Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) seeks to encourage integration and growth in the multidisciplinary and international domains of inquiry that define contemporary family science. The journal publishes original contributions in all areas of family theory, including new advances in theory development, reviews of existing theory, and analyses of the interface of theory and method, as well as integrative and theory based reviews of content areas, and book reviews.JFTR draws from a broad range of the social sciences although scholarship based within the fields of family science, sociology, psychology, communications, health, and allied fields. Families are viewed broadly and inclusively to include individuals of varying ages, genders, sexual orientations, social classes, races, ethnicities, and nationalities. The journal does not publish empirical papers with the exception of meta-analyses.An institutional subscription to Journal of Family Theory & Review and Family Relationsis included with a subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family.