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The Family Focus section of NCFR Report invites article submission on key family topics — research- or practice-based — to serve as a resource for faculty and family educators.
Family Focus Editor: Joyce Serido, Ph.D.
See below for author guidelines.
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Call for Authors
Fall 2025 Issue: The Psychological Impact of Privilege
Proposal Deadline Extended: December 15, 2024
Family life provides early learning experiences to create and maintain healthy relationships with other people, an important component of health and well-being. Yet family life experiences are influenced by one’s social address, which includes characteristics of one’s identity (e.g., race, religion, sexuality, class). Social address is associated with social advantages, or privileges, that influence family life experiences.
For this issue of Family Focus, the editor invites you to consider the psychological impact of social advantages that promote exclusion, injustice, and isolation. Specifically, in which ways does privilege disrupt the ability of individuals, families, and society to create and maintain healthy relationships?
Authors are invited to submit articles that examine current research, theory, and practice to explore the psychological impact of one or more aspects of privilege. Examples include the following:
- Race
- Gender
- Age
- Religion
- Sexual orientation
- Socioeconomic status
- Physical, emotional, or mental ability
Authors are encouraged to clarify the effects of privilege on individuals’ ability to maintain healthy relationships so as to provide insights into mitigating psychological impact and promoting relationship building. Articles across a wide range of life domains are welcome, including but not limited to the following:
- Education
- Health and longevity
- Work and family
- Law enforcement
- Community service
- Intergenerational, multigenerational, and chosen family households
Articles that include a theoretical foundation that clarifies the connections among privilege, family experience, and psychological impact, as well as articles that offer theoretical insights for revising and/or refining theory, are of particular interest.
Prospective authors should submit their proposals by the new deadline of December 15, 2024, online at www.ncfr.org/form/family-focus-author-proposal. All authors will be notified by December 22, 2024, and articles are due January 20, 2025. Contact the editor at [email protected] with questions.
Upcoming Themes
Fall 2025: The Psychological Impact of Privilege
Winter 2025: The Best of Family Focus
Spring 2026: Teaching Family Science: In the Classroom and Beyond
Summer 2026: Social Media and Technology Influences on Family Functioning
Fall 2026: Work Flexibility and Volatility Influencing Family Life
Proposal Submission Deadline
Fall 2025: December 2024
Winter 2025: February 2025
Spring 2026: May 2025
Summer 2026: August 2025
Author Guidelines
NCFR Member Groups are invited to submit articles to NCFR Report. Articles should be 700 words or less and pertain to matters related to their Section's or Focus Group's work, such as conference sessions, awards, member spotlights, or other member programs and activities. Review submissions with your Section or Focus Group leadership prior to submission. New programs or initiatives (such as fundraising) should be brought to the attention of Ginnie O’Neill before inclusion in an article for NCFR Report.
Authors wishing to submit a research- or practice-based article for Family Focus on a specific family topic must review our revised Author Guidelines below:
Family Focus Author Guidelines (PDF)
A Member Forum
NCFR Report is a quarterly magazine for members designed to encourage member-to-member dialogue, to inform colleagues about our research, and to discuss research application for practitioners and policy professionals. Through Report, NCFR also builds our community by reporting on people, events, and organizational news.
Unlike the content of our scholarly journals, the articles in NCFR Report have not been peer-reviewed. In the spirit of open debate and academic freedom, NCFR Report is a member forum for exchanging ideas. The opinions or findings expressed are those of the author(s), which may or may not represent the official position of NCFR as an organization nor the prevailing scientific consensus on the topic.
