Edited by: Katherine R. Allen
An official journal of the National Council on Family Relations, Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) is the leading scholarly journal for family theory advancement, assessments of methodological innovation, critical reviews of existing empirical rese
We publish original contributions in all areas of family theory development and the critical review of research literature to advance understanding of the complexity of family life in diverse social contexts. We welcome contributions that bring interdisci
Special Issue Call for Papers:
"Theorizing and Doing Critical Intersectional Family Science"
Guest editors: April Few-Demo, Veronica Barrios, and Dana Weiser
This call asks authors to consider how intersectionality has been utilized and how the next generation of family scientists can extend the theory and its practical and methodological applications.
Read the full call for papers here
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2024
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS Critical Masculinities: Theoretical and Methodological Advances on Gender in Families
Guest Editors: Kevin Roy and Samuel Allen
This special issue encourages new theoretical analyses and conceptualizations, new methodological insights, and reviews that integrate advances in masculinity research and practice in family science, public health, psychology, sociology, family therapy, and other related fields. For more information or questions or to discuss submission ideas, please contact the special issue editors: Kevin Roy, [email protected], and Samuel Allen, [email protected].
New: What Is Family Science?
Introducing JFTR's Emerging Voices
Toward the mission of nurturing the contributions of emerging family scholars, NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) introduces a new genre of submissions titled Emerging Voices. Building on the legacy of the Original Voices feature of JFTR, where prominent scholars analyze the theoretical implications of their work, Emerging Voices will offer brief and timely theoretical commentaries (10-15 manuscript pages) from students and new professionals about current topics and ideas that they would like to bring to the Family Science discipline. We invite submissions that demonstrate innovative theoretical thinking on topics that resonate with the new generations of scholars.
Read the full introduction to and guidelines for Emerging Voices here. Reach out to Deputy Editor Caroline Sanner ([email protected]) if you are interested in submitting.
Articles
LGBTQ+ individuals and family relationships through a life course perspective
- 9 May 2025
Sexual and gender diversity in families: Theoretical advances in the context of social change
- 9 May 2025
Embracing age: How Catholic nuns became models of aging well. By 2021. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2021. pp. 202. $32.95 (paperback). ISBN: 9781978822276
- 6 May 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Resilience Theory and Research on Children and Families: Past, Present, and Promise
- 12-31
- 26 February 2018
Urie Bronfenbrenner's Theory of Human Development: Its Evolution From Ecology to Bioecology
- 243-258
- 2 December 2013
Uses and Misuses of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory of Human Development
- 198-210
- 11 December 2009
Father Involvement During Early Childhood: A Systematic Review of the Literature
- 77-99
- 10 March 2021
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