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Peer reviewed only Open Access

Child Development (CD)

Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
Child Development Social Sciences Education
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e-ISSN 1467-8624
p-ISSN 0009-3920
Issue Frequency Bi-Monthly
Impact Factor 4.6
Est. Year 1930
Mobile 7813888598
Country United States
Language English
APC YES
Impact Factor Assignee Google Scholar
Email cdev@srcd.org

Journal Descriptions

As the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Child Development has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers, and other researchers. In addition to six issues per year of Child Development, subscribers to the journal also receive a full subscription to Child Development Perspectives and Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Child Development (CD) is :-

  • International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Child Development, Social Sciences, Education, Perinatology, Educational Psychology, Psychology , Online or Print , Bi-Monthly Journal

  • UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0009-3920, E-ISSN: 1467-8624, Established: 1930, Impact Factor: 4.6
  • Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

  • Indexed in: Scopus, WoS, PubMed

  • Not indexed in DOAJ, UGC CARE

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Publications of CD

The Effects of Systemic Family Violence on Children's Mental Health
Mary P. Koss October, 1995
This study examines the link between different forms of family aggression and children's symptoms of psychopathology. The goal of the study was to understand what forms children's problems m...
Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy?
BRUCE J. ELLIS May, 2003
The impact of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy was investigated in longitudinal studies in the United States (N= 242) and New Zealand (N= 520), in which communit...
Psychosocial Antecedents of Variation in Girls' Pubertal Timing: Maternal Depression, Stepfather Presence, and Marital and Family Stress
BRUCE J. ELLIS January, 2003
Drawing on Belsky, Steinberg, and Draper's evolutionary theory of the development of reproductive strategies, we tested a model of individual differences in girls' pubertal timing. This mode...
Family Environments, Adrenarche, and Sexual Maturation: A Longitudinal Test of a Life History Model
BRUCE J. ELLIS December, 2007
Life history theorists have proposed that humans have evolved to be sensitive to specific features of early childhood environments and that exposure to different environments biases children...
Hidden talents in context: Cognitive performance with abstract versus ecological stimuli among adversity-exposed youth
BRUCE J. ELLIS October, 2022
Adversity-exposed youth tend to score lower on cognitive tests. However, the hidden talents approach proposes some abilities are enhanced by adversity, especially under ecologically relevant...
Coping, Stress, and the Psychological Symptoms of Children of Divorce: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study
Stephen G. West December, 1994
The authors conducted a cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal study of stress, coping, and psychological symptoms in children of divorce. The sample consisted of 258 children (mean ag...
Temperament as a Predictor of Symptomatology in Children: Addressing Contamination of Measures
Stephen G. West September, 2008
Temperament has been conceptualized as an important predictor of children's psychological adjustment. However, even with reliable and valid measures, there is the additional problem of overl...
Appraisals of Negative Events by Preadolescent Children of Divorce
Stephen G. West October, 1996
This study investigated the appraisals of the significance of negative events made by 256 preadolescent children of divorce. Appraisals were assessed by a 24-item self-report scale. Confirma...