''Social Development'' is a quarterly

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ed online-only

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covering developmental psychology, with a specific focus on children's behavioral development. It was established in 1992 by Rudolf Schaffer and is published by

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. The current

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are Elizabeth A. Lemerise (

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), Amy Halberstadt (

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...

), and Luna Centifanti (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 2.042, ranking it 31st out of 73 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental".

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* Developmental psychology journals Wiley-Blackwell academic journals Academic journals established in 1992 Quarterly journals English-language journals {{Psych-journal-stub