Call for Submissions – Special Issue on Advancing Research Methodologies with Diverse Young People

Journal of Research on Adolescence

• Amplify youth voices (e.g., youth-led participatory research), especially those from underrepresented or marginalized groups in understudied areas
• Analyze novel data to capture young people’s diverse and dynamic experiences in context (e.g., artwork, photo, video, social media posts in qualitative research; observational data in quantitative research; experience sampling data in combination with mixed methods research)
• Address diversity in methodological approaches (e.g., methods that address critical race theory, intersectionality, etc.; use machine learning in a way that is sensitive to diverse adolescent populations; use big data, population-level data, or registry data to extract key information on characteristics and/or processes of development in diverse adolescent populations)
• Employ novel technologies to capture contextually sensitive data (e.g., passive sensing)
• Move beyond the individual to analyze family- and community-level dynamics that may play key roles in adolescent development

• Empirical research papers that demonstrate how a research method better captures and/or complements more traditional research approaches in understanding a diverse youth population from content, process, or interactional perspectives.
• Theoretical papers that analyze and critically debate a methodological approach, using exemplary research detailing the method.
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of methodologies tackling specific topics of development in diverse youth populations.
• Methodological guidelines that detail a research method, providing a how-to guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating the method in a diverse adolescent population.

1. Tentative title;
2. Contact information and corresponding author;
3. Names and affiliations of anticipated authors;
4. Brief description of the study (500 words; an empirical study should include sections on Background, Sample/Method, and Proposed Analyses or Results);
5. A brief explanation of how the focal methodologies contribute to our understanding of diverse youth populations; if an empirical study, how the sample contributes to diversifying populations that are currently represented in the literature;
6. An overview of how the study’s status aligns with the publication schedule for the special issue, including whether the study will be ready in time for the special issue publication.