Emerging Adulthood
Clinical Psychology (General) | Developmental Psychology (General) | Social Psychology (General)
Emerging Adulthood (EA) is an interdisciplinary and international journal focused on advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research during the emerging adulthood developmental period (ages 18-29). The journal publishes manuscripts that advance basic and applied knowledge of normative and atypical development during emerging adulthood; studies that focus on the antecedents and/or consequences of experiences during this developmental period also are welcome. EA encourages the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The journal publishes full-length research articles and shorter brief reports. Manuscripts focused on issues related to diversity (in regard to gender, race, sexuality, SES, etc.), substance use and abuse, behavioral health (e.g., depression, anxiety, ADHD), and social media use are especially welcome.
Emerging Adulthood is an interdisciplinary forum covering developmental psychology, clinical psychology, human development and family science, social psychology, and other social sciences such as psychiatry, social work, sociology, public health, and post-secondary education.
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Emerging Adulthood (EA) is an interdisciplinary and international journal for advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research on development and adaptation during the late teens and twenties. The journal seeks manuscripts that advance basic and applied knowledge of normative and atypical development during emerging adulthood; studies that focus on the antecedents and/or consequences of experiences during this age-period are also welcome. The journal embraces the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The journal also considers manuscripts that advance theory and/or measurement/methodology.
Emerging Adulthood is as an interdisciplinary forum covering clinical, developmental and social psychology and other social sciences such as anthropology, psychiatry, public policy, social work, sociology, public health, and post-secondary education.
| Jordan Booker | University of Missouri, USA |
| Ming Cui | Florida State University, USA |
| Andrea Howard | Carleton University, Canada |
| Oana Negru-Subtirica | Babes-Bolyai University, Romania |
| Diana Samek | Auburn University, USA |
| Rimantas Vosylis | Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania |
| Kristyn Zajac | University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA |
| Katarzyna Adamczyk | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland |
| Anna Bak-Klimek, Ph.D. | Edinburgh Napier University , UK |
| Ashley Barr | State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
| Jonathon Beckmeyer | West Virginia University, USA |
| Martina Benvenuti | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Uri Berger | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA |
| Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely | University of Rhode Island, USA |
| Michael Curtis | Emory University, USA |
| Radosveta Dimitrova | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Jason Edgerton | University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Peipei Hong | Zhejiang University, China |
| Cristiano Inguglia | Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Italy |
| Tyler Jamison | University of New Hampshire, USA |
| Diana Jenkins | University of Oregon, USA |
| Fanli Jia | Seton Hall University, USA |
| Meredith Cerian Jones | Rowan University, USA |
| Dalal Katsiaficas | University of Illinois, Chicago, USA |
| Valentina Lucia La Rosa | University of Catania, Italy |
| Dr. Jianbin Li | The Education University of Hong Kong, China |
| Tyler Marshall | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Joe McFall | SUNY Fredonia, USA |
| Minas Michikyan | California State University, USA |
| Ursula Moffitt | Northwestern University, USA |
| Elias Nader, Ph.D. | Kent State University, USA |
| Spencer Olmstead | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Konrad Piotrowski | SWPS University, Poland |
| Mette Ranta | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Philipp Sischka | University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Yafit Sulimani-Aidan | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Stephanie Del Tufo | University of Delaware, USA |
| Emily Waterman | Bennington College, USA |
| Brian Willoughby | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Elizabeth M. Morgan | Springfield College, USA |
| Manfred H. M. Van Dulmen | Kent State University, USA |
| Jeffrey Jensen Arnett | Clark University/Tufts University, USA |
| Carolyn Barry | Loyola University, USA |
| Alaysia Brown | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Miguel Angel Cano | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Joseph Cohen | University of Illinois, USA |
| David Cordova | University of Michigan, USA |
| Beth Daniels | University of the West of England, UK |
| Itzel Eguiluz | Ciudad de Mexico/Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico |
| Laura Finan | Illinois State University, USA |
| Kayla Reed Fitzke | University of Iowa, USA |
| Chanelle Gordon | Boys Town, USA |
| Mellissa Gordon | University of Delaware, USA |
| Vicki Helgeson | Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| Chanler Hilley | Kennesaw State University, USA |
| Elan Hope | Policy Research Associates, USA |
| Meredith Hope | University of Michigan, USA |
| Cristiano Inguglia | Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Italy |
| Corinna Tucker | University of New Hampshire, USA |
| Fanli Jia | Seton Hall University, USA |
| Margherita Lanz | Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy |
| Seanna Leath | Washington University in St. Louis, USA |
| Eva Lefkowitz | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Janet Leung | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
| Koen Luyckx | Leuven University, Belgium |
| Kiara Moore | Silver School of Social Work New York University, USA |
| Michelle Munson | New York University, USA |
| Luzelle Naudé | University of the Free State, South Africa |
| Stefanie Nelemans | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Jacqueline Nguyen | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA |
| Edward Noon | Leeds Trinity University, UK |
| Iwona Nowakowska | The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland |
| Gordon Palmer | University of Illinois Chicago, USA |
| Kaylin Ratner | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Katariina Salmela-Aro | University of Jyvaskyla, Finland |
| Joseph R. Schwab, Ph.D. | Bridgewater State University, USA |
| Teresa Maria Sgaramella | University of Padova, Italy |
| Golan Shahar | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
| Semira Tagliabue | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy |
| Ryan Trim | University of California San Diego, USA |
| Monika Waszczuk | Stony Brook University, USA |
Emerging Adulthood is an interdisciplinary and international journal for advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research on development and adaptation from age 18 to 29. The journal seeks manuscripts that advance basic and applied knowledge of normative and atypical development during emerging adulthood; studies that focus on the antecedents and/or consequences of experiences during this age-period are also welcome. The journal embraces the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The journal also considers manuscripts that advance theory or measurement/methodology.
Emerging Adulthood is as an interdisciplinary forum covering clinical, developmental and social psychology and other social sciences such as anthropology, psychiatry, public policy, social work, sociology, public health, and post-secondary education.
ARTICLE TYPES
Original manuscript. The original manuscript represents a regular manuscript, addressing aspects of development and adaptation from age 18 to 29 as described above.
Methodological paper. The methodological paper focuses on issues related to quantitative and/or qualitative methodology in research on 18 to 29 year olds. The paper can describe (primer) cutting-edge advancements in methodology or illustrate the use of innovative methodologies. Manuscripts should be written so they are accessible to a wide audience of scholars.
Theoretical paper. The theoretical paper involves an original contribution that advances theory for understanding development and adaptation from age 18 to 29. These papers need to clearly focus on new advances in theory development. The journal will also consider papers that are primarily reviews of existing research, but must clearly make a theoretical contribution as well.
Brief reports. Brief reports include preliminary findings, replications (or failure of replication in a powerful enough sample) of previous empirical findings in the literature as well as psychometric properties of existing measures, or empirical findings that are not substantial enough to warrant a full report including studies that have substantial design limitations (e.g. cross-sectional single method quantitative studies). While shorter than original manuscripts, brief reports should still make a significant contribution to current knowledge on development and adaptation from age 18 to 29. Brief reports should be limited to 2500 words (main text only).
Expedited review. Authors that have received a full set of reviews from another journal can submit their revised manuscript along with the decision letter and reviews to be considered for publication. These papers should be methodologically rigorous (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods) but were rejected for publication because they did not conform to the initial journal’s norms or expectations in some way. Authors interested in submitting for expedited review must include: 1) the revised manuscript, 2) a full copy of the initial editorial decision and reviews, and 3) a detailed cover letter indicating how the authors have responded to the comments of the editor/reviewers in their revision (similar to what one would submit when responding to an invitation to revise and resubmit from the same journal). Upon receipt, the Editor will make one of three decisions: 1) accept, 2) reject, or 3) further review required. This decision will be made within one week of receipt.
Special issue/section. Authors also have the opportunity to organize a special issue or a special section on a defined topic in Emerging Adulthood. If you intend to organize a special issue/section please contact the editor at an early stage to discuss a potential special issue/section proposal.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Please submit manuscripts electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ead. Authors will be asked to set up an online account in the SAGE Track system, powered by ScholarOne.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEW
On receipt, the Editor reads each new submission to decide whether it is likely to be competitive for publication. Authors will be notified quickly—typically within two days of submission—if their manuscript will be rejected without further review. For manuscripts that are reviewed, authors can expect a decision within 60 days of manuscript submission. Rejected manuscripts cannot be reconsidered unless resubmission following revision has been invited by the Editor.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Manuscripts should not exceed 6,000 words. Word counts must include the main text plus notes, acknowledgements, and appendices. In the case of papers that report on multiple studies or methodologies that necessitate detailed explanation, the authors should justify longer manuscript length to the Editor in the cover letter. We recognize that particularly papers presenting qualitative or mixed methods studies may require greater length. Approval of manuscripts exceeding 6,000 words requires approval of the Editor. Authors should remove all identifying information from the body of the manuscript so that peer reviewers will be unable to recognize the authors and their affiliations. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA, 2009). All parts of the manuscript must be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ead, double-spaced, and formatted for 8.5 x 11 paper. Documents should be submitted as MS Word documents (.doc), not converted to PDFs. Authors are advised to use language that is free from sexist, racist, or ethnic bias; heterosexism; bias toward people with disabilities; ageism; and other kinds of bias. All manuscripts should include an abstract on a separate page that contains no more than 150 words, and also a separate title page (designated as Title Page) which includes: 1) title of the article; 2) corresponding author's full name, current position, affiliation, institutional and email address, telephone and fax numbers; 3) co-author(s)' full name(s) and affiliation(s); 4) up to five key words as they should appear if they were to be published. Manuscripts will not be considered for submission if they do not include these elements. Tables and/or Figures are to be included when necessary to depict the results. There is no specific limit on the total number of tables and/or figures but most manuscripts will have no more than 5 tables and figures total. There should be page breaks between tables, figures, abstracts, and captions and these sections must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA, 2009).
Authors are expected to adhere to the APA Ethical Guidelines in conducting all phases of their investigation and manuscript preparation. In particular, it is important that all ethical issues with regard to treatment of research participants be carefully examined and actions taken in accordance with the APA Ethical Guidelines. Moreover, it is important that every person who contributed to the project is acknowledged in the Author Notes, in accordance with APA policy, or is listed as an author.
In preparing and submitting manuscripts, authors are expected to report data and results that are both honest and accurate. Such practices as submitting a previously published manuscript for review, and submitting the same manuscript to various journals at the same time should not be exercised. Piecemeal or fragmented publications that form a single study are discouraged unless there is a clear benefit to the scientific community. Multiple reports from a large data set must include reference to proper reports and make clear the degree of sample overlap. In all cases where multiple reports from the same data set, authors should inform the editor as well as explicitly note any overlap in the report. Upon receipt of any manuscript for review, authors will be asked to sign a form indicating adherence to APA Ethical Guidelines as well as the issues identified above.
Authors submitting manuscripts are protected by common law against the unauthorized use of their unpublished work. Specifically, an unpublished manuscript is considered to be a confidential or privileged paper. Reviewers will be asked to destroy or return the manuscript after their review is completed; in addition, reviewers will be asked not to circulate, quote, cite, or refer to the unpublished work in any way unless specific permission is granted by the author.
Authorship
An "author" is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study. To qualify as an author one should 1) have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) have been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) have given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not justify authorship.
To give appropriate credit to each author of a paper, the individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified in this section. We suggest the following kind of format but realize this format may differ somewhat for qualitative, mixed methods, and theoretical papers (please use initials to refer to each author's contribution): KT conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript; SB participated in the design and interpretation of the data; OM participated in the design and coordination of the study; TF participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis; JU conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Artwork Submissions
High-resolution figures should be uploaded as separate electronic files, with callouts for each in the text. Figure legends should include full explanations of the figures and be typewritten double-spaced with numbers corresponding to those on the figure files themselves. All figures must be specifically referred to in the text and numbered in order of appearance in the text. Acceptable file formats for figures include TIFF, EPS, and JPEG, and PDF Microsoft Application Files are acceptable for vector art (line art). Permission for use of the copyrighted material is the responsibility of the author. All artwork must be camera ready.
Tables
Tables should be numbered consecutively corresponding to in-text citation. Each table should be prepared on a separate page at the end of the text document and preferably should be no larger than a single page. Include a brief descriptive title of the table and a footnote with explanation of any abbreviations. All tables must be specifically referred to in the text and numbered in order of appearance in the text. Elements in tables should be separated by tabs, not cells or lines.
Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any commercial, financial, or other associations that could pose a conflict of interest in connection with their submitted article and these must be disclosed on the title page at the time of submission.
Financial Disclosure/Funding
Authors should list all funding sources related to the study and to the article preparation.
Copyright
Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, the corresponding author will be required to complete an electronic copyright transfer form. From SAGE Track website “Corresponding Author Center” choose the correct manuscript from “Manuscripts with Decisions” and from the ACTION box on the far right side, choose “Contributor Form.” After reading the form and completing the appropriate boxes, clicking the “I accept” box will confirm appropriate copyright transfer.
Authors are required to submit written permission from the original publisher to reprint copyright-protected material, including quoted material of 300 words or more from a single source (journal article or book). Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in this journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar contentReference
American Psychological Association (2009). Publications Manualof the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Publish Ahead of Print With OnlineFirst
OnlineFirst is a feature in which completed articles are published online prior to their inclusion in a print issue, offering authors the advantage of making their research accessible to the public in a more timely manner. Only online subscribers can view these PDFs, but abstracts are available to the public to view for free. Each OnlineFirst manuscript is citable by the publication date of the manuscript’s first online posting and the Digital Object Identifier (DOI), providing a persistent, permanent way to identify manuscripts published in the online environment. You can cite OnlineFirst articles as follows:
Author’s last name, first initials. Article title. Journal title. Prepublished month day, year; DOI: 10.1177/ 0123456789123456
Once your article has completed the production process and before it is published in a print issue, it will be posted online. You can access EA OnlineFirst articles on journal's website. Once posted online, articles may not be retracted or edited. If your article is not completed prior to its publication date, it will not go on OnlineFirst but will be posted online with the issue in which it is published
SAGE Choice
If you or your funder wishes your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HELP
Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using the services of a professional English-language editing company. We highlight some of these companies at http://www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm.
Please be aware that SAGE has no affiliation with these companies and makes no endorsement of them. An author's use of these services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the particular company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.
DIRECT SUBMISSION QUESTIONS TO:
Dr. Moin Syed
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Minnesota
E-mail: eaj@umn.edu