人类发展研究(RHD)促进整个生命周期的人类发展研究的概念、经验和方法的综合和跨学科方法。该杂志强调关于贯穿生命历程的人与环境关系的理论和研究，以及使用各种定量和定性方法(例如，多层次、多变量、纵向方法)。作为一种跨学科的杂志，RHD融合了生物学、心理学、社会学、人类学、经济学和历史学的观点。该期刊促进在国家和国际环境中人类发展的社会和文化背景的研究。此外，它还为促进所有人积极健康发展的社会政策和规划提供信息。RHD由特刊组成，所有稿件都要经过双盲同行评审。
Research in Human Development ( RHD) promotes conceptual, empirical, and methodological integrative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human development across the entire life span. The journal emphasizes theory and research concerning person-context relationships across the life course, and the employment of a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g., multilevel, multivariate, longitudinal methods). As an interdisciplinary journal, RHD incorporates biological, psychological, sociological, anthropological, economic, and historical perspectives. The journal advances scholarship on the social and cultural contexts of human development in national and international settings. Moreover, it informs social policies and programs that promote positive and healthy development for all people. RHD is comprised of special issues, and all manuscripts are subject to a double-blind peer-reviewed process.
