Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry is 3. 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.)
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Editorial Perspective: Reducing mental health disparities among underserved youth: using technology to equip parents as agents of change334
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Obsessive‐compulsive disorder in children and youth: neurocognitive function in clinic and community samples218
Risk factors for nonfatal self‐harm and suicide among adolescents: two nested case–control studies conducted in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink190
Commentary: Cognitive stimulation and executive functions in the prevention and treatment of childhood disorders – reflection on Phillips et al., 2023182
Reward‐ and threat‐related neural function associated with risk and presence of depression in adolescents: a study using a composite risk score in Brazil147
Commentary: Promoting positive mental health during pregnancy—reflections on Lähdepuro et al. (2023)139
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Prospective association between evening circadian preference and academic functioning in adolescents: the role of daytime sleepiness63
A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of Well Parent Japan in routine care in Japan: The training and nurturing support for mothers (TRANSFORM) study62
Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder62
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Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety59
Co‐development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood58
Parent–child coregulation as a dynamic system: a commentary on Wass et al. (2024)57
Impulsivity as key bridge symptoms in cross‐sectional and longitudinal networks of ADHD and ODD52
Developmental deviation in delay discounting as a transdiagnostic indicator of risk for child psychopathology47
Unique prediction of developmental psychopathology from genetic and familial risk47
Adolescent sleep quality and quantity and educational attainment: a test of multiple mechanisms using sibling difference models44
A prospective study of the relative contribution of adolescent peer support quantity and quality to depressive symptoms43
Social connectedness and adolescent suicide risk43
Bidirectional associations between screen time and children’s externalizing and internalizing behaviors42
Commentary: Global perspectives on resilience and callous‐unemotional traits – a reflection on Obando et al. (2022)41
Commentary on ‘Grandparental care and child mental health: a systematic review and meta‐analysis41
Annual Research Review: Neuroimmune network model of depression: a developmental perspective41
Editorial: ‘The giant’s shoulders’: understanding Michael Rutter’s impact on science and society38
Editorial: Innovation in child and adolescent mental health interventions37
Commentary: Response to commentary by Davis and Kramer (2021)37
Adding to the neuroimmune network model: A commentary on Nusslock et al. (2024)37
Time–frequency and functional connectivity analysis in drug‐naive adolescents with depression based on electroencephalography using a visual cognitive task: A comparative study36
Concurrent and longitudinal associations of developmental language disorder with peer victimization in adolescence: evidence from a co‐twin study36
Psychiatric comorbidity of eating disorders in children between the ages of 9 and 1035
Latent class analysis to characterize neonatal risk for neurodevelopmental differences35
Research Review: A meta‐analysis of relapse rates in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders in youth34
Gut mycobiome dysbiosis and its impact on intestinal permeability in attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder34
The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low‐income urban sample in Brazil33
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Characterizing the ASD–ADHD phenotype: measurement structure and invariance in a clinical sample33
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Commentary: Optimism for the future of research on disruptive behaviors – an appreciation of good science as illustrated by Nobakht, Steinsbekk & Wichstrom (2023)31
Treatments with versus without medication for children with behavioural difficulties in clinical practice: an economic evaluation with observational data31
Shorter night‐time sleep duration and later sleep timing from infancy to adolescence31
Effects of individual differences, society, and culture on youth‐rated problems and strengths in 38 societies30
Research Review: The most effective parenting program content for disruptive child behavior – a network meta‐analysis30
Annual Research Review: Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health – a review of studies in the United States30
Practitioner Review: It's time to bridge the gap – understanding the unmet needs of consumers with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and recommendations30
Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population‐based Australian cohort29
Anxiety symptom trajectories from treatment to 5‐ to 12‐year follow‐up across childhood and adolescence29
Navigating early risks: Differential outcomes in middle childhood and the compensatory role of kindergarten experiences29
Categorical and dimensional approaches to the developmental relationship between ADHD and irritability27
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A multivariate genetic analysis of anxiety sensitivity, environmental sensitivity and reported life events in adolescents26
Testing different sources of environmental unpredictability on adolescent functioning: ancestral cue versus statistical learning and the role of temperament26
Commentary: Will genomics revolutionise research on gene–environment interplay?25
Socioeconomic status and risk for child psychopathology: exploring gene–environment interaction in the presence of gene–environment correlation using extended families in the Norwegian Mother, Father 25
Continuity of trajectories of autism symptom severity from infancy to childhood24
Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of sex differences in narrow constructs of restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests in autistic children, adolescents, and a24
Editorial: The critical need to assess pubertal development in studies of child and adolescent psychopathology23
Clinical precursors of tics: an EMTICS study23
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Depression in 3/6‐year‐old children: clinical and psychosocial outcomes in later childhood and adolescence23
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Research Review: Help‐seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta‐analysis22
Advancing the treatment of anxiety disorders in transition‐age youth: a review of the therapeutic effects of unconscious exposure22
Not in education, employment and training: pathways from toddler difficult temperament21
Practitioner Review: Neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment – clinical and therapeutic implications for practitioners21
Editorial: The near ubiquity of comorbidity – what are the implications for children’s mental health research and practice?21
Association between infant feeding and ADHD development in childhood: a birth cohort study in Taiwan21
Translating the nuanced risk for substance use among adolescents treated for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into clinical practice: a commentary on McCabe et al. (2023)21
Patterns of delay in early gross motor and expressive language milestone attainment in probands with genetic conditions versus idiopathic ASD from SFARI registries21
Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability21
Gender diversity is correlated with dimensional neurodivergent traits but not categorical neurodevelopmental diagnoses in children20
Aetiology of shame and its association with adolescent depression and anxiety: results from a prospective twin and sibling study20
Annual Research Review: What processes are dysregulated among emotionally dysregulated youth? – a systematic review19
Characteristics of children with a psychiatric disorder in 1999, 2004 and 2017: an analysis of the national child mental health surveys of England19
Editorial Perspective: A systems approach to addressing young people's mental health19
Editorial: Unsettling ‘settled’ science – the importance of questioning received wisdom about the causes of mental health and neuro‐developmental conditions19
Cognitive control processes in behavior therapy for youth with Tourette’s disorder19
Parenting and adolescent anxiety within families: a biweekly longitudinal study19
Expansion and commentary on a two generation approach to prenatal opioid exposure – a commentary on Conradt et al. (2023)19
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START NOW: a cognitive behavioral skills training for adolescent girls with conduct or oppositional defiant disorder – a randomized clinical trial19
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Atypical cerebellar functional connectivity at 9 months of age predicts delayed socio‐communicative profiles in infants at high and low risk for autism18
Longitudinal relations between impaired executive function and symptoms of psychiatric disorders in childhood18
The early course and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in very young children: diagnostic prevalence and predictors in hospital‐attending children and a randomized controlled proof‐of‐concept18
Multi‐level predictors of depression symptoms in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study18
Individual differences in white matter of the uncinate fasciculus and inferior fronto‐occipital fasciculus: possible early biomarkers for callous‐unemotional behaviors in young children with disruptiv18
Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children's emotional problems at 2 years18
Mental health and social difficulties of late‐diagnosed autistic children, across childhood and adolescence18
Editorial: Thinking outside the box – enhancing causal models of neurodevelopmental disorders18
Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause18
Editorial Perspective: How can we develop effective and timely interventions for young people with chronic loneliness?18
Commentary: Reply to ‘Transgender and mental health’ by Philip Graham18
Editorial Perspective: On the need for clarity about attachment terminology18
Research Review: Siblings matter. A multi‐level meta‐analysis on the association between cannabis use among adolescent siblings17
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Understanding emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression – A commentary on Burkhouse and Kujawa (2023)17
Perceived sleep quality predicts aggressive offending in adolescence and young adulthood17
Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non‐autistic adolescents17
Follow‐up of the Cool Little Kids translational trial into middle childhood17
Commentary: The global prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among college students and its influencing factors – a commentary on Li et al. (2022)17
Neural correlates of children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder symptoms: large‐scale neuroanatomical analysis of a paediatric population17
Current evidence and opportunities in child and adolescent public mental health: a research review17
Annual Research Review: A systematic review of mental health services for emerging adults – moulding a precipice into a smooth passage17
The impact of COVID‐19 on psychiatric clinical encounters among low‐income racially‐diverse children17
Sudden gains in modular CBT for mental health disorders in children and young people with epilepsy17
Research Review: Sex differences in the clinical correlates of nonsuicidal self‐injury in adolescents – a systematic review17
Destigmatizing perceptions about Black adolescent depression: randomized controlled trial of brief social contact–based video interventions17
Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid‐19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre‐ and within‐pandemic data16
Oral language enrichment in preschool improves children's language skills: a cluster randomised controlled trial16
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme is associated with lasting improvements in children's language and reading skills16
Using machine‐learning methods to identify early‐life predictors of 11‐year language outcome16
A randomized controlled trial of technology‐enhanced behavioral parent training: sustained parent skill use and child outcomes at follow‐up16
Adolescent functional network connectivity prospectively predicts adult anxiety symptoms related to perceived COVID‐19 economic adversity16
Social media component effects: a commentary on Maheux et al. (2024)16
Time after time: failure to identify and support females with ADHD – a Swedish population register study16
Correction to “Peer contagion dynamics in the friendships of children with ADHD15
Replication of a predictive model for youth ADHD in an independent sample from a developing country15
Parent‐child interaction at age 5 months: genetic and environmental contributions and associations with later socio‐communicative development15
Different sensory dimensions in infancy are associated with separable etiological influences and with autistic traits in toddlerhood15
Do meaningful dimensions of childhood adversity exist? Data‐driven evidence from two prospective cohort studies15
Instrumental learning and behavioral persistence in children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity‐disorder: does reinforcement frequency matter?15
The association between temperament and polygenic score for psychopathology from infancy to middle childhood15
Efficacy of guided and unguided web‐assisted self‐help for parents of children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: A three‐arm randomized controlled trial15
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The intergenerational impact of mothers and fathers on children's word reading development15
Self‐ and co‐regulation of physiological activity during mother‐daughter interactions: The role of adolescent non‐suicidal self‐injury15
Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication14
Parent‐ and teacher‐reported associations from adolescent bifactor models of psychopathology: an outcome‐wide association study of 26 outcomes in mid‐life14
Editorial Perspective: COVID‐19‐related publications on young people’s mental health – what have been the key trends so far and what should come next?14
Twenty‐year longitudinal birth cohort study of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder before seven years of age14
Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism14
Internet‐delivered therapist‐assisted cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder (OSCA): a randomised controlled trial addressing preliminary efficacy and mechanisms of action14
Patterns of maladaptive exercise behavior from ages 14–24 in a longitudinal cohort14
Integrative analysis of genomic and exposomic influences on youth mental health14
Intergenerational effects of the Fast Track intervention on the home environment: A randomized control trial13
Daily fluctuations in adolescents' sleep predict next‐day attention, sleepiness, and fatigue: an ecological momentary assessment study over 28 days13
Polygenic risk score and peer victimisation independently predict depressive symptoms in adolescence: results from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Children Development13
Editorial: Using parenting interventions as treatments and brain development – are we at the end of the beginning yet?13
Letter to the Editor: Transgender and mental health13
Alpha oscillatory activity during attentional control in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and ASD+ADHD13
More time awake after sleep onset is linked to reduced ventral striatum response to rewards in youth with anxiety13
Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self‐harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits13
Irritability and rejection‐elicited aggression in adolescents and young adults13
Not screens but their context of use impact cognitive development: a commentary on Yang et al. (2023)13
Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces13
Genetic and environmental influences on temperament development across the preschool period13
Practitioner Review: Dyadic teacher–child relationships: comparing theories, empirical evidence and implications for practice13
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Early relational origins of Theory of Mind: A two‐study replication12
Personalized at‐home neurofeedback compared to long‐acting methylphenidate in children with ADHD: NEWROFEED, a European randomized noninferiority trial12
The social skills of autistic boys in preschool: the contributions of their dyadic and triadic interactions with their parents12
Taking theory of mind research into much needed new terrain – a commentary on Kochanska et al. (2025)12
Taking stock of the present and looking to the future of ADHD research: a commentary on Sonuga‐Barke et al. (2023)12
A methylation study implicates the rewiring of brain neural circuits during puberty in the emergence of sex differences in depression symptoms12
A good investment: longer‐term cost savings of sensitive parenting in childhood12
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Is heart rate variability biofeedback useful in children and adolescents? A systematic review12
Altered theta–beta ratio in infancy associates with family history of ADHD and later ADHD‐relevant temperamental traits12
Cognitive, psychosocial, and behaviour gains at age 31 years from the Jamaica early childhood stimulation trial12
A randomised controlled trial (MindChamp) of a mindfulness‐based intervention for children with ADHD and their parents12
The interaction between polygenic risk and environmental influences: A direct test of the 3P model of insomnia in adolescents12
Corrigendum for ‘Annual Research Review: The contributions of the RDoC research framework on understanding the neurodevelopmental origins, progression and treatment of mental illnesses’ by 11
The role of pubertal development in the association between trauma and internalising symptoms in female youth11
Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers11
Practitioner Review: Clinical utility of the QbTest for the assessment and diagnosis of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and meta‐analysis11
Temperament and executive functioning correlates of ADHD symptom severity during early versus middle childhood11
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Editorial Perspective: Challenges of research focusing on child and adolescent mental health during the COVID‐19 era: what studies are needed?11
Editorial Perspective: Another look at ‘optimal outcome’ in autism spectrum disorder11
An online, father‐inclusive parenting intervention for reducing child conduct problems: a randomised controlled trial of family man11
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Connecting the dots: social networks in the classroom and white matter connections in the brain11
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Early intervention for inhibited young children: a randomized controlled trial comparing the Turtle Program and Cool Little Kids11
Interactions between infant characteristics and parenting factors rarely replicate across cohorts and developmental domains11
Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of infant and toddler temperament as predictors of childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder10
Editorial Perspective: Rapid responses to understand and address children and young people’s mental health in the context of COVID‐1910
Erratum for Commentary to “Translational machine learning for child and adolescent psychiatry” by Davatzikos and Satterthwaite (2022)10
Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years10
Editorial perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research10
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A symptom level perspective on reactive and proactive aggressive behaviours and ADHD symptoms in childhood10
Research Reviews: Advances in methods for evaluating child and adolescent mental health interventions10
Peer contagion dynamics in the friendships of children with ADHD10
Research Review: Pharmacological and non‐pharmacological treatments for adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review of the literature10
Prenatal caffeine exposure: association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 9‐ to 11‐year‐old children10
Maternal mental health mediates the effects of pandemic‐related stressors on adolescent psychopathology during COVID‐1910
Prediction of early‐onset bipolar using electronic health records10
Applying autism screening research to real‐world scenarios: a commentary on Sheldrick et al. (2023)10
Pathways from maternal shyness to adolescent social anxiety10
Editorial: Qualitative contributions to translational science – Practical pointers towards methodological pluralism in child psychology and psychiatry10
Response to uncertainty in developmental origins of health and disease research: commentary on Nomura et al. (2022)10
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Research Review: Neuropsychological functioning in young anorexia nervosa: A meta‐analysis10
Reciprocal relations between interparental aggression and symptoms of oppositional defiant and conduct disorders: a seven‐wave cohort study of within‐family effects from preschool to adolescence10
Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study10
Etiological links between autism and difficulties in initiating and maintaining sleep: a familial co‐aggregation and twin study10
The developmental psychopathology of detection and dual control – a commentary on Fox et al. (2023)10
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Editorial: Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for the Special Issue reader9
Commentary: The evidence base regarding the long‐term effects of childhood mental disorder treatments needs to be strengthened – reply to Dekkers et al. (2023)9
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress predict infant individual differences in reactivity and regulation and socioemotional development9
Research Review: Shared and distinct structural and functional brain alterations in adolescents with major depressive disorder' – a multimodal meta‐analysis9
Toward a nuanced assessment of the role of intensive home visiting in improving outcomes for families: commentary on Catherine et al. (2023)9
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Prenatal maternal infections and early childhood developmental outcomes: analysis of linked administrative health data for Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Scotland9
Autism spectrum disorder and obstetric optimality: a twin study and meta‐analysis of sibling studies9
Perceived child impairment and the ‘autism epidemic’9
Commentary: The roles of mothers versus fathers in intergenerational family risk – a commentary on Rothenberg et al. (2023)9
Editorial Perspective: Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder viewed as neuro‐divergence in the digital world9
Developmental trajectories of child and adolescent emotional problems: associations with early adult alcohol use behaviors9
Attentional biases for sad faces in offspring of mothers with a history of major depression: trajectories of change from childhood to adolescence9
Commentary: Mind the blip in the curve when assessing educational attainment in youths – a reflection on Wickersham et al. (2023)8
Editorial perspective: Bayesian statistical methods are useful for researchers in child and adolescent mental health8
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Development of the pupillary light reflex from 9 to 24 months: association with common autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genetic liability and 3‐year ASD diagnosis8
Prevalence and course of anxiety disorders and symptoms from preschool to adolescence: a 6‐wave community study8
Childhood mental health difficulties mediate the long‐term association between early‐life adversity at age 3 and poorer cognitive functioning at ages 11 and 148
Societal costs of subclinical depressive symptoms in Dutch adolescents: a cost‐of‐illness study8
Prevalence of mental disorders in school children and adolescents in China: diagnostic data from detailed clinical assessments of 17,524 individuals8
ADHD medication adherence reduces risk of committing minor offenses in adolescents8
ADHD in girls and women: a call to action – reflections on Hinshaw et al. (2021)8
Intersectional marginalized identities as predictors of time until first reported suicide attempt among preadolescent youth using survival analysis8
Depressive symptoms and loneliness among early adolescents: a psychometric network analysis approach8
Exposure to prenatal infection and the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in children: a longitudinal population‐based study8
Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention8
Research Review: Social cognition and everyday social skills in children and adolescents with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta‐analysis of case–control studies8
Research Review: Do antibullying interventions reduce internalizing symptoms? A systematic review, meta‐analysis, and meta‐regression exploring intervention components, moderators, and mechanisms8
Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive‐behavioral therapy for binge‐eating disorder7
Covid‐19, social restrictions, and mental distress among young people: a UK longitudinal, population‐based study7
Editorial Perspective: Adverse childhood events causally contribute to mental illness – we must act now and intervene early7
Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation among child welfare‐involved 7‐ to 12‐year‐old children7
Moving beyond the mother–child dyad: a commentary on Oppenheim et al. (2023)7
Long‐term follow‐up of a randomized controlled trial comparing systemic family therapy (FT‐S) added to treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU alone in adolescents with anorexia nervosa7
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Prevalence and associated factors of depression and anxiety symptoms among college students: a systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Annual Research Review: Shifting from ‘normal science’ to neurodiversity in autism science7
Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation7
Age effects on autism heritability and etiological stability of autistic traits7
Expert consensus regarding indicators of a traumatic reaction in autistic youth: a Delphi survey7
Parental suicide attempts and offspring mental health problems in childhood and adolescence7
Combining multivariate genomic approaches to elucidate the comorbidity between autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder7
Epigenetic aging in Williams syndrome7
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