Infant Mental Health Journal

Article	Citations
When the Bough Breaks: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of mental health symptoms in mothers of young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic	60
Smartphones in the nursery: Parental smartphone use and parental sensitivity and responsiveness within parent–child interaction in early childhood (0–5 years): A scoping review	44
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	37
Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID‐19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants	23
Reframing the narrative: Black maternal mental health and culturally meaningful support for wellness	21
Development and nationwide implementation of a postdischarge responsive parenting intervention program for very preterm born children: The TOP program	19
Higher maternal reflective functioning is associated with toddlers’ adaptive emotion regulation	18
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	17
Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk	17
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding	17
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic	17
NICU music therapy effects on maternal mental health and preterm infant's emotional arousal	15
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	13
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research	13
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research	13
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	13
Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on father participation in prenatal care	12
The role of mothers’ self‐compassion on mother–infant bonding during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal study exploring the mediating role of mindful parenting and parenting stress in the postpartu	12
From zero to thrive: A model of cross‐system and cross‐sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child‐serving ecosystem	12
Fathers’ help seeking behavior and attitudes during their transition to parenthood	11
Taking care of the caregivers: The moderating role of reflective supervision in the relationship between COVID‐19 stress and the mental and professional well‐being of the IECMH workforce	11
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing	11
Infants’ and toddlers’ digital media use and mothers’ mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	11
Supporting early infant relationships and reducing maternal distress with the Newborn Behavioral Observations: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial	10
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings	10

Feasibility of training service providers on the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure for use in community settings	10
Prenatal expectations and other psycho‐social factors as risk factors of postnatal bonding disturbance	9
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	9
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	9
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior: Is mind‐mindedness a relational construct?	9
Evaluation of a statewide initiative to reduce expulsion of young children	9
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood	9
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	9
Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress and burnout in neonatal care staff: A cross‐sectional survey study	8
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity	8
Why do we hunger for touch? The impact of daily gentle touch stimulation on maternal‐infant physiological and behavioral regulation and resilience	8
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis	8
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	8
Evaluating child maltreatment and family violence risk during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Using a telehealth home visiting program as a conduit to families	8
Parent and practitioner perspectives on Circle of Security Parenting (COS‐P): A qualitative study	8
At the feet of storytellers: Equity in early relational health conversations	7
Caregiver–infant and toddler interactions during diapering: Caregiver responsiveness and child well‐being and involvement	7
Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self‐compassion as predictors of mother–infant emotional availability in a cross‐sectional study	7
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	7
The implementation of a multi‐level reflective consultation model in a statewide infant & early childcare education professional development system: Evaluation of a pilot	7
Measuring mothers' representations of their infants: Psychometric properties of the clinical scales of the working model of the child interview in a low‐ to moderate‐risk sample	7
Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience	7
The prenatal video‐feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP‐PRE): Two case studies	7
The context and development of the early relational health screen	7
The assessment of representational risk (ARR): Development and psychometric properties of a new coding system for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship	7
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning	6
Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model	6
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	6
Building reflective capacity and improving well‐being of early childhood professionals through an embedded cross‐system model of infant early childhood mental health consultation	6
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	6
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	6
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study	6
Caregiver stress and cultural identity in families of preschoolers with developmental delay and behavioral problems	6
Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions	6
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning	6
Short‐term psychodynamic infant–parent interventions at Child health centers: Outcomes on parental depression and infant social–emotional functioning	5
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment	5
The impact of COVID‐19 on experiences of pregnancy and/or early parenting in Chile	5
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence	5
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad	5
Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self‐efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India	5
Maternal caregiving representations of the infant in the first year of life: Associations with prenatal and concurrent reflective functioning	5
Dyadic parent–infant interaction patterns at 12 months: Exploring dyadic parent–infant gender compositions	5
Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth	5
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup	5
Development and validation of the Attachment Relationship Inventory—Caregiver Perception 2–5 years (ARI‐CP 2–5): Psychometric structure, external validity, and norms	5
Maternal lack of sleep in the first two years after childbirth: Perceived impacts and help‐seeking behaviors	5
Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families	5
Adaptation of infant mental health services to preterm infants and their families receiving neonatal intensive care unit services during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4

The associations between insecure attachment, rooming‐in, and postpartum depression: A 2 months’ longitudinal study	4
Associations between parenting representations and behavior among young mothers and mothers with opioid use disorder	4
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4
Maternal‐fetal attachment, parenting stress during infancy, and child outcomes at age 3 years	4
Suspension and expulsion in Colorado early care and education settings: Child, program, and community‐level predictors	4
From the voices of supervisees: A theoretical model of reflective supervision (Part II)	4
Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning	4
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low‐income South African cohort	4
Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS): A valid and clinically sensitive tool for assessing the parent‐child relationship	4
Community perspectives on developmental screening of American Indian and Alaska Native children	4
Maternal mental health and early childhood development: Exploring critical periods and unique sources of support	4
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy	4
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada	4
The role of temperament and parenting on anxiety problems among toddlers: Moderating role of parenting and mediating role of attachment	3
Understanding links between maternal perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms and infant socioemotional and physical health	3
Adapting Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up for infants and young children with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations from local stakeh	3
Longitudinal changes in attachment patterns of preterm infants born in a non‐Western country	3
The impact of a mother–infant intervention on parenting and infant response to challenge: A pilot randomized controlled trial with adolescent mothers in El Salvador	3
In‐the‐moment ratings on the Early Relational Health Screen: A pilot study of application in home visiting and primary care	3
The impact of the “Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch‐Up” program on attachment related parent behavior—A systematic review	3
Coaching home visitors: A thematic review with an emphasis on research and practice needs	3
The emotional tone of child descriptions during pregnancy is associated with later parenting	3
The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full‐term infants	3
Perceptions of Portuguese parents about the acceptability of a multicomponent intervention targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood	3
Evaluation of the Danish version of the prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire in early pregnancy as a screening tool	3
Maternal parentification history impacts evaluative cognitions about self, parenting, and child	3
Introduction of Special Section of Infant Mental Health Journal: Meeting the needs of vulnerable infants and families during COVID‐19: Moving to a telehealth approach for home visiting implementation	3
Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months	3
Professional quality of life in home visitors: Core components of the reflective supervisory relationship and IMH‐E® Endorsement® engagement	3
Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods	2
Early relational health – A promising approach for equitable systems change in pediatrics: A commentary	2
Our way of being: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health workforce development in Tennessee	2
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders	2
At the feet of storytellers: Implications for practicing early relational health conversations	2
Preterm infant mental health in the neonatal intensive care unit: A review of research on NICU parent‐infant interactions and maternal sensitivity	2
What is typical: Atypical in young children's attention regulation?: Characterizing the developmental spectrum with the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles—Attention Regulation Infant‐Toddler (MAPS‐A	2
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period	2
Enhancing maternal sensitivity in contexts of urban extreme poverty in Sierra Leone: A pilot study	2
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman	2
The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health	2
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation in a diverse metropolitan area	2
The developmental cascade of early parenting, emergence of executive functioning, and emotional symptoms across childhood	2
From co‐regulation to self‐regulation: Maternal soothing strategies and self‐efficacy in relation to maternal reports of infant regulation at 3 and 7 months	2
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health	2
Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review	2
Clinical use and implementation of the diagnostic classification of mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood	2
Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization‐based intervention for pregnant women	2
The protective effects of social support and family functioning on parenting stress among Hispanic/Latino/a American immigrant parents with traumatic life experiences: A mediation analysis	2
Exploring the feasibility of validating early developmental screening tools for American Indian and Alaska Native children	2
Sparking collaboration and instilling core competencies through training a statewide workforce in Infant Mental Health: Report from the field	2
Testing reliability and validity of practitioner‐rated parental sensitivity: A novel tool for practice	1
Mental health and sleep quality of low‐income mothers of one‐year‐olds during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Development of a tool for infant facial emotion recognition (InFER) for postpartum mothers with mental illnesses	1
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies	1
Reflective supervision and reflective practice in infant mental health: A scoping review of a diverse body of literature	1
Will I love my second baby as much as my first? Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of maternal‐fetal relationship anxiety for second‐time mothers	1
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use	1
Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants’ vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation	1
The impact of COVID‐19 on the continuum of integrated perinatal, infant, and early childhood behavioral health services	1
Efficacy of a peer‐based in‐home education program in improving social‐emotional outcomes of parents and children	1
The ethics of infant and early childhood mental health practice	1
Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors	1
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Serotonin transporter gene methylation and emotional regulation in preschool children born preterm: A longitudinal evaluation of the role of negative emotionality in infancy	1
A mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals: An exploration of potential effectiveness	1
Behavioural, emotional and rhythm‐related disturbances in toddlers: Preliminary findings from a community‐based study in Kerala, India	1
Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention	1
Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factors	1
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Looking back to light the path forward: Ghosts in the Nursery revisited	1
Development and validation of a goal attainment scale for families affected by maternal substance use	1
Evaluation of a collaborative group intervention for mothers with moderate to severe perinatal mental illness and their infants in Australia	1
Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys	1
Hostile‐helpless states of mind: A scoping review of risk factors, correlates, and consequences	1
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A qualitative exploration of caregivers’ experiences with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up (ABC) parenting program	1
Preventing early harsh parenting and toddler behavior problems: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy among low‐income Latine families	1
Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: A qualitative study	1
Associations between mothers’ emotion regulation and real‐time experiences of negative emotion: The moderating role of caregiving context	1
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations	1

Relationship focused mother–infant groups: Preliminary evaluation of improvements in maternal mental health, parenting confidence, and parental reflective functioning	1
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study	1
Childhood maltreatment history and trauma‐specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers	1
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Infant massage as a stress management technique for parents of hospitalized extremely preterm infants	1
‘Nobody taught her how to be a mother’: The lived experience of mothering without a mother	1
What works for whom? Mother's psychological distress as a moderator of the effectiveness of a home visiting intervention	1
Does maternal inhibitory control mediate effects of a parenting intervention on maternal sensitive discipline? Evidence from a randomized‐controlled trial	1
Multimodal assessments of preterm temperament across the first year of life: Continuity, stability, and moderation by country of origin and infant age	1