OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Family Process is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of couple and family interventions	98
“One man, one life, one marriage”: A qualitative analysis of Hmong women's divorce experiences	45
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Military couples’ childhood experiences and romantic relationship satisfaction: The role of accepting influence	36
Attending to the larger system in systemic therapy and family research	32
An exploration of potential pressures to engage in parenting accommodation of PTSD symptoms for military couples	26
“I think it’s communication and trust and sharing everything”: Qualitative evidence for a model of healthy intimate relationships in Black women living with HIV and men in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa	25
Generating mutual support in multifamily therapy to promote father involvement and family communication quality of Chinese families of adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A qual	24
Training of interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures: A systematic review of culturally adapted evidence‐based parenting programs in Africa	22
Actor–partner interdependence of socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and parental control in Chinese families	22
Issue Information	21
“I miss not being able to offer my couples a box of tissues…”: Couples' and therapists' perspectives on the therapeutic alliance with the transition to online couple therapy	20
Attachment‐based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents	20
Prevalence and predictors of help‐seeking steps in a nationally representative Dutch sample of romantic couples	20
Stress Perception and Marital Instability Across the Family Life Cycle: An Actor‐Partner Perspective	17
Dealing with couple infidelity in romantic relationships: A group intervention feasibility study	16
The role of veterans' PTSD symptoms in veteran couples' insomnia	15
Issue Information	15
One way or another…or both: Different roles of fathers, mothers, and adolescents in the intergenerational transmission of inclusive attitudes	15
Impact evaluation of the family expectations program and moderation by sociodemographic disadvantage	14
Differential impact of stay‐at‐home orders on mental health in adults who are homeschooling or “childless at home” in time of COVID‐19	13
Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Chinese children of depressed parents in Hong Kong, China	13
Resolving relationship dissolution—What predicts emotional adjustment after breakup?	13
The bidirectional connection between family functioning and psychopathology: A network analysis in a large sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents	13
Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese Invalidating Family Scale	13

Desire discrepancy in long‐term relationships: A qualitative study with diverse couples	13
Do couples who play together stay together? A longitudinal dyadic examination of shared leisure, financial distress, and relationship outcomes	12
I love you no matter what: Negative relationship quality and daily encounters in the parent–child tie and their implications for daily mood across the lifespan	12
Longitudinal associations between relational and sexual well‐being in couples transitioning to parenthood	12
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships	12
Bidirectional longitudinal relationships between parents' marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and self‐compassion in China	12
An intergenerational study of parental bonding on perceptions of parental and spousal criticism and marital relationship quality in Singapore	12
Concurrent randomized control trials of the 1‐year efficacy of two couple relationship education programs: ELEVATE and Couples Connecting Mindfully	12
Love in the time of COVID‐19: A systematic mapping review of empirical research on romantic relationships one year into the COVID‐19 pandemic	11
Coparenting support in the context of difficult children: Mother and father differences	11
Transgenerational association of mentalization with child mental health: A scoping review	11
Parental worry about children: Scale development and validation among Chinese parents of preschool children	10
Preparing for parenthood: Validating a mixed method approach to assessing the coparenting capacity of young expectant fathers and mothers	10
Passings	10
Power dynamics in couple relationships: A review and applications for systemic family therapists	10
A call for health justice: Striving toward health equity at a community health center	10
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Divorced and separated parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic	9
Latina mothers' cultural orientation and child self‐esteem: The mediating role of cultural socialization	9
Employment and child support outcomes among noncustodial fathers: An evaluation of the Fathers Advancing Community Together program	9
Living with spousal loss: Continuing bonds and boundaries in remarried widows’ marital relationships	9
Examining the stability of emotional regulation and psychological distress for low‐income individuals: A latent transition analysis	8
Latina mothers’ mental health: An examination of its relation to parenting and material resources	8
Measuring child‐rearing goals for parents with young children: A scoping review	8
Comparing individually based and family‐based treatments for internalizing, externalizing, and family symptoms in Latino youth	8
The impact of cultural stress on family functioning among Puerto Rican displaced families and the effect on mental health	8
Subjective emotion trajectories in couple therapy and associations with improvement in relationship satisfaction	8
The use of emotionally focused therapy with polyamorous relationships	8
Effects of a brief parenting intervention on Latinx mothers and their children	8
Family and individual risk factors for triangulation: Evaluating evidence for emotion coaching buffering effects	8
Partners Now Parents: Supporting Couples During the Journey to Parenthood	8
Reciprocal associations between affectual, associational, and normative solidarity with parents during children’s early to established adulthood	7
Dyadic associations between COVID‐19‐related stress and mental well‐being among parents and children in Hong Kong: An actor–partner interdependence model approach	7
Validation of the Chinese version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire	7
Benefits and burdens of daily sacrifices and commitment in same‐ and different‐gender couples: Explorations of proximity and direction of effects	7
Seeking connection can trigger shame loops in couples: An attachment‐based understanding	7
Using questionnaires as conversational tools to bolster the therapeutic alliance in family therapy practice	7
The Multiracial‐Black Socialization Model: Conceptualizing racial socialization in Multiracial‐Black families	7
The McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) dimensions involved in the prediction of adolescent depressive symptoms and their mediating role in regard to socioeconomic status	7
The family alliance as a facilitator of therapeutic change in systemic relational psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: A case study	7
The elusive nature of neutrality: The role of values in couple therapy	7
Redefining Parental Dynamics: Exploring Mental Health, Happiness, and Positive Parenting Practices	7
A longitudinal comparative study of a multicouple group and single‐couple psychosocial intervention while experiencing infertility	7
Dyadic effects of enacted stigma, internalized homophobia, and communal coping on depressive symptoms among cisgender sexual minority male couples	7
Within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families: The importance of race and ethnicity	7
Gendering of care and care inequalities in couple therapy	7
How effective are ACF‐funded couple relationship education programs? A meta‐analytic study	7
Moderating Effect of Family Function Between Dysfunctional Thoughts and Emotional Distress in Dementia Caregivers: Kinship Differences	7
For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and relational aggression among different‐gender newlyweds in the U.S.	7
Social Support for Grief, Attachment, and Mental Health Among Bereaved Spouses During COVID‐19 Pandemic	6

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Issue Information	6
Couple and family therapy (and families) in the digital age	6
Some subtleties of whiteness in the workplace: Steps for shifting the paradigm	6
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research	6
Family functioning within the context of families with adolescent children in urban India	5
Power and dialogue: A review of discursive research	5
Caregiving stress and maternal mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Parental socialization of mental health in Chinese American families: What parents say and do, and how youth make meaning	5
Family Connections: The Impact of an Education Program for Carers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder in Italian Mental Health Services	5
Sexual beliefs in couple relationships: Exploring the pathways of mindfulness, communication, and sexual functioning on sexual passion and satisfaction	5
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I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers	5
Early‐life family and school impacts on adolescent conduct problems: A path analysis	5
A structural equation model of parenting and child's resilience after the earthquake in Türkiye	5
Sources of attitudes towards parent–child co‐sleeping and their effects: A systematic scoping review	5
Conflict and Father Involvement: The Unique Role of Postpartum Destructiveness for Fathers' Direct Care in Toddlerhood	5
The impact of responsible fatherhood programs on parenting, psychological well‐being, and financial outcomes: A randomized controlled trial	5
Self‐compassion mediates the link between attachment security and intimate relationship quality for couples navigating pregnancy	5
How adult children of incarcerated parents experience ambiguous loss	5
Discrepancies in perceptions of PTSD symptoms among veteran couples: Links to poorer relationship and individual functioning	5
Silencing or silent transmission? An exploratory study on trauma communication in Kurdish refugee families	5
Searching for who benefits most and least: An analysis of moderators of the TRUE Dads fatherhood intervention	5
Parental involvement in Mexican‐origin adolescents' romantic relationships: An examination of parents' cultural orientations and parent‐youth relationships	4
Marital satisfaction, parenting styles, and child outcomes in families of autistic children	4
Healthy couple, better sleep: Exploring connections and changes in couple relationship education participants	4
A closer look at the demographics of same‐sex marriage in the United States: Implications for research, practice, and policy	4
Reducing the incidence of domestic violence: An observational study of an equine‐assisted intervention	4
Relationship risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities: A multilevel analysis	4
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Parents in couple therapy: An intervention targeting marital and coparenting relationships	4
The therapeutic alliance in couple therapy: Patterns by treatment and sex in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy and treatment as usual	4
The essence of contextual therapy, its place in the field of family therapy, and its role in the future	4
Between Vulnerability and Resilience: Parents of Transgender Young Adults	4
Preventing child mental health problems in southeastern Europe: Feasibility study (phase 1 of MOST framework)	4
Session‐to‐session bidirectional associations of alliance with depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction	4
Application of Family Stress Theory: Predicting Wellbeing by Demands, Resources and Perceptions Among Caregivers of Older Adults	4
When not teaming up puts parents at risk: Coparenting and parental burnout in dual‐parent heterosexual families in Switzerland	4
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools ADAPT4U study	4
Emancipatory approaches in couples' intervention research	4
“I was simply trying to make it through the day”: A collaborative autoethnography of couple/marriage and family therapy program directors in a diversity and anti‐racism peer consultation group	4
The Co‐Parenting Across Family Structures Scale: Replication for Mandarin parents	4
Losing a parent during childhood: The impact on adult romantic relationships	4
Better together: Relationship quality and mental health among cardiac patients and spouses	4
Introduction to special section: Federally funded, community‐based healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood program impact studies	4
Emotion regulation of the family therapist	4
“Family Connections”, a program for relatives of people with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial	4
Family Environment: Protective but Reactive Associations With Cumulative Stress and Arrest Following Multisystemic Therapy	4
Culturally humble and anti‐racist couple and family interventions for African Americans	4
A conversation analysis of therapist repeats in open dialogue network meetings	4
We are not all the same: The importance of perceived difference in racial ideology and Afrocentricity for African American relationships	4
Preliminary Effectiveness of Family Therapy for Perinatal Depressive Symptoms: Results From a Pilot Randomized Trial	4
Individual’s pretreatment psychological symptoms and progress in couples therapy: A person‐centered analysis	4