JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE

JRA致力于发表创新和严谨的研究，促进对青少年发展的理解。该杂志考虑了与青少年发展相关的广泛主题的手稿，使用了严格的定量或定性方法，并考虑了生命第二个十年的样本(尽管年龄在18-20岁之间的大学生样本需要一个强有力的理由，证明该样本并不方便)。手稿应该促进对青少年发展的理解，而不是仅仅用一个青少年样本来研究一个现象，因此应该以发展理论和先前的发展研究为基础。没有排除特定方法，尽管研究包括多样化和代表性的样本，具有有效和多种信息源，和/或具有最佳实践的定量或定性分析策略是首选。手稿应清楚地阐明在了解青少年发展方面的进展以及在改善青少年生活方面的应用。

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, and considering samples during the second decade of life (though samples of university students aged about 18-20 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. There are no exclusions of particular methodologies, though studies including a diverse and representative sample, with valid and multiple information sources, and/or with best practice quantitative or qualitative analysis strategies are preferred. Manuscripts should clearly articulate the advances in understanding adolescent development and the applications for improving the lives of adolescents.