About this journal

Child & Family Behavior Therapy is a leading publication of child and adolescent behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and family therapy providing needed information to an inclusive, international audience.

The aim of the journal is to facilitate the work of psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, social workers, school counselors, family therapists, early intervention service providers, researchers, and other individual who work with children and families through publishing:

• Ethical, high quality research papers

• Open trials and randomized controlled trials

• Brief and preliminary studies including basic research and laboratory studies that are relevant to advancing cognitive and behavioral therapy with youth and families

• Technical innovations

• Position papers that make an argument based on the empirical literature

• Book reviews

• Case studies describing novel interventions

• Systematic and scoping reviews

The journal seeks to further develop knowledge across a broad range of topics and issues focusing on:

Assessment and treatment utilizing behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, applied behavior analysis and family interventions

• Strengthening family attachment, cohesion, and resilience

• Interventions that improve children and adolescents’ academic performance

• Increasing adaptive parenting skills

• Validated evidence-based interventions garnered from around the world

• Therapy process research in child and family therapy

• Dissemination of evidence-base interventions

• Development and evaluation of interventions in underserved populations

• Areas identified as needing further research in child and family interventions

Because of the applied focus of the journal on cognitive and behavioral therapy with children and families, authors are encouraged to frame all submissions in terms of the implications for behavioral and cognitive service providers who work with youth and families.

Peer Review Policy:

All articles in this journal undergo rigorous double anonymized peer review. Reviewer’ comments are shared with all paper authors whether the manuscript is accepted or denied facilitating improvement in any revisions or future publications.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

EDITOR

Howard Paul, PhD, ABPP

Institute for Behavior and Family Therapy, North Brunswick, NJ, USA

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Amy Przeworski, PhD

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

EDITORIAL BOARD

Kevin Antshel, PhD - Syracuse University, USA

Devender Banda, PhD - Texas Tech University, USA

Kelly Banneyer, PhD - Texas Children's Hospital, USA

Brad Bloomfield, PhD - Monash University, Australia

Susan Branje, PhD - Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Elle Brennan, PhD - Akron Children's Hospital, USA

Matthew R. Capriotti, PhD - San Jose State University, USA

Rachel Cavalari, PhD - Binghamton University, USA

Bruce Chorpita, PhD - UCLA, USA

Andrew Christensen, PhD - UCLA, USA

Brian Chu, PhD - Rutgers University, USA

Dean Coffee, PsyD - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, USC, USA

Arin Connell, PhD - Case Western Reserve University, USA

Kimberly Crosland, PhD - University of San Francisco, USA

Rick Cruz, PhD - Arizona State University, USA

Joseph S. DeLuca, PhD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Greta Doctoroff, PhD - Yeshiva University, USA

Art Dowdy, PhD - Temple University, USA

Brian Fisak, PhD - University of Central Florida, USA

Chris Flessner, PhD - Kent State University, USA

Rex Forehand, PhD - University of Vermont, USA

Sarah Francis, PhD - USA

Martin Franklin, PhD - Rogers Behavioral Health, USA

Robert Freidberg, PhD - University of Palo Alto, USA

Margaret Gifford, PhD - Lousiana State University, Shreveport, USA

Erin Girio-Herrera, PhD - Towson University, USA

Abby Hughes-Scalise, PhD - Augburg University, USA

Joshua Jessel, PhD - Queens College, CUNY, USA

Julie Kable, PhD - Emory University, USA

Susan Phillips Keane, PhD - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

Jessica Kusina, PhD - University Hospitals/UH Rainbow Babies and Children, USA

George Leibowitz, Ph.D, MSW - Director, Doctoral Program Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, USA

Sarah Hope Lincoln, PhD - Case Western Reserve University, USA

Erica Lozy, (ABD) - School Psychology Program at LSU, USA

James Luiselli, EdD - Melmark New England School, USA

John R. Lutzker, PhD - Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Johnny L. Matson, PhD  - Louisiana  State University, USA

T. F. McLaughlin, PhD - Gonzaga University, WA, USA

Meara McMahon, PhD, BCBA-D - Emory University School of Medicine/Marcus Autism Center, GA, USA

Rachel Merson, PhD - Boston University, USA

Reem Muharib, PhD - Texas State University, USA

Amy Murrell, PhD - Murrell Psychological Services, LLC, University of Memphis, USA

Matthew Mychailyszyn, PhD - Towson University, USA

Rosemary O. Nelson-Gray, PhD - University of North Carolina, USA

Thomas H. Ollendick, PhD - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Justin Parent, PhD - Brown University, USA

Jonathan Perle, PhD, ABPP - West Virginia University School of Medicine, USA

Armando Pina, PhD - Arizona State University, USA

Maggi Price, PhD - Boston College, USA

Malcolm Ree, PhD - Our Lady of the Lake University, USA

David Reitman, PhD - Nove University, USA

Abby Russell, PhD - Exeter Medical School, UK

Gemma Sicouri, PhD - Black Dog Institute, Australia

Alexandra Smith, PhD - Nationwide Children's Hospital, USA

Nicholas David Smith, PhD - Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida Health, USA

Sarah Cain Spannagel, PhD - Case Western Reserve University, USA

Jennifer Taub, PhD - Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, USA

Laura Turner, PhD - University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, CT, USA

Kimberli Treadwell, PhD - University of Connecticut, USA

Andres Viana, PhD - University of Houston, USA

Mia Vieyra, PhD - Private Practice, FRANCE

Robert G. Wahler, PhD - University of Tennessee, USA

Laci Watkins, PhD - University of Alabama, USA

Amy West, PhD - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA

Tali Wigod, PsyD - Cognitive Behavioral Consultants, USA

Daniel Fu Keung Wong, PsyD, PhD - Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Antonio Zuffiano, PhD - Univeristy of Rome, Sapienza, It., Italy

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