Journal of Multicultural Adolescent Psychology

Specific Aims

The Journal of Multicultural Adolescent Psychology (JMAP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing psychological science through the examination of adolescence within and across diverse cultural contexts. The journal aims to:

1. Advance empirical knowledge regarding how culture, identity, social position, and contextual systems shape developmental trajectories during adolescence.
2. Promote research that addresses disparities, including structural inequities, developmental risk, and protective factors that influence the mental, emotional, behavioral, and academic well-being of adolescents.
3. Highlight culturally responsive models of assessment, intervention, and evaluation, particularly those applicable to diverse or historically underserved youth populations.
4. Amplify global and multicultural perspectives and encourage cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, community-engaged, and participatory approaches to research.
5. Support the dissemination of applied, translational, and policy-relevant research that informs clinical practice, school-based interventions, juvenile justice reform, public policy, and community programming.

Scope

JMAP welcomes manuscripts that focus on adolescence through a multicultural, contextual, or developmental psychology lens. Manuscripts may include quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or community-based participatory research. We invite submissions that explore:

• Developmental, sociocultural, and contextual determinants of mental health.
• Cultural identity development and intersectionality (race, ethnicity, gender identity, neurodivergence, SES, immigration or refugee status, faith).
• Trauma, adversity, resilience, and post-traumatic growth among adolescents.
• Family, peer, and community influences on adolescent well-being.
• School climate, belonging, and achievement among diverse youth populations.
• Juvenile justice involvement, prevention, and re-entry outcomes.
• Cross-cultural or international adolescent psychology research.
• Evidence-based or practice-based interventions for adolescents in multicultural contexts.
• Program evaluation, policy implications, and systemic change efforts.
• Technology, social media, and digital identity in multicultural youth populations.

Acceptable submission types include empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, theoretical papers, brief reports, and practice-focused case studies.