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Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies
A publication of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). It is an applied scholarly journal that emphasizes relationships across the life cycle and research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy.
 Family Relations publishes applied articles that are original, innovative and interdisciplinary and that focus on diverse families and family issues. Audiences include educators in academic and community settings, researchers with an applied or evaluation focus, family practitioners, and family policy specialists. Appropriate articles include empirically based applied research, critical syntheses of relevant substantive areas, program evaluations, and educational philosophy/practice.
Since 1951, Family Relations has covered areas of critical importance to family professionals. Its emphasis is family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy. It publishes:
- Empirical Studies
- Literature Reviews
- Conceptual Analyses
Over 80% of our readers identify Family Relations as meeting their needs better than any other applied journal.
Family Relations is published five times a year (January, April, July, October, and December) and averages 120 pages. Articles are peer-reviewed.
Our readers say:
"A journal that keeps improving with more on children, parenting, marriage and contemporary social problems than any journal I know of... I read more articles in each issue than in any other journal I get."
"It is the only journal I know of that deals with both families and family programs as central themes."
"Family Relations gives me a powerful resource to work with families in distress and gives me the help I need to solve problems."
"It consistently gives a strong sense of emerging issues in the field, provides valuable reviews, and represents solid scholarship."
"Family Relations is the first place I go to find a research base for family life education, especially parent education."
Family Relations is an interdisciplinary journal of applied family studies. Emphasis is placed on relationships across the life cycle and research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy. It is an internationally distributed publication of the National Council on Family Relations and has a circulation of approximately 5,000. Journal articles focus on a wide range of topics of interest to both scholars and practitioners, including:
- Aging
- Child & Parent Relationships
- Cross-Cultural/International Issues
- Families Across the Life Cycle
- Family Diversity
- Family Health
- Family Interventions
- Family Life Education
- Family Policy
- Family Therapy
- Gender & Family Relationships
- Marital Enrichment
- Marital Strengths
- Minority Families
- Religion & the Family
- Sex Education
- Sexual & Emotional Abuse
- Stress & Relationships
- Women's Issues
- And Much More
On May 6, 2004 the NCFR Board revised the following mission statement for the Family Relations Journal.
Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies publishes basic and applied articles that are original, innovative and interdisciplinary and that focus on diverse family forms and issues. Audiences include educators in academic and community settings, researchers with an applied or evaluation focus, family practitioners, and family policy specialists. Appropriate articles include empirically-based applied research, educational philosophies or practices, critical syntheses of relevant substantive areas, program evaluations, curriculum development and assessment, issues in the discipline, professional development, and basic research with clearly articulated implications for practice and policy.
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