JCF成立于1970年，旨在通過比較和跨文化家庭研究發表高質量的文章。《華爾街日報》促進了對所有多元文化社會所必需的族群內和族群間家庭互動的更好理解。它從世界各地的社會科學研究人員那里提取文章，并為社會學家、人類學家、家庭顧問和社會心理學家提供有價值的材料。

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.