《青年與青少年雜志》為心理學(xué)家、精神病學(xué)家、生物學(xué)家、犯罪學(xué)家、教育家和其他許多相關(guān)學(xué)科的專業(yè)人士提供了一個單一的、高水平的交流媒介，這些專業(yè)人士討論的主題是青年與青少年。該期刊發(fā)表基于定量分析、理論論文和綜合評論文章的論文。該雜志特別歡迎經(jīng)驗嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)恼撐模J(rèn)真對待政策影響。研究不一定是為了解決政策需要而設(shè)計的，但是手稿必須解決社會對青年和青春期的正式反應(yīng)方式(例如通過法律、政策或規(guī)章)或非正式反應(yīng)方式(例如通過父母、同齡人和社會機(jī)構(gòu))所產(chǎn)生的影響。

Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and professionals in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. The journal publishes papers based on quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.