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Frontiers in Developmental Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Frontiers, covering Child and Animal Learning Development, Early Childhood Education and Development, Child Development and Digital Technology. Over its lifetime it has published 186 papers, which have received 379 citations.

PublisherFrontiers
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inChild and Animal Learning Development Early Childhood Education and Development Child Development and Digital Technology Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Impact of Technology on Adolescents
ISSN2813-7779
Citation impact (2-yr)1.83
h-index10
i10-index10
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereArizona State University
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Papers published in Frontiers in Developmental Psychology per year

14
2023
53
2024
47
2025

Citation impact of Frontiers in Developmental Psychology by publication year

62
2023
224
2024
65
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

Screen on = development off? A systematic scoping review and a developmental psychology perspective on the effects of screen time on early childhood development

Fabio Sticca, Valérie Brauchli, Patricia Lannen · 7 Jan 2025

Research on the associations between screen time and child development suggests that various forms of screen time might pose a risk for various aspects of child development. However, data on the impact of exposure to screen media on the development of children under 3 years of age is comparatively scarce. Although the evidence available on…

Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

Bolim Suh, Heather L. Kirkorian, Rachel Barr et al. · 4 Apr 2024

Introduction Parents often use media to manage their own or their child's emotions and behaviors, which is called “regulatory media use.” While the use of media to alleviate negative emotions and behaviors may be helpful in the short-term, there may be negative consequences in the long-term (e.g., for children's development of self-regulatory skills). Research remains…

Friends, followers, peers, and posts: adolescents' in-person and online friendship networks and social media use influences on friendship closeness via the importance of technology for social connection

Elizabeth Al-Jbouri, Anthony A. Volk, Natalie Spadafora et al. · 24 Jul 2024

Introduction With the proliferation of smartphones, social media access and use is ubiquitous. As such, many adolescent friendships now comprise both in-person and online contexts. Our paper explores the relationship between these contexts in two parts: the first is an exploratory comparison of in-person and online friendship networks with peers at school using descriptive social…

Adolescent close friendships, self-perceived social acceptance, and peer-rated likeability as predictors of wellbeing in young adulthood

Emily Shah, David E. Szwedo, Joseph P. Allen · 11 Oct 2024

Introduction Links between interpersonal relationships and physical and psychological functioning have been well-established in the literature. During adolescence, success or distress in peer relationships may have distinct effects on different aspects of wellbeing. The present study aims to examine the ways in which different adolescent peer relationship contexts (i.e., close friendship quality, social acceptance, and…

An agency-based model of executive and metacognitive regulation

Michael Tomasello · 8 Mar 2024

In the context of agentive decision making and action, both executive and metacognitive processes serve self-regulatory functions—just on different hierarchical tiers. In the agency-based model proposed here executive processes monitor and control action and attention from an executive tier of operation, and metacognitive processes monitor and control those executive processes from a second-order metacognitive tier…

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