Early Childhood Aggression: Mechanisms, Contexts, Inequalities, and Pathways to Healthy Development

Call for Papers

Article Collection: Early Childhood Aggression: Mechanisms, Contexts, Inequalities, and Pathways to Healthy Development

Journal: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Manuscript Deadline: 31 August 2026

About the Article Collection

The International Journal of Adolescence and Youth invites submissions for its Open Access Article Collection titled "Early Childhood Aggression: Mechanisms, Contexts, Inequalities, and Pathways to Healthy Development."

This collection seeks high-quality empirical and review research exploring the developmental origins of aggressive behaviour during early childhood. It highlights the importance of understanding aggression through biological, psychological, social, cultural, and systemic perspectives while promoting strengths-based and developmentally appropriate approaches.

Researchers are encouraged to investigate how emotional regulation, empathy, language development, family environments, educational settings, digital experiences, and broader social inequalities shape aggressive behaviours in young children. The collection also emphasizes the importance of avoiding the overpathologisation of normal developmental behaviours and encourages culturally grounded, equitable perspectives on childhood development.

Scope and Topics of Interest

Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Neurobiological, cognitive, and emotional mechanisms underlying early childhood aggression

• Physical, verbal, and relational aggression in early childhood

• Family, peer, teacher, and community influences

• Digital environments and children's aggressive behaviours

• Cultural norms and cross-cultural perspectives on childhood aggression

• Behavioural assessment and contextual biases

• Poverty, discrimination, educational inequalities, and systemic influences

• Racial, gender, and social stereotypes affecting behavioural interpretation

• Early markers of bullying and long-term social development

• Community-based and school-based intervention programmes

• Innovative prevention and early intervention strategies

• Children's own perspectives and lived experiences

• Quantitative, qualitative, observational, mixed-methods, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses

Submission Guidelines

• Manuscripts should present original empirical research or high-quality review articles.

• Contributions from diverse cultural, international, and interdisciplinary perspectives are particularly encouraged.

• The Article Collection welcomes quantitative, qualitative, observational, mixed-methods, systematic review, and meta-analysis submissions.

• All submissions must follow the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth author guidelines and be submitted through the journal's official submission system.

• The collection will be published as an Open Access Article Collection.

Benefits of Publishing

• Open Access publication with global visibility

• Rigorous peer-review process

• Rapid online publication

• Worldwide dissemination through Taylor & Francis

• Opportunity to contribute to advancing research on child development, equity, and early intervention

Guest Advisor

Dr. Raúl Navarro
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

For Open Access discount-related queries, authors may contact Dr. MK Huffman at mary.huffman@taylorandfrancis.com.

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