The mission of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific bnew directionb or research topic, and is edited by an expert or experts on that topic.

Content Areas. Any topic in the domain of child and adolescent development can be the focus of a volume. Topics can include social, cognitive, educational, emotional, biological, and socio-cultural issues that bear on children and youth, as well as issues in research methodology and other domains. Topics that bridge across areas are encouraged, as well as those that are international in focus or deal with under-represented groups. Volumes deal with infancy, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, or bridge across these age periods; or occasionally stretch into adulthood.

A Focus on Scholarship and Science. The audience for the journal is primarily students, researchers, and scholars, from fields such as psychology, sociology, education, social work, and anthropology. We welcome scholars with diverse methodological and epistemological orientations. Readers and prospective authors whose primary interest is in practice and policy are directed to New Directions for Youth Development.