Finnigan-Carr

As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times.  Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.