European Journal of Developmental Science (EJDS)

European Journal of Developmental Science (EJDS)
The Editors
Scientific Board
Types of Manuscripts Accepted
Information for Authors and Editors
Submissions
If Accepted for Publication

Please see our call for papers (further below on this page) and our call for editors (on the Editors page).

Developmental Science is devoted to the study of sustainable processes of the interplay of changes in individuals across the life span and of societies, considering psychological, biological, social, societal, historical and cultural factors and systems. The interdisciplinary field of Developmental Science connects concepts and findings from various disciplines (e.g. Psychology, Anthropology, Biology, Communication Science, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Medical Science, Ethology, History, Philosophy and Sociology), each traditionally concerned with human and non-human development separately. Developmental Science includes research on animals, providing important insights into ontogenetic and phylogenetic human development. Research devoted to abnormal development in terms of developmental psychopathology helps us to identify and to understand basic developmental mechanisms and pathways, and provides insight into the basic principles of reasonable prevention and intervention to compensate and correct maladaptive development (e.g. behaviour that deviates from cultural and social norms). The aim of Developmental Science is to understand the complex interacting biopsychological mechanisms in the development of living organisms. Thus, the interdisciplinary field of Developmental Science comprises a holistic approach to understanding how different systems interact and influence development throughout life from genetic and physiological processes to social interactions and cultural processes.

The journal appears quarterly. Subscription prices apply to the print and the online version of the journal in the first year of its publication (2007), excluding postage:

– regular individual subscriptions are € 59 / $ 76; student subscriptions € 45 / $ 58 (proof required);
– institutional subscriptions are € 198 / $ 270.
Unless you unsubscribe by 1 December of the current year, subscription will continue on to the following year.

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Developmentally Appropriate Preventions and Interventions for Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents – Developmental Science as an Integrative Framework

Special issues edited by an invited expert/expert team will be devoted to selected topics on a regular basis. Available special issues are:

• Developmental Science – a New Discipline or ‘Old Wine in New Bottles’?

• Integrating Nature and Nurture through
Developmental Systems: The Contributions of Gilbert Gottlieb
Guest Editors: Carolyn T. Halpern, Kathryn E. Hood, & Richard M. Lerner

• Current Trends in the Study of Child Temperament
Guest Editor: Marcel R. Zentner

• Social Development
Guest Editors: William M. Bukowski, Angela Ittel

• Using Sibling Designs to Understand Development
Guest Editor: Alison Pike

• Developmentally Appropriate Prevention of Aggression - Developmental Science as an Integrative Framework
Guest Editors: Tina Malti, Gil G. Noam, & Herbert Scheithauer