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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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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) study150
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Commentary: Promoting positive mental health during pregnancy—reflections on Lähdepuro et al. (2023)73
Adolescent sleep quality and quantity and educational attainment: a test of multiple mechanisms using sibling difference models67
Commentary: Cognitive stimulation and executive functions in the prevention and treatment of childhood disorders – reflection on Phillips et al., 202363
Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder56
Avoidance habit learning in adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa: an fMRI study56
Neural correlates of child temperament: The role of brain network connectivity in psychopathology risk54
Impulsivity as key bridge symptoms in cross‐sectional and longitudinal networks of ADHD and ODD53
Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety51
Predictive and incremental validity of adolescent callous‐unemotional traits: longitudinal prediction of antisocial and social outcomes in early adulthood49
Editorial Perspective: Reducing mental health disparities among underserved youth: using technology to equip parents as agents of change46
Violent and sexual victimisation and incident anxiety, mood and substance use disorders in childhood and adolescence: a co‐sibling study46
Developmental deviation in delay discounting as a transdiagnostic indicator of risk for child psychopathology45
Social connectedness and adolescent suicide risk40
Parent–child coregulation as a dynamic system: a commentary on Wass et al. (2024)40
Unique prediction of developmental psychopathology from genetic and familial risk40
Prospective association between evening circadian preference and academic functioning in adolescents: the role of daytime sleepiness39
Can a low‐intensity evidence‐based parenting seminar series promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and families? A cluster randomised trial38
Annual Research Review: Neuroimmune network model of depression: a developmental perspective38
Perinatal hardship and infant neurodevelopment: insights from a global pandemic37
Co‐development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood35
Annual Research Review: Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health – a review of studies in the United States34
A prospective study of the relative contribution of adolescent peer support quantity and quality to depressive symptoms34
Shorter night‐time sleep duration and later sleep timing from infancy to adolescence34
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Annual Research Review: Early conduct problems – precursors, outcomes, and etiology33
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Treatments with versus without medication for children with behavioural difficulties in clinical practice: an economic evaluation with observational data32
Commentary: Global perspectives on resilience and callous‐unemotional traits – a reflection on Obando et al. (2022)32
Commentary: Optimism for the future of research on disruptive behaviors – an appreciation of good science as illustrated by Nobakht, Steinsbekk & Wichstrom (2023)32
Commentary on ‘Grandparental care and child mental health: a systematic review and meta‐analysis31
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Adding to the neuroimmune network model: A commentary on Nusslock et al. (2024)31
Competition between the positive youth development and the psychopathological system among adolescents: less vulnerability or more scarring?30
Editorial: Innovation in child and adolescent mental health interventions30
The role of comorbid childhood mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in the persistence of ADHD symptoms: systematic review and meta‐analys30
Concurrent and longitudinal associations of developmental language disorder with peer victimization in adolescence: evidence from a co‐twin study30
Gut mycobiome dysbiosis and its impact on intestinal permeability in attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder30
The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low‐income urban sample in Brazil30
Practitioner Review: It's time to bridge the gap – understanding the unmet needs of consumers with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and recommendations29
Research Review: Omega‐3 supplementation to reduce antisocial behavior – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials28
Research Review: What we have learned about early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder28
Latent class analysis to characterize neonatal risk for neurodevelopmental differences28
Time–frequency and functional connectivity analysis in drug‐naive adolescents with depression based on electroencephalography using a visual cognitive task: A comparative study28
Advancing the treatment of anxiety disorders in transition‐age youth: a review of the therapeutic effects of unconscious exposure27
Editorial: The critical need to assess pubertal development in studies of child and adolescent psychopathology27
Continuity of trajectories of autism symptom severity from infancy to childhood27
Association between infant feeding and ADHD development in childhood: a birth cohort study in Taiwan26
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Commentary: Will genomics revolutionise research on gene–environment interplay?26
Navigating early risks: Differential outcomes in middle childhood and the compensatory role of kindergarten experiences26
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Anxiety symptom trajectories from treatment to 5‐ to 12‐year follow‐up across childhood and adolescence25
Practitioner Review: Neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment – clinical and therapeutic implications for practitioners25
Research Review: Help‐seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta‐analysis25
A multivariate genetic analysis of anxiety sensitivity, environmental sensitivity and reported life events in adolescents25
Testing different sources of environmental unpredictability on adolescent functioning: ancestral cue versus statistical learning and the role of temperament25
Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population‐based Australian cohort25
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
Conduct disorder with limited prosocial emotions: a multimethod study in criminal justice‐involved boys24
Editorial: Unsettling ‘settled’ science – the importance of questioning received wisdom about the causes of mental health and neuro‐developmental conditions24
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Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of sex differences in narrow constructs of restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests 24
Adolescent eating behaviours: associations with autistic and ADHD traits in childhood and the mediating role of anxiety24
Translating the nuanced risk for substance use among adolescents treated for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) into clinical practice24
Categorical and dimensional approaches to the developmental relationship between ADHD and irritability24
Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children's emotional problems at 2 years23
How are children's perceptions of the home environment associated with a general psychopathology factor across childhood?23
START NOW : a cognitive behavioral skills training for adolescent girls with conduct or oppositional defiant disorder – a randomized clinical trial23
Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause22
Editorial Perspective: A systems approach to addressing young people's mental health22
Expansion and commentary on a two generation approach to prenatal opioid exposure – a commentary on Conradt et al. (2023)22
Annual Research Review: What processes are dysregulated among emotionally dysregulated youth? – a systematic review22
Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability22
Editorial Perspective: How can we develop effective and timely interventions for young people with chronic loneliness?22
Parenting and adolescent anxiety within families: a biweekly longitudinal study22
Gender diversity is correlated with dimensional neurodivergent traits but not categorical neurodevelopmental diagnoses in children21
Characteristics of children with a psychiatric disorder in 1999, 2004 and 2017: an analysis of the national child mental health surveys of England21
Subclinical hypomania, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses: phenotypic and aetiological overlap21
The impact of COVID ‐19 on psychiatric clinical encounters among low‐income racially‐diverse children20
Practitioner Review: Infant mental health meets cell and molecular biology – a look to the future20
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Sudden gains in modular CBT for mental health disorders in children and young people with epilepsy20
Commentary: The global prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among college students and its influencing factors – a commentary on Li et al. (2022)20
Understanding emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression – A commentary on Burkhouse and Kujawa (2023)20
Current evidence and opportunities in child and adolescent public mental health: a research review19
Oral language enrichment in preschool improves children's language skills: a cluster randomised controlled trial19
Social media component effects: a commentary on Maheux et al. (2024)19
Editorial: Thinking outside the box – enhancing causal models of neurodevelopmental disorders19
Editorial Perspective: On the need for clarity about attachment terminology19
Using machine‐learning methods to identify early‐life predictors of 11‐year language outcome19
Neural correlates of children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder symptoms: large‐scale neuroanatomical analysis of a paediatric population19
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 data18
Time after time: failure to identify and support females with ADHD – a Swedish population register study18
Developmental language disorder and the ubiquity of language in the world – a commentary on Iverson & Williams (2026)18
Research Review: Siblings matter. A multi‐level meta‐analysis on the association between cannabis use among adolescent siblings18
Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non‐autistic adolescents18
Perceived sleep quality predicts aggressive offending in adolescence and young adulthood18
Adolescent functional network connectivity prospectively predicts adult anxiety symptoms related to perceived COVID ‐19 economic adversity18
Research Review: Sex differences in the clinical correlates of nonsuicidal self‐injury in adolescents – a systematic review17
The association between temperament and polygenic score for psychopathology from infancy to middle childhood17
Parent‐child interaction at age 5 months: genetic and environmental contributions and associations with later socio‐communicative development17
Correction to “Peer contagion dynamics in the friendships of children with ADHD17
The intergenerational impact of mothers and fathers on children's word reading development17
Network structure of reward sensitivity and its temporal interactions with depression: a cross‐lagged panel network analysis17
Editorial: Using parenting interventions as treatments and brain development – are we at the end of the beginning yet?17
Do early gains deliver lasting impact? Understanding why long‐term effects of language intervention fade out16
More time awake after sleep onset is linked to reduced ventral striatum response to rewards in youth with anxiety16
Self‐ and co‐regulation of physiological activity during mother‐daughter interactions: The role of adolescent non‐suicidal self‐injury16
Brief digital psychological intervention to prevent relapse of non‐suicidal self‐injury behavior in adolescents: A randomized controlled trial16
Impact of a Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Service in the emergency department on hospital resource utilization: an interrupted time series analysis16
Predictors of Environmental Sensitivity in Syrian refugee children16
Patterns of maladaptive exercise behavior from ages 14–24 in a longitudinal cohort16
Polygenic risk score and peer victimisation independently predict depressive symptoms in adolescence: results from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Children Development16
Do meaningful dimensions of childhood adversity exist? Data‐driven evidence from two prospective cohort studies15
Different sensory dimensions in infancy are associated with separable etiological influences and with autistic traits in toddlerhood15
Intergenerational effects of the Fast Track intervention on the home environment: A randomized control trial15
Genetic and environmental influences on temperament development across the preschool period15
Daily fluctuations in adolescents' sleep predict next‐day attention, sleepiness, and fatigue: an ecological momentary assessment study over 28 days15
Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication15
Parent‐ and teacher‐reported associations from adolescent bifactor models of psychopathology: an outcome‐wide association study of 26 outcomes in mid‐life15
Internet‐delivered therapist‐assisted cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder ( OSCA ): a randomised controlled trial addressing pre15
Instrumental learning and behavioral persistence in children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity‐disorder: does reinforcement frequency matter?15
Evocative effects of children's education‐associated genetics on maternal parenting: results from the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study15
Integrative analysis of genomic and exposomic influences on youth mental health15
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 trial14
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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 benefits14
Replication of a predictive model for youth ADHD in an independent sample from a developing country14
The nature and nurture of primary and secondary callous–unemotional traits: evidence from two independent twin samples14
Neuroimaging biomarkers in school‐aged children with autism: MRI ‐measured lipid content in the limbic system14
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme is associated with lasting improvements in children's language and reading skills14
Not screens but their context of use impact cognitive development: a commentary on Yang et al. (2023)14
The interaction between polygenic risk and environmental influences: A direct test of the 3P model of insomnia in adolescents13
Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of infant and toddler temperament as predictors of childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder13
Impaired sensory–motor integration in children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder during visual search13
Corrigendum for ‘Annual Research Review: The contributions of the RDoC research framework on understanding the neurodevelopmental origins, progressio13
Capturing change in restricted and repetitive behaviour in preschoolers with ASD : A comparison of direct behavioural observation and parent report13
Taking stock of the present and looking to the future of ADHD research: a commentary on Sonuga‐Barke et al. (2023)13
Temperament and executive functioning correlates of ADHD symptom severity during early versus middle childhood13
Editorial: ‘Have you seen me lately’ – Revisiting our understanding of significant mental health disorders for children and adolescents13
Practitioner Review: Clinical utility of the QbTest for the assessment and diagnosis of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic revie13
Early relational origins of Theory of Mind: A two‐study replication13
Elevated neurofilament light levels in acute anorexia nervosa are associated with alterations in white matter volume and connectivity networks13
Dynamics of depression symptoms in adolescents during three types of psychotherapy and post‐treatment follow‐up13
The stability of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule‐2 in children aged 14–36 months with elevated likelihood for autism13
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Taking theory of mind research into much needed new terrain – a commentary on Kochanska et al. (2025)13
Unraveling psychosis risk in sexual minorities: temporal dynamics of social defeat and suspiciousness in adolescence13
Irritability and rejection‐elicited aggression in adolescents and young adults13
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Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers12
Editorial: Qualitative contributions to translational science – Practical pointers towards methodological pluralism in child psychology and psychiatry12
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 adolescence12
Interactions between infant characteristics and parenting factors rarely replicate across cohorts and developmental domains12
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Connecting the dots: social networks in the classroom and white matter connections in the brain12
Editorial: ADHD persistence – the interplay of genes, socioeconomic context, and symptom domains over development12
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The social skills of autistic boys in preschool: the contributions of their dyadic and triadic interactions with their parents12
Editorial Perspective: Another look at ‘optimal outcome’ in autism spectrum disorder12
An online, father‐inclusive parenting intervention for reducing child conduct problems: a randomised controlled trial of family man12
The role of pubertal development in the association between trauma and internalising symptoms in female youth12
Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study12
Response to uncertainty in developmental origins of health and disease research: commentary on Nomura et al. (2022)11
Prediction of early‐onset bipolar using electronic health records11
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Commentary: An impressive state‐of‐the‐science account and an exciting springboard for new paths: the present and future of research on early conduct problems – a commentary on Hyde et al. (2025)11
The longitudinal role of sleep on self‐harm during adolescence: A birth cohort study11
The developmental psychopathology of detection and dual control – a commentary on Fox et al. (2023)11
Psychostimulant treatment uniquely reduces left uncinate fasciculus microstructural integrity in ADHD youth with a familial risk for bipolar I disord11
Editorial Perspective: Rapid responses to understand and address children and young people’s mental health in the context of COVID‐1911
Research Review: Pharmacological and non‐pharmacological treatments for adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review of the literature11
Research Reviews: Advances in methods for evaluating child and adolescent mental health interventions11
Editorial perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research11
Applying autism screening research to real‐world scenarios: a commentary on Sheldrick et al. (2023)11
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Effectiveness of the school‐based internet intervention StresSOS for the prevention of mental health problems in young people: a randomized controlled tr11
Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years11
Intersectional marginalized identities as predictors of time until first reported suicide attempt among preadolescent youth using survival analysis10
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Attentional biases for sad faces in offspring of mothers with a history of major depression: trajectories of change from childhood to adolescence10
Commentary: The roles of mothers versus fathers in intergenerational family risk – a commentary on Rothenberg et al. (2023)10
Editorial perspective: Bayesian statistical methods are useful for researchers in child and adolescent mental health10
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Sensory hyperacusis as a predictor of anxiety in adolescence10
Editorial: Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for th10
Commentary: The evidence base regarding the long‐term effects of childhood mental disorder treatments needs to be strengthened – reply to Dekkers et al .10
Improving child mental health and learning outcomes and reducing stigma and discrimination in conflict setting: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a classroom‐based psychosocial in10
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ADHD medication adherence reduces risk of committing minor offenses in adolescents10
Toward a nuanced assessment of the role of intensive home visiting in improving outcomes for families: commentary on Catherine et al . (2023)10
Exposure to prenatal infection and the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in children: a longitudinal population‐based study10
Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention9
Depressive symptoms and loneliness among early adolescents: a psychometric network analysis approach9
Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation among child welfare‐involved 7‐ to 12‐year‐old children9
Developmental trajectories of child and adolescent emotional problems: associations with early adult alcohol use behaviors9
Parental incarceration and psychiatric disorders, suicidal behavior, risk‐taking, and substance misuse events in offspring: A longitudinal within‐individual study9
Commentary: Mind the blip in the curve when assessing educational attainment in youths – a reflection on Wickersham et al . (2023)9
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Research Review: Social cognition and everyday social skills in children and adolescents with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta‐analysis of case–control studies9
Editorial Perspective: Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder viewed as neuro‐divergence in the digital world9
Prenatal maternal infections and early childhood developmental outcomes: analysis of linked administrative health data for Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Scotland9
Multivariate maternal effects across the internalizing–externalizing spectrum in childhood: results from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study9
Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way – a call for clearer conceptualization of adverse family factors in biosocial research on child and a9
Editorial: Are government early years learning and development frameworks evidence‐based? A scientist's perspective9
Research Review: Shared and distinct structural and functional brain alterations in adolescents with major depressive disorder – a multimodal meta‐analysis9
Childhood mental health difficulties mediate the long‐term association between early‐life adversity at age 3 and poorer cognitive functioning at ages 11 and 149
Mid‐childhood developmental and behavioural outcomes in infants with a family history of autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder9
Parental suicide attempts and offspring mental health problems in childhood and adolescence9
Moving beyond the mother–child dyad: a commentary on Oppenheim et al. (2023)9
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Maternal experienced bereavement and offspring mental health in early adulthood: the role of modifiable parental factors8
Pubertal timing and adolescent outcomes: investigating explanations for associations with a genetically informed design8
Age effects on autism heritability and etiological stability of autistic traits8
Attainment and loss of early social‐communication skills across neurodevelopmental conditions in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study8
Editorial: An autism case series, vaccine hesitancy, and death by measles8
Moving forward. Use of the START NOW skills training program for female youth with ODD and 8
Developing language in a developing body: genetic associations of infant gross motor behaviour and self‐care/symbolic actions with emerging language abilities8
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Hidden in plain sight: delayed ADHD diagnosis among girls and women – a commentary on Skoglund et al. (2023)8
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood internalizing problems: roles of shyness and anterior cingulate cortex activity8
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Trajectories of childhood adversity, social welfare dependence in young adulthood, and the mediating role of mental health problems: a Danish population‐based cohort study8
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A Bayesian approach for exploring person × environment interaction within the environmental sensitivity meta‐framework8
Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive‐behavioral therapy for binge‐eating disorder8
Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation8
Anxiety severity in peri‐adolescents is associated with greater generalization of negative memories following a period of sleep relative to wake8
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On the importance of parenting in externalizing disorders: an evaluation of indirect genetic effects in families7
Substance use outcomes from the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long‐term Study (CAMELS)7
A commentary on Kim et al.'s (2025) mapping the multifaceted approaches and impacts of adverse childhood experiences: an umbrella review of meta‐analyses for Journal of Child Ps7
The association between early regulatory problems and adult peer relationship quality is mediated by the brain's allostatic‐interoceptive system7
Nature and nurture in fussy eating from toddlerhood to early adolescence: findings from the Gemini twin cohort7
Research Review: Integrated healthcare for children and young people in secondary/tertiary care – a systematic review7
Commentary: Taking stock and moving forward – the need to consider the influence of loss to follow‐up in autism screening research7
Supporting caregivers within caregiver‐mediated interventions: a commentary on Brown et al. (2024)7
Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour7
A network approach to the investigation of childhood irritability: probing frustration using social stimuli7
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