JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE

JRA seeks to publish innovative and rigorous research that advances understanding of adolescent development. The journal considers manuscripts from the wide range of topics relevant to adolescent development, using rigorous quantitative or qualitative methodologies. We will consider samples of early adolescence (10-12), middle adolescence (13-15), late adolescence (16-18), and young adulthood (19-25). However, samples of university students (typically aged about 18-22 years) need a strong justification that the sample is not one of convenience. Manuscripts should advance understanding of adolescent development, rather than merely study a phenomenon with an adolescent sample, and should therefore be grounded in developmental theory and prior developmental research.