Developmental Psychology
Overview
Developmental Psychology is a renowned scholarly journal that focuses on the study of human development across the lifespan. It publishes cutting-edge research articles, reviews, and theoretical papers that explore various aspects of cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development. The journal provides valuable insights into the processes and factors that shape individuals from infancy to adulthood, making it an essential resource for psychologists, educators, and researchers in the field of developmental psychology.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Dev Psychol
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Start
1969
End
Continuing
Frequency
Monthly, 2013-
p-ISSN
0012-1649
e-ISSN
1939-0599
Country
United States
Language
English
Specialties
Pediatrics
Psychology
Psychology
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 384
247
SJR / Ranks: 1697
1631
CiteScore / Ranks: 3528
6.30
Recent Articles
1.
Zhao L, Yan W, Harris P, Lee K
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40029325
The current research examined whether telling young children about an adult's emotional reactions to their future honesty or dishonesty influences their cheating. In five preregistered studies, children aged 3-6 years...
2.
Psyridou M, Tolvanen A, Koponen T, Aunola K, Lerkkanen M, Poikkeus A, et al.
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40029324
This study explores the directionality of the associations between silent reading fluency and arithmetic fluency development from Grade 1 through Grade 9 (ages 7 to 16) in a large Finnish...
3.
Li K, Zheng Y
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40014527
Parents and adolescents often hold concordant and discordant views on parenting behaviors. Scant research has explored short-term within-family dynamics of parent-adolescent congruency and discrepancy on parental positive reinforcement on a...
4.
Benhamou E, Akarca D, Bathelt J, Fletcher-Watson S, Astle D
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40014526
In an attempt to better characterize the complexity of difficulties observed within developing populations, numerous data-driven techniques have been applied to large mixed data sets. However, many have failed to...
5.
Maker Castro E, Suzuki S, Hoyt L, Wray-Lake L, Cohen A
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40014525
As part of the developmental stage of emerging adulthood, youth may cultivate critical consciousness (CC) to transform oppressive systems. CC development may be influenced by discriminatory experiences and may affect...
6.
Davies P, Cao V, Hendrickson M, Thompson M
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40014524
This study examined children's emotion situation knowledge and social problem-solving abilities as mediators in the prospective link between constructive interparental conflict (IPC) and children's psychological adjustment in a sample of...
7.
Qiu F, Gottesman E, Cox J, Moll H
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40014523
We examined an understudied aspect of children's pedagogical cognition and investigated whether children selectively transmit objective information. In three experiments ( = 168), 5- and 6-year-olds were asked to distinguish...
8.
Menendez D, Richardson E, McNeil K, Gelman S
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
61(3):513-529.
PMID: 40014502
Having a robust understanding of viruses is critical for children to understand the COVID-19 pandemic and the protective measures recommended to promote their safety. However, viral transmission is not part...
9.
Ockerby Z, Redshaw J, Suddendorf T
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39977682
Innovation in children is typically studied by examining their capacity to independently create tools to solve problems. However, it has been argued that innovating requires more than creative problem-solving; it...
10.
Zhang X, Zou X, Hu B, Wang Z
Dev Psychol
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39977681
Based on a representative sample of 196 Chinese children (101 girls; ages 5-9) and their parents, this study examined the longitudinal relations of early home numeracy activities, measured in preschool...