Journal of Family Psychology
Published by American Psychological Association
ISSN : 0893-3200 eISSN : 1939-1293
Abbreviation : J. Fam. Psychol.
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Family Psychology® (JFP) is the premier family research journal.
Family psychology is a complex field, as it includes systems perspectives on the multiple influences on relationships, developmental perspectives on how relationships are formed and sustained over time, cultural perspectives on how society and traditions affect relationships, the intersection of individual differences and social relationships, and practice components in how to affect real and meaningful changes in couple, parent, and family relationships.
JFP addresses societal challenges faced by families today.
Important societal challenges facing families today — risk for divorce in vulnerable families, couple and marital satisfaction in military families, child-raising challenges and positive outcomes in immigrant families, risk and resilience in families who adopt, and relationship transitions in diverse couples and families (e.g., in terms of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability) — are examples of topics addressed in JFP.
JFP publishes important studies on what makes couple and family relationships work.
JFP consistently publishes strong empirical studies on what keeps couples together, what makes for strong parent–child relationships, and the subtle nuances in predicting healthy relationships over time.
JFP is a leader in publishing reports that use cutting-edge, sophisticated approaches to research design and data analysis.
Actor–partner modeling, bootstrapping, use of phantom data, mixed methods, qualitative inquiry, structural equation modeling with moderators and mediators — these are just a few of the sophisticated approaches commonly used in JFP reports.
Close to half of the highly cited works in JFP are longitudinal studies.[...]
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Impact Factor
Year | Value |
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2025 | 2 |
2024 | 2.30 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
Year | Value |
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2024 | 1.083 |
Quartile
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2024 | Q1 |
h-index
Year | Value |
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2024 | 148 |
Journal Rank
Year | Value |
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2024 | 4227 |
Journal Citation Indicator
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2024 | 1164 |
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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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Testing the ruler with item response theory: Increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index.
Citation: 1172
Authors: Janette L., Ronald D.
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Parental meta-emotion philosophy and the emotional life of families: Theoretical models and preliminary data.
Citation: 845
Authors: John M., Lynn Fainsilber, Carole
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Children of divorce in the 1990s: An update of the Amato and Keith (1991) meta-analysis.
Citation: 740
Authors: Paul R.
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Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses.
Citation: 640
Authors: Elizabeth T., Andrew
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Harsh Parenting in Relation to Child Emotion Regulation and Aggression.
Citation: 587
Authors: Lei, David, Kenneth A., Catherine
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The co-occurrence of spouse and physical child abuse: A review and appraisal.
Citation: 542
Authors: Anne E., George W.
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Detecting, measuring, and testing dyadic patterns in the actor–partner interdependence model.
Citation: 457
Authors: David A., Thomas
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Triple P-Positive Parenting Program as a public health approach to strengthening parenting.
Citation: 428
Authors: Matthew R.
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A review of 50 years of research on naturally occurring family routines and rituals: Cause for celebration?
Citation: 409
Authors: Barbara H., Thomas J., Michael, Kimberly, Scott, Tim