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YOUNG is a peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access journal. The aim of YOUNG is to bring young people’s experiences to the centre of analysis with a view to strengthening and promoting multidisciplinary, contemporary and historical youth research with an international perspective. The journal is a forum for critical discussion and encourages submission of papers from all countries and contexts. View full journal description

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Physical Violent Victimization Among Transgender and Gender-diverse Adolescents: Evolving Temporal Patterns

  • Venla Hakala
  • Taina Laajasalo
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Bodies Out of Place: Girls’ and Young Women’s Orientations in Racially Diverse Neighbourhoods and Urban Spaces in Sweden

  • Maria Moberg Stephenson
  • Maria A. Vogel
  • Linda Arnell
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From Anger to Adaptation: The Process of Eco-anxiety in Young Australians

  • Anjalee Panditha
  • Neil Harris
  • Nicola Wiseman
  • Ernesta Sofija
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Political Polarization, Political Hate Speech and Social Media: The Experience of Spanish Teenagers

  • María Antonia Paz-Rebollo
  • Beatriz Feijoo
  • Ander Rivera-Guerrero
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The Incel Subculture: Drifting In and Out

  • Jan Christoffer Andersen
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Young Masculinities and Political Subjectivity in and Beyond the Manosphere

  • Lucas Gottzén
  • Susanna Areschoug
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Exploring the Landscape of Children’s Rights in Sports: A Scoping Review of Research Topics and Approaches in Social Sciences

  • Georgios Pavlogiannis
  • Inger Eliasson
  • Tor Söderström
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Consent? At the Start, You Do Not Even Think About It. Coercive Discourse in the Awakening of Affective–Sexual Relationships in Young Women

  • Elena Duque
  • Marifa Salceda
  • Roger Campdepadrós-Cullell
  • Guiomar Merodio
  • Lídia Puigvert-Mallart
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Participation Rights in Youth Sport: Voices of Young Swedish Equestrians

  • Therese Waerner
  • Britta Thedin Jakobsson
  • Karin Morgan
  • Karin Redelius
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Ambiguous Encounters: Young Women’s Expectations and Experiences with Intoxicated Sexual Relations in Danish Nightlife

  • Margit Anne Petersen
  • Alexandra Bogren
  • Geoffrey Hunt
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Special Issue: Young masculinities and political subjectivity in and beyond the manosphere

Guest editors: Lucas Gottzén & Susanna Areschoug
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Call for Papers | YOU

YOUNG is inviting papers for upcoming special issue.
Submission Deadline - 29th August 2025
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