JCF成立于1970年，旨在通过比较和跨文化家庭研究发表高质量的文章。《华尔街日报》促进了对所有多元文化社会所必需的族群内和族群间家庭互动的更好理解。它从世界各地的社会科学研究人员那里提取文章，并为社会学家、人类学家、家庭顾问和社会心理学家提供有价值的材料。
JCFS was established in 1970 to publish high quality articles based on research in comparative and cross cultural family studies. The journal promotes a better understanding of both intra- and inter-ethnic family interaction that is essential for all multicultural societies. It draws articles from social science researchers around the world and contains valuable material for Sociologists, Anthropologists, Family Counselors and Social Psychologists.