This journal publishes a variety of substantive, methodological, and theoretical articles in all areas of the social and behavioral sciences. Substantive articles report on applications of multivariate research methods. Methodological articles present new developments in multivariate methods or address methodological issues in current research. Theoretical articles provide research syntheses by integrating the findings of different studies within a specific area. Alternatively, theoretical articles may present multivariate solutions to current research problems in the social and behavioral sciences.