The European Journal of Developmental Psychology (EJDP) is the official journal of the EADP. It publishes original theoretical, empirical, methodological, and review papers dealing with psychological development and developmental psychopathology during infancy, childhood and adolescence. Papers on social policy based on developmental science are welcomed.
The journal contributes to the advancement of international developmental science, and has the ambition to be(come) the most important medium for developmental psychologists (researchers as well as practitioners) in Europe as well as one of the top journals in the world.
Find the latest articles or a full overview of special issues on the journal website. The EADP has been collaborating in EJDP special issues:
2004: Social Cognition in Adolescence; Guest Editors: Harke A Bosma & Willem Koops
2006: Social Cognition during Infancy; Guest Editors: Vincent Reid, Tricia Striano & Willem Koops
2008: Immigrant Youth in European Countries; Guest Editors: Dagmar Strohmeier & Eva Schmitt-Rodermund
2008: Developmental Co-Construction of Cognition; Guest Editor: Christine Sorsana
2010: Theory of Mind: Specialized Capacity or Emergent Property?; Guest Editors: Elisabeth H. M. Sterck & Sander Begeer
2011: National Identity and Ingroup-Outgroup Attitudes with Children: The Role of Socio-Historical Settings; Guest Editors: Louis Oppenheimer & Martyn Barrett
2012: Evidence Based Parent Education Programs to Promote Positive Parenting; Guest Editors: María José Rodrigo, Ana Almeida, Christiane Spiel & Willem Koops
2012: Cyberbullying: Development, consequences, risk and protective factors; Guest Editors: Ersilia Menesini & Christiane Spiel
2012: Social Cognition; Guest Editors: Paul Lansley Harris, Carolien Rieffe & Marcel van Aken
2012: Jean Jacques Rousseau 300th Birthday Anniversary Commemoration Supplement; Guest Editor: Willem Koops
2013: Innovative Methods for the Study of Change and Development; Guest Editor: Matthias Reitzle
2013: Meaning, Measurement, and Correlates of Moral Development; Guest Editors: Daniel Brugman, Monika Keller & Bryan Sokol
2014: Fathers in Families; Guest Editors: Dorothea E. Dette-Hagenmeyer, Andrea B. Erzinger & Barbara Reichle
2015: Romantic Relationships and Sexuality in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: The Role of Parents, Peers, and PartnersGuest Editors: Daphne van de Bongardt, Rongqin Yu, Maja Deković & Wim H. J. Meeus
2015: Developmental Psychology and Recapitulation Theory; Guest Editors: Willem Koops & Frank Kessel
2016: Resilience in Developing Systems; Guest Editors: Anne I. H. Borge, Ann S. Masten and Frosso Motti
2016: Bildung-Psychology: Theory and practice of use inspired basic research; Guest Editors: Dagmar Strohmeier, Petra Wagner, & Barbara Schober
2017: Historical Developmental Psychology; Guest Editors: Willem Koops and Frank Kessel
2018: Identity behind the Iron Curtain; Guest Editors: Seth J. Schwartz & Mariya Petrova
2018: European Citizens; Guest Editors: Frosso Motti-Stefanidi & Elvira Cicognani
2018: The Scientific Legacy of Carolyn Ingrid Saarni; Guest Editors: Pamela M. Cole
2020: Prevention and Social-Emotional Development; Guest Editors: Moshe Israelashvili, Ersilia Menesini & Michal Al-Yagon
2021: Teachers’ responses to bullying and victimization: (how) can they make a difference?; Guest Editors: Hilde Colpin, Sheri Bauman & Ersilia Menesini
2023: Human Development in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic (special section); Guest Editors: Dagmar Strohmeier & Susan Branje
2024: Biased-based Harassment and Bullying; Guest editors: Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Simona Carla Silvia Caravita & Robert Thornberg