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:
- 2025: A multifaceted Developmental Psychology. The harvest of the 23rd ECDP. Guest editors: Willem Koops & Christina Salmivalli
- 2025: Luc Goossens Contributions to Developmental Psychology. Guest editors: Willem Koops & Koen Luyckx
- 2024: Biased-based Harassment and Bullying. Guest editors: Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Simona Carla Silvia Caravita & Robert Thornberg
- 2023: Global Challenges in Developmental Psychology. Guest editors: Willem Koops & Dagmar Strohmeier
- 2023: Human Development in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic (special section). Guest editors: Dagmar Strohmeier & Susan Branje
- 2021: Teachers’ responses to bullying and victimization: (how) can they make a difference? Guest editors: Hilde Colpin, Sheri Bauman & Ersilia Menesini
- 2020: Prevention and Social-Emotional Development. Guest editors: Moshe Israelashvili, Ersilia Menesini & Michal Al-Yagon
- 2018: The Scientific Legacy of Carolyn Ingrid Saarni. Guest editors: Pamela M. Cole
- 2018: European Citizens. Guest editors: Frosso Motti-Stefanidi & Elvira Cicognani
- 2018: Identity behind the Iron Curtain. Guest editors: Seth J. Schwartz & Mariya Petrova
- 2017: Historical Developmental Psychology. Guest editors: Willem Koops and Frank Kessel
- 2016: Bildung-Psychology: Theory and practice of use inspired basic research. Guest editors: Dagmar Strohmeier, Petra Wagner, & Barbara Schober
- 2016: Resilience in Developing Systems. Guest editors: Anne I. H. Borge, Ann S. Masten & Frosso Motti-Stefanidi
- 2015: Developmental Psychology and Recapitulation Theory. Guest editors: Willem Koops & Frank Kessel
- 2015: Romantic Relationships and Sexuality in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: The Role of Parents, Peers, and Partners. Guest Editors: Daphne van de Bongardt, Rongqin Yu, Maja Deković &
Wim H. J. Meeus
- 2014: Fathers in Families. Guest editors: Dorothea E. Dette-Hagenmeyer, Andrea B. Erzinger & Barbara Reichle
- 2013: Meaning, Measurement, and Correlates of Moral Development. Guest editors: Daniel Brugman, Monika Keller & Bryan Sokol
- 2013: Innovative Methods for the Study of Change and Development. Guest editor: Matthias Reitzle
- 2012: Jean Jacques Rousseau 300th Birthday Anniversary Commemoration Supplement. Guest editor: Willem Koops
- 2012: Social Cognition. Guest editors: Paul Lansley Harris, Carolien Rieffe & Marcel van Aken
- 2012: Cyberbullying: Development, consequences, risk and protective factors. Guest editors: Ersilia Menesini & Christiane Spiel
- 2012: Evidence Based Parent Education Programmes to Promote Positive Parenting. Guest editors: María José Rodrigo, Ana Almeida, Christiane Spiel & Willem Koops
- 2011: National Identity and Ingroup-Outgroup Attitudes with Children: The Role of Socio-Historical Settings. Guest editors: Louis Oppenheimer & Martyn Barrett
- 2010: Theory of Mind: Specialized Capacity or Emergent Property? Guest editors: Elisabeth H. M. Sterck & Sander Begeer
- 2008: Developmental Co-Construction of Cognition. Guest editor: Christine Sorsana
- 2008: Immigrant Youth in European Countries. Guest editors: Dagmar Strohmeier & Eva Schmitt-Rodermund
- 2006: Social Cognition during Infancy. Guest editors: Vincent Reid, Tricia Striano & Willem Koops
- 2004: Social Cognition in Adolescence. Guest editors: Harke A Bosma & Willem Koops