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Metacognition in Learning and Memory
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open
Keywords: metacognitive monitoring; metacognitive control; metacognitive regulation; learning and memory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)
The Psychology Perspective on Emerging Media
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: media effects; emerging media; media psychology; media effects; mass communication; mediated communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Diet, Lifestyle and Neurobehaviors
edited by
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6334 | Submission Open
Keywords: brain health; nutrition; cognitive function; exercise; resilience; sleep; mental health; psychological stress; motivation; brain– body connection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
edited by , and Marlies Matischek-Jauk
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15147 | Submission Open
Keywords: social and emotional competence; social and emotional leadership; school development; instruction of social and emotional learning; positive psychology; teacher training; well-being; educational psychology; pro-social classroom; 21st century skills
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
Psychological Trauma and Resilience in Children and Adolescents
edited by and Genta Kulari
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5497 | Submission Open
Keywords: trauma; resilience; PTSD; migrant; social integration; social acculturation
Diversity Ideologies and Their Impact on Intergroup Relations in Pluralistic Societies
edited by Jasper Van Assche
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open
Keywords: diversity ideologies; colorblindness; multiculturalism; interculturalism; intergroup contact; intergroup threat/conflict; social identity; prejudice; discrimination/inequality; collective psychological ownership
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Interoception and Emotion Regulation
edited by Yafei Tan
submission deadline 18 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: interoception; emotions; emotion regulation; mental health; mental disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Collaboration and Co-Creation Research in the Behavioral Sciences: Assisting Policing and Criminal Justice Practice
edited by Terri Cole and Sarah Hambidge
submission deadline 19 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open
Keywords: practitioner– academic; policing; investigations; crime; criminal justice; pragmatic research; evidence-based policing
Burnout and Psychological Well-Being of Healthcare Workers
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16239 | Submission Open
Keywords: burnout; psychological well-being; healthcare workers; resilience; stress management; occupational health; emotional fatigue; healthcare workforce sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Promoting Women’s Mental Health
edited by
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 886 | Submission Open
Keywords: women’ s health; health promotion; mental health; public health; gender
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Sleep Disorders: New Developments
edited by Dimitris Dikeos and Vagioula Tsoutsi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5456 | Submission Open
Keywords: sleep disorders; insomnia; sleep apnea; circadian rhythm; sleep health; diagnosis; treatment; aging; comorbidities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Social and Structural Influences on Social Identities
edited by Negin Ghavami
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1470 | Submission Open
Keywords: social identities; structural factors; intersectionality; intergroup relations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Play, Learn, Adapt: The Evolution of Flexible and Gamified Education
edited by Earl Woodruff and Zhenhua Xu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1218 | Submission Open
Keywords: flexible learning; gamified teaching and learning; learner agency; personalized learning environments; digital learning technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
Acting in the Moment: Decision-Making Under Risk, Delay and Forward-Looking Environments
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open
Keywords: decision making; delay discounting; risk; description-experience gap; cognition; neural markers; computational modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Second Edition: Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Healthcare Workers submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress; anxiety; depression; healthcare workers; burnout
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Advanced Studies in Human-Centred AI—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 591 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-centred AI; neural networks; AGI; bias; decision-making; therapy; healthcare; experimental psychology; explainable AI; trust and trustworthiness; deepfake detection; AI alignment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)
Assessment and Treatment of Challenging Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder—2nd Edition
edited by , Sarah E. Bloom and Cynthia Livingston
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional behavior assessment; functional analysis; function-based intervention; challenging behavior; problem behavior; ASD; positive behavioral interventions and supports
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Developing and Evaluating Psychological Interventions for Higher Education Student Mental Health submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1099 | Submission Open
Keywords: student; mental health; interventions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Stress and Resilience in Adolescence and Early Adulthood
edited by Christa C. Christ
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3074 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress; resilience; coping; adolescence; early adulthood
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Male Intimate Partner and Sexual Victimisation
edited by and Elizabeth Bates
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open
Keywords: intimate partner violence; sexual victimisation; male victims; help-seeking; masculinity; gender stereotypes; disclosure barriers; stigma; support services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Children’s Early Learning and Development in Informal Settings: Exploring the Post-COVID Landscape
edited by Katelyn Kurkul and Amanda Haber
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 476 | Submission Open
Keywords: children's social-cognitive development; early learning experiences; children’ s questions; informal learning; informal and formal learning environments; intergenerational programs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
First-Person Narratives of Mental Illness and Wellbeing
edited by Olivia Sagan
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open
Keywords: first-person narrative; mental illness; mental wellbeing; critical
Family Interaction and Children’s Social Development: Behavioral and Neural Correlates
edited by and
submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 799 | Submission Open
Keywords: family interaction; parent– child synchrony; family relationship; social development; mental health; emotion regulation; interpersonal relationship; neuroscience; interpersonal brain; synchronization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)
Dealing with the Dark Side of Personality
edited by Shelby Curtis and Nicholas Evans
submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: dark triad; psychopathy; narcissism; Machiavellianism; psychopathy; sadism; interpersonal relationships; dyadic interactions; personality perceptions; interpersonal behavior
Early Intervention, Transdiagnostic and Personalized Approach in Youth Mental Health
edited by Laura Giusti, Rita Roncone, Antonio Ventriglio and Silvia Mammarella
submission deadline 18 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open
Keywords: early intervention; digital mental health; transdiagnostic approach; youth mental health; biopsychosocial vulnerability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Well-Being in Educational Contexts: Social–Psychological Perspectives and Innovations
edited by , Andrea Baroncelli and Maria Ermelinda de Carlo
submission deadline 19 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 40253 | Submission Open
Keywords: organizational culture; social inclusion; caring behaviors; equity in education; organizational well-being; empowerment; continuous learning; educational innovations; leadership and processes in education
Social and Psychological Determinants of Acculturation
edited by Adrian J. Archuleta
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24052 | Submission Open
Keywords: determinants of acculturation; predictors of cultural change; social and psychological processes associated with acculturative strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
The Prevention of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8410 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital harm; domestic violence and abuse; image-based sexual abuse; intimate partner violence; non-consensual image sharing; prevention; technology; technology-facilitated coercive control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
Unpacking Clients’ Beliefs About Emotion Regulation in Therapy
edited by Jennifer Marie Binzak Fugate, and Jason Malousek
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open
Keywords: emotion regulation; beliefs; self-monitoring; therapeutic interventions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Understanding Dehumanization and Social Perception Across Development
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: dehumanization; infrahumanization; social perception; child development; intergroup bias; human perception; social cognition; social categorization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
The Impact of Bullying and School Violence on Youth Mental Health
edited by Christopher C. Henrich and
submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5094 | Submission Open
Keywords: bullying; school violence; peer victimization; mental health; children; adolescents; cyberbullying
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
Transforming Student Learning Engagement Through Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21557 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher cognition and practices in using GenAI for student learning engagement; GenAI-based educational interventions to promote deeper student learning engagement; reflections on GenAI integration to promote deeper student learning engagement; transforming student learning engagement through GenAI-integrated curricula; (Gen)AI in collecting and analysing student learning engagement data; GenAI in learning engagement beyond the classroom; GenAI in student learning engagement in classroom; conceptualising student learning engagement in the GenAI age; theorising the role of GenAI in student learning engagement; students’ perceptions of GenAI in their learning engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Human Behavior and Neural Activity submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 14162 | Submission Open
Keywords: sleep function; neuronal firing; neuronal plasticity; learning; cognitive impairment; sleep loss
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Innovations and Integrations in Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Science Research submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4106 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantitative research methods in social sciences; statistical and computational techniques; methodological innovation and integration; measurement development; software tools and statistical packages; quantitative research in psychology and education
Culturomics: New Interdisciplinary Advances for Research on Culture and Human Sustainable Development
edited by Siyang Luo, Yiyi Zhu, and Liqin Huang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3060 | Submission Open
Keywords: culturomics; social change; cultural change; social adaptation; interdisciplinary science; social attitude; social decision making
The Use of AI in the Behavioral Sciences
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2958 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; natural language processing; large language models; behavioral sciences; quantitative semantics; machine learning; psychological assessment; mental health; qualitative and quantitative methods; computational psychology; open-ended responses; semantic analysis; digital phenotyping; text mining
Academic Engagement, Motivation, and Parental Support in Student Achievement
edited by Natalia Suárez Fernández
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2250 | Submission Open
Keywords: academic engagement; motivation; parental support; academic achievement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
The Role of Art Therapy in the Promotion of Mental, Physical Health, and Well-Being
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open
Keywords: art therapy; visual art; music; and other forms of art; human flourishing and well-being; emotional resonance and self-awareness; aesthetic pleasure; effectiveness of art-based interventions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
Executive Function in Children With ADHD
edited by and Anna Maria Re
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1024 | Submission Open
Keywords: ADHD; ADD; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; executive function; neuropsychology; assessment; treatment; neuroscience; behavioral training; comorbidity; neurodevelopmental disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Executive Functions and Prospective Memory Enhancement: Interventions, Neurocognitive Mechanisms and Individual Differences
edited by and Ya Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open
Keywords: prospective memory; executive functions; working memory; inhibition; switching; cognitive flexibility; training; intervention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)
Psychological Mechanisms of Health Behavior in Contemporary Contexts
edited by Yueqin Hu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 973 | Submission Open
Keywords: health behavior; motivation; emotion; health beliefs; behavior change; digital monitoring; ecological momentary assessment; intervention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
School Climate Experiences and Their Impact on Students’ Mental Health and Wellbeing
edited by Tamika La Salle-Finley
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 599 | Submission Open
Keywords: school climate; mental well-being; student outcomes; interventions; multi-tiered systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
Lived Worlds of Autistic Women and Girls: A Neurodiversity Affirming Lifespan Perspective
edited by and Ceri Ellis
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open
Keywords: autistic; social interaction; gender identity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Precision Psychiatry: A Step Toward Personalized Mental Health Care
edited by Antonio Ventriglio and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision psychiatry; personalized mental health care; biomarkers in psychiatry; computational psychiatry; digital phenotyping; stratified psychiatry; translational neuroscience; data-driven mental health; treatment response prediction; patient-centered psychiatry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
Humor as a Window into Personality and Emotional Functioning
edited by Wilson McDermut
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Keywords: humor (humour); personality; emotion
First-Person Accounts of Psychotherapy and Mental Health Recovery
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open
Keywords: first-person accounts; mental health professionals; psychotherapy practice; countertransference; professional identity; recovery narratives; reflective practice; therapeutic process; lived experience; clinician well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
The Mechanisms and Interventions of Eating Behaviors
edited by
submission deadline 13 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 748 | Submission Open
Keywords: eating behaviors/ disorders; restrained eating; overweight and obesity; cognitive function or reward; mindfulness; music; and eating behaviors; cognitive training; tDCS; and healthy eating; EEG; fMRI; and other neuroimaging techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)
Impacts of Employee–AI Collaboration on Work Behavior—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9487 | Submission Open
Keywords: employee– AI collaboration; work behavior; artificial intelligence; digital transformation; human– machine interaction; job redesign; employee adaptation; trust in AI; organizational change; employee motivation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behaviors)
Violence and Trauma Prevention Among Adolescents Living in Urban Settings
edited by and Colleen S. Walsh
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban youth; youth violence; community violence; traumatic stress; trauma exposure; adverse childhood experiences; resilience; youth empowerment; prevention science; intervention; implementation science; health equity; social ecology
Human Factors and Technology Research Using Self-Determination Theory
edited by Christina Frederick
submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-determination theory; human factors; motivation; human computer interaction; human centered design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)
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