Infant Mental Health Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Infant Mental Health Journal is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity33
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study32
Effects of integrated programs for substance‐involved mothers on infant and child development outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis29
The infant's lived experience of bonding and connection with their parents in a neonatal intensive care26
Research practices that promote cultural equity and sensitivity from PI to participant: Learned lessons from reexamining the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) with Black mothers22
Low paternal postpartum depression buffers the association between maternal prenatal depression and preschoolers' internalizing and externalizing symptoms20
Father involvement in pregnancy and attachment to their baby: Depression and partner relationships in a sample of Black fathers18
Infant and early childhood mental health Endorsement: Participant reports and perceptions18
Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: Adaptive functioning in the second year of life17
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel17
ABC's active ingredients: Parent coaches’ in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low‐income predominantly Latina mothers16
Evaluation of the Pregnancy to Parenthood program: A dyadic intervention for mothers with perinatal mental disorders and their infants16
Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers14
Mothers' responses to relational savoring as a function of attachment: A qualitative study14
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation14
Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review13
Testing reliability and validity of practitioner‐rated parental sensitivity: A novel tool for practice13
What is the youngest possible age for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? A systematic literature review13
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Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning12
Introduction to special section doing the “right” thing: Ethical issues in infant and early childhood mental health11
Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model11
Family socioeconomic status and problem behaviors among Chinese migrant preschool children: The serial mediating roles of mindful parenting and resilience10
Engaging Indigenous communities in research to inform practice: The multisite implementation evaluation of Tribal home visiting10
Parental mentalization of parents of children with disabilities: A scoping review10
From infant separation distress to preschool behavior problems: The mediating roles of maternal self‐efficacy and positive parenting10
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Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health9
Effects of a virtual supportive program on the knowledge of mothers of preterm infants and their bonding9
Impacts of COVID‐19 on early childhood mental health9
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Parent and child gender effects in the relationship between attachment and both internalizing and externalizing problems of children between 2 and 5 years old: A dyadic perspective9
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Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and early achievement of developmental milestones in infants and young children: A meta‐analysis9
Implementation of coaching and peer learning collaboratives to support home visiting practices9
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders8
Exploring the infant's experience of the infant‐clinician relationship in the neonatal intensive care unit: A phenomenological study8
Reflective functioning, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and maternal response to infant crying: A follow‐up study8
Childhood maltreatment history and trauma‐specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers8
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
Cultural relevance of fine motor domain of the ASQ in Guatemala8
Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study7
Presence and respect: Childrearing in an intercultural Chilean city7
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect7
The HEADS‐ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children7
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up6
Fetal programming of infant temperament: An examination of prenatal maternal stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Bridging attachment theory and interpersonal acceptance‐rejection theory in the strange situation procedure in a low‐risk sample in Egypt6
Further validation of Leerkes’ cry questionnaire battery in an independent sample: Useful tools for infant mental health practitioners and scholars6
Decolonizing infant mental health: Black maternal mental health decision‐making6
Infant negative affect, maternal intrusiveness, and child outcomes: The moderating role of maternal mind‐mindedness in shaping psychopathology risk or resilience5
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“Desperate not to make the same mistakes”: Couple adjustment to parenthood in the context of childhood maltreatment5
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Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions5
Preventing early harsh parenting and toddler behavior problems: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy among low‐income Latine families5
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Offline and online parental mentalizing in mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression: Examining the association between self‐reported parental reflective functioning and interactional mind‐minded5
The effects of parental marital quality on preschool children's social–emotional competence: The chain mediating model of parent–child and sibling relationships4
Family protective service involvement and reduced infant cortical grey matter volume4
Examining associations between Adult Attachment Interview responses and multiple indicators of parental mentalizing4
Beyond the clinic: Understanding parents' views on extended home visits by public health nurses4
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Looking back to light the path forward: Ghosts in the Nursery revisited4
Maternal self‐efficacy during infancy: Investigating the roles of depression and social support among mothers in rural Pakistan4
From theory to practice: Piloting a measure of fidelity for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation4
Barriers and pathways to engagement in a home visiting intervention: Parents’ perspectives on minding the baby4
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Improved classroom and child outcomes through mental health consultation in New York City subsidized early care and education programs4
“When I hold my daughter, she quiets, no need [for]any verbal conversation”: A qualitative understanding of responsive caregiving in rural, Sindh Pakistan4
One state's journey with a reflective supervision professional development series: Development, implementation, and adaptation4
Movement through motherhood: Exploring mood, wellbeing, and prenatal emotional availability (EA) through EA‐based dance intervention4
Resilience in the early postpartum period: Buffering the impact of maternal ACEs on infant socioemotional development4
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Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods4
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of parental mentalization in fathers and mothers4
The impact of child self‐regulation difficulties on parents: A qualitative study4
Birth experience partially mediates link between prenatal mental health symptoms and postpartum bonding3
Driving forces: Unpacking workforce satisfaction and retention among home visitors3
Reflective supervision and consultation and its impact within early childhood‐serving programs: A systematic review3
Helping families thrive while developing a strong working alliance: The benefits of Recipe 4 Success3
The prenatal caregiving expectations questionnaire‐revised version: Factor structure, internal consistency, and initial construct validity3
Two babies, two bonds: Frequency and correlates of differential maternal‐infant bonding in mothers of twins3
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Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis3
Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: A qualitative study3
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Experiences of childbirth care among mothers in Lithuania during COVID‐193
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes3
Consultant perception of the feasibility and effectiveness of infant and early childhood mental health consultation services provided virtually to early care and education3
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations3
Secondary benefits of a brief couples intervention on coparenting through relationship quality and partner conflict3
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy3
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Infant carrying: Associations with parental reflective functioning, parental bonding and parental responses to infant crying3
Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period3
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman3
Is lower fetal heart rate variability a susceptibility marker to the impact of negative coparenting on infant regulatory capacity?3
The effects of early childhood mental health consultation on early childhood teachers’ perceptions of children's challenging behaviors, expulsion risk, and the moderating role of teaching stress2
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Evaluating the use of the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure in clinical settings: Assessing acceptability, feasibility, and utility of the AMBIANCE‐Brief2
The impact of the “Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch‐Up” program on attachment related parent behavior—A systematic review2
The ethics of infant and early childhood mental health practice2
Tailoring the Home‐Start program to the needs of first‐time parents: A qualitative study2
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Psychometrics of psychosocial behavior items under age 6 years: Evidence from Nebraska, USA2
Parental sensitivity and family conversation: A naturalistic longitudinal study with both mothers and fathers across three time‐points in early infancy2
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Possibilities and power during early Head Start Home visits: Comparing family‐ and home visitor‐opened decision‐making2
Effectiveness and treatment moderators of parenting interventions in Finnish perinatal primary care2
How do maternal and child health nurses incorporate infant mental health promotion into their clinical practice? Experiences of an Australian municipality2
Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind‐mindedness in first‐time parents of 4‐month‐old infants2
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period2
Trauma‐informed care in early intervention: Providers’ barriers, boundaries, and needs2
Low‐income fathers are emotionally resilient: A qualitative exploration of paternal emotions across early parenting2
Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families2
Holding dysregulation in mind: How maternal mind‐mindedness relates to regulatory symptoms and disorders in infancy2
Scaling up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up with Latine families: Implementation processes and effectiveness2
Partner‐inclusive prenatal intervention to promote parenting readiness: Results from a pilot trial2
Control and connection: Associations between maternal behavioral control and toddler attachment patterns2
Self‐criticism, maternal emotional distress, and maternal hostility among Bedouin mothers with preterm infants2
The effect of the separation of mother‐preterm newborn infants hospitalized during the COVID‐19 pandemic on maternal depression and stress levels, infant development, and bonding quality on Chilean dy2
Readiness for change in early childhood education: Insights from social emotional coaches and infant and early childhood mental health consultants2
Self‐regulation in moderate‐to‐late preterm children: A scoping review2
Experienced barriers and facilitators of change in a video‐feedback intervention among parents of preschool children with externalizing behaviors: A qualitative study2
A multi‐method evaluation of parent and child factors associated with child abuse potential across valid and invalid profiles on the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory1
Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors1
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence1
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Household instability and self‐regulation in Head Start children: The mediating and moderating roles of bedtime routines1
Young mothers’ prenatal attachment and later attachment‐related representations of their young children1
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada1
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research1
Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys1
Attachment of toddlers in care with the moderating role of temperament: Turkish care types study1
“You go in heavy and you come out light”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of reflective practice experiences in an Irish infant mental health setting1
Parental behaviors supporting child development in mothers of children with sex chromosome trisomies1
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 analysis1
Learning Landscapes, caregivers, and young children: Results from a multiple methods study1
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Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the ages and stages questionnaires: Social–emotional‐2 for 18‐month‐old children1
Correlates of disrupted behaviors in high‐risk and maltreating parents: A comparison of the AMBIANCE‐Brief and full versions1
A qualitative exploration of caregivers’ experiences with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up (ABC) parenting program1
Enhancing parental reflective functioning: A special tribute to the life and work of Nancy E. Suchman, PhD1
Associations between mothers’ emotion regulation and real‐time experiences of negative emotion: The moderating role of caregiving context1
Creating a statewide model of infant and early childhood mental health consultation: A Colorado case study1
Measuring the consultative stance among infant and early childhood mental health consultants1
A cross‐lagged panel model examining the longitudinal associations between maternal emotion regulation difficulties, parenting stress, and child socio‐emotional problems in toddlerhood1
Examining the relationships among child care providers’ knowledge of child development, burnout, organizational climate, and expulsion risk: A brief report1
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad1
Transaction of parental cognition, stress and depressive symptoms, and infant regulatory challenges1
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies1
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The undertold story: A leadership program to expand recognition of the importance of early childhood experiences1
Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention1
Maternal reflective functioning in pregnancy and parenting during the preschool period1
Phenomenological research in the field of Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood (IECMH) ‐A mapping review1
Development of a tool for infant facial emotion recognition (InFER) for postpartum mothers with mental illnesses1
Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning1
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Child‐focused infant and early childhood mental health consultation: Shifting adult attributions to reduce the risk for preschool expulsion1
Parental Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: A narrative review of measurement, association, and future directions1
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Parenting the parent without losing sight of the child. A qualitative study of therapists’ experiences with intergenerational adversities in perinatal psychotherapy1
Maternal mental health and its influence on children's early development: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan1
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The relationship between mothers' maladaptive schemas and sleep problems in 12‐to‐36‐month‐old children: The role of attachment and sleep behaviors1
Timing of early maternal stress and transdiagnostic psychopathology in toddlers: Longitudinal associations across internalizing, dysregulation, and maladaptive symptom domains1
Early parent‐child interaction and home environments of children exposed prenatally to opioids: A comparison of biological mothers and out‐of‐home caregivers1
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