OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Family Process is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Prevalence and predictors of help‐seeking steps in a nationally representative Dutch sample of romantic couples	41
Stress Perception and Marital Instability Across the Family Life Cycle: An Actor‐Partner Perspective	31
Issue Information	30
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	27
“One man, one life, one marriage”: A qualitative analysis of Hmong women's divorce experiences	23
The impact of couple and family interventions	23
An exploration of potential pressures to engage in parenting accommodation of PTSD symptoms for military couples	23
Actor–partner interdependence of socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and parental control in Chinese families	19
“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	19
One way or another…or both: Different roles of fathers, mothers, and adolescents in the intergenerational transmission of inclusive attitudes	18
Differentiation of Self, Attachment Experiences, and Dyadic Adjustment: An APIM Approach With Spanish‐Speaking Couples	18
Attachment‐based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents	18
Training of interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures: A systematic review of culturally adapted evidence‐based parenting programs in Africa	18
The role of veterans' PTSD symptoms in veteran couples' insomnia	17
An intergenerational study of parental bonding on perceptions of parental and spousal criticism and marital relationship quality in Singapore	16
Issue Information	15
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships	15
Impact evaluation of the family expectations program and moderation by sociodemographic disadvantage	14
Family Resilience and Perceived Stress: A Three‐Level Meta‐Analysis	14
The bidirectional connection between family functioning and psychopathology: A network analysis in a large sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents	14
Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese Invalidating Family Scale	13
Concurrent randomized control trials of the 1‐year efficacy of two couple relationship education programs: ELEVATE and Couples Connecting Mindfully	13
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
Bidirectional longitudinal relationships between parents' marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and self‐compassion in China	12

Desire discrepancy in long‐term relationships: A qualitative study with diverse couples	12
Transgenerational association of mentalization with child mental health: A scoping review	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	12
Longitudinal associations between relational and sexual well‐being in couples transitioning to parenthood	12
Resolving relationship dissolution—What predicts emotional adjustment after breakup?	12
Dealing with couple infidelity in romantic relationships: A group intervention feasibility study	12
Coparenting support in the context of difficult children: Mother and father differences	11
A call for health justice: Striving toward health equity at a community health center	11
Do couples who play together stay together? A longitudinal dyadic examination of shared leisure, financial distress, and relationship outcomes	11
Passings	11
Latina mothers' cultural orientation and child self‐esteem: The mediating role of cultural socialization	11
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Preparing for parenthood: Validating a mixed method approach to assessing the coparenting capacity of young expectant fathers and mothers	11
Employment and child support outcomes among noncustodial fathers: An evaluation of the Fathers Advancing Community Together program	10
Subjective emotion trajectories in couple therapy and associations with improvement in relationship satisfaction	10
Examining the stability of emotional regulation and psychological distress for low‐income individuals: A latent transition analysis	10
Power dynamics in couple relationships: A review and applications for systemic family therapists	10
Partners Now Parents: Supporting Couples During the Journey to Parenthood	10
Using questionnaires as conversational tools to bolster the therapeutic alliance in family therapy practice	9
Issue Information	9
Comparing individually based and family‐based treatments for internalizing, externalizing, and family symptoms in Latino youth	9
Introduction to the Special Section on Contextual Therapy	9
The use of emotionally focused therapy with polyamorous relationships	9
The Multiracial‐Black Socialization Model: Conceptualizing racial socialization in Multiracial‐Black families	9
Multisystemic Therapy for Youths With Problem Sexual Behaviors: Development and Dissemination of a Family‐Based Treatment	9
The impact of cultural stress on family functioning among Puerto Rican displaced families and the effect on mental health	9
Past to Present: The Role of ACEs in Emotion Regulation and Emotion Regulation's Subsequent Association With Relationship Satisfaction in Couple Therapy	8
For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and relational aggression among different‐gender newlyweds in the U.S.	8
A longitudinal comparative study of a multicouple group and single‐couple psychosocial intervention while experiencing infertility	8
Dyadic effects of enacted stigma, internalized homophobia, and communal coping on depressive symptoms among cisgender sexual minority male couples	8
The McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) dimensions involved in the prediction of adolescent depressive symptoms and their mediating role in regard to socioeconomic status	8
Younger Maternal Age at Childbirth and Children's Exposure to ACEs : Parental Emotional Support as a Moderator	8
Benefits and burdens of daily sacrifices and commitment in same‐ and different‐gender couples: Explorations of proximity and direction of effects	8
The family alliance as a facilitator of therapeutic change in systemic relational psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: A case study	8
Within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families: The importance of race and ethnicity	8
Social Support for Grief, Attachment, and Mental Health Among Bereaved Spouses During COVID‐19 Pandemic	8
How effective are ACF‐funded couple relationship education programs? A meta‐analytic study	7
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Seeking connection can trigger shame loops in couples: An attachment‐based understanding	7
Reciprocal Relationships Among Household Chaos, Parenting Stress, and Children's Behavioral Self‐Regulation From Early to Middle Childhood	7
Early‐life family and school impacts on adolescent conduct problems: A path analysis	7
Sexual beliefs in couple relationships: Exploring the pathways of mindfulness, communication, and sexual functioning on sexual passion and satisfaction	7
Discrepancies in perceptions of PTSD symptoms among veteran couples: Links to poorer relationship and individual functioning	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
Moderating Effect of Family Function Between Dysfunctional Thoughts and Emotional Distress in Dementia Caregivers: Kinship Differences	7
Gendering of care and care inequalities in couple therapy	7
Issue Information	7
The impact of responsible fatherhood programs on parenting, psychological well‐being, and financial outcomes: A randomized controlled trial	7
Sources of attitudes towards parent–child co‐sleeping and their effects: A systematic scoping review	7
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Validation of the Chinese version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire	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
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Some subtleties of whiteness in the workplace: Steps for shifting the paradigm	7
Family Connections: The Impact of an Education Program for Carers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder in Italian Mental Health Services	7
I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers	7
Emancipatory approaches in couples' intervention research	6
Family functioning within the context of families with adolescent children in urban India	6
Caregiving stress and maternal mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
How adult children of incarcerated parents experience ambiguous loss	6
Validation Study of the Portuguese Version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire	6
Dyadic Reports of Interparental Relationship Quality and Intentions to Continue Fostering Among Coupled Foster Caregivers	6
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Family Environment: Protective but Reactive Associations With Cumulative Stress and Arrest Following Multisystemic Therapy	6
Culturally humble and anti‐racist couple and family interventions for African Americans	6
Conflict and Father Involvement: The Unique Role of Postpartum Destructiveness for Fathers' Direct Care in Toddlerhood	6
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research	6
Power and dialogue: A review of discursive research	6
Parental socialization of mental health in Chinese American families: What parents say and do, and how youth make meaning	6
A closer look at the demographics of same‐sex marriage in the United States: Implications for research, practice, and policy	6
Silencing or silent transmission? An exploratory study on trauma communication in Kurdish refugee families	6
Application of Family Stress Theory: Predicting Wellbeing by Demands, Resources and Perceptions Among Caregivers of Older Adults	6
A structural equation model of parenting and child's resilience after the earthquake in Türkiye	6
A Critical Review of Reciprocal Cognitive Decline and Marital Quality Among East Asian Couples With Dementia: Implications for Research and Practice	6
Searching for who benefits most and least: An analysis of moderators of the TRUE Dads fatherhood intervention	6
A Single‐Session Virtual Validation Intervention for Family Members of Youth Experiencing Emotion Dysregulation	5
“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	5
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools ADAPT4U study	5
When not teaming up puts parents at risk: Coparenting and parental burnout in dual‐parent heterosexual families in Switzerland	5
Parents in couple therapy: An intervention targeting marital and coparenting relationships	5
A conversation analysis of therapist repeats in open dialogue network meetings	5
The Co‐Parenting Across Family Structures Scale: Replication for Mandarin parents	5
Two pathways to Mexico: Forced deportation or voluntary return of parents and US citizen children	5
Introduction to special section: Federally funded, community‐based healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood program impact studies	5
The therapeutic alliance in couple therapy: Patterns by treatment and sex in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy and treatment as usual	5
The essence of contextual therapy, its place in the field of family therapy, and its role in the future	5
Attachment Behaviors in Couples: Therapeutic Considerations for Systemic Therapists From the Revised Adult Attachment Behavior Q‐Set (AABQ‐R)	5
“Family Connections”, a program for relatives of people with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial	5
Losing a parent during childhood: The impact on adult romantic relationships	5
Hopelessness for family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder	5
Emotion regulation of the family therapist	5
Session‐to‐session bidirectional associations of alliance with depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction	5
Evaluation of the Health‐Related Quality of Life and Mental Health of Parents With Children and Adolescents With a Rare Disease Based on the Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate a F	5
Healthy couple, better sleep: Exploring connections and changes in couple relationship education participants	5
Parental involvement in Mexican‐origin adolescents' romantic relationships: An examination of parents' cultural orientations and parent‐youth relationships	5
Relationship risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities: A multilevel analysis	5
Reducing the incidence of domestic violence: An observational study of an equine‐assisted intervention	5
Issue Information	5