OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Infant Mental Health Journal is 2. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

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	43
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	35
The Michigan infant mental health home visiting model	35
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	28
Increasing parenting self‐efficacy: The Fussy Baby Network^® intervention	22
Community‐delivered infant–parent psychotherapy improves maternal sensitive caregiving: Evaluation of the Michigan model of infant mental health home visiting	20
Parent–Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers in a community‐based setting: Improvements in parenting behavior, emotional availability, child behavior, and attachment	17
Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID‐19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants	17
Mothers’ self‐reported emotion dysregulation: A potentially valid method in the field of infant mental health	16
Do postpartum anxiety and breastfeeding self‐efficacy and bonding at early postpartum predict postpartum depression and the breastfeeding method?	15
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding	15
Higher maternal reflective functioning is associated with toddlers’ adaptive emotion regulation	14
Reframing the narrative: Black maternal mental health and culturally meaningful support for wellness	14
Attachment & Child Health (ATTACH) pilot trials: Effect of parental reflective function intervention for families affected by toxic stress	13
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	13
Evaluation of early relational disturbance in high‐risk populations: Borderline personality disorder features, maternal mental state, and observed interaction	13
Mother's prenatal and postpartum depression symptoms and infant's sleep problems at 6 months	13
Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk	12
Hostile/Helpless maternal representations in pregnancy and later child removal: A pilot study	12
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Translation and preliminary validation of a Korean version of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire	12
Development and nationwide implementation of a postdischarge responsive parenting intervention program for very preterm born children: The TOP program	12
The effects of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system in early intervention: A multisite randomized controlled trial	11
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	11
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing	11

NICU music therapy effects on maternal mental health and preterm infant's emotional arousal	11
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research	11
Studying the process of psychoanalytic parent–infant psychotherapy: Embodied and discursive aspects	10
Evaluating the “possums” health professional training in parent–infant sleep	10
Infant mental health home visiting therapists’ fidelity to the Michigan IMH‐HV model in community practice settings	10
Parent engagement in an original and culturally adapted evidence‐based parenting program, Legacy for Children™	10
Infants’ and toddlers’ digital media use and mothers’ mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	9
Adverse caregiving in early life: The trauma and deprivation distinction in young children	9
Efficacy of interventions to improve psychological adjustment for parents of infants with or at risk of neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review	9
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings	9
The “EA brief”: A single session of parent feedback and coaching to improve emotional attachment and emotional availability (EA)	9
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	8
Evaluation of a statewide initiative to reduce expulsion of young children	8
Feasibility of training service providers on the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure for use in community settings	8
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood	8
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	8
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	8
Antecedents of fathers’ perception of child behavior at child age 12 months	8
The contributions of child–mother attachment, maternal parenting stress, and military status to the prediction of child behavior problems	8
Predictors and moderators of improved social‐emotional functioning in mothers with substance use disorders and their young children enrolled in a relationship‐based case management program	8
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	8
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research	8
Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on father participation in prenatal care	7
Supporting early infant relationships and reducing maternal distress with the Newborn Behavioral Observations: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial	7
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	7
From zero to thrive: A model of cross‐system and cross‐sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child‐serving ecosystem	7
Prenatal expectations and other psycho‐social factors as risk factors of postnatal bonding disturbance	7
The role of consultative alliance in infant and early childhood mental health consultation: Child, teacher, and classroom outcomes	7
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	7
Why do we hunger for touch? The impact of daily gentle touch stimulation on maternal‐infant physiological and behavioral regulation and resilience	7
Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress and burnout in neonatal care staff: A cross‐sectional survey study	7
Effectiveness of an attachment‐based intervention for the assessment of parenting capacities in maltreating families: A randomized controlled trial	7
The prenatal video‐feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP‐PRE): Two case studies	6
Breaking the cycle of intergenerational abuse: A qualitative interview study of men participating in a perinatal program to reduce violence	6
Improving mother–infant interaction during infant feeding: A randomised controlled trial in a low‐income community in South Africa	6
Caregiver stress and cultural identity in families of preschoolers with developmental delay and behavioral problems	6
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	6
At the feet of storytellers: Equity in early relational health conversations	6
Promoting parent–infant responsiveness in families experiencing homelessness	6
Post‐discharge outcomes for mothers and the mother–infant relationship following admission to a psychiatric Mother–Baby Unit	6
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Evaluating child maltreatment and family violence risk during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Using a telehealth home visiting program as a conduit to families	6
Attachment and stress regulation in socioeconomically disadvantaged children: Can public childcare compensate?	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
Parent and practitioner perspectives on Circle of Security Parenting (COS‐P): A qualitative study	6
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	5
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence	5
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	5
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior: Is mind‐mindedness a relational construct?	5
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity	5

Mind‐mindedness and parenting stress in mothers of preterm and full‐term infants: The moderating role of perceived social support	5
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup	5
Developmental patterns of emotion regulation in toddlerhood: Examining predictors of change and long‐term resilience	5
Caregiver–infant and toddler interactions during diapering: Caregiver responsiveness and child well‐being and involvement	5
Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self‐compassion as predictors of mother–infant emotional availability in a cross‐sectional study	5
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis	5
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	5
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	5
The assessment of representational risk (ARR): Development and psychometric properties of a new coding system for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship	5
The context and development of the early relational health screen	5
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	5
Fathers’ help seeking behavior and attitudes during their transition to parenthood	5
Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model	5
Maternal lack of sleep in the first two years after childbirth: Perceived impacts and help‐seeking behaviors	4
Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families	4
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low‐income South African cohort	4
The associations between insecure attachment, rooming‐in, and postpartum depression: A 2 months’ longitudinal study	4
Building reflective capacity and improving well‐being of early childhood professionals through an embedded cross‐system model of infant early childhood mental health consultation	4
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad	4
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study	4
The implementation of a multi‐level reflective consultation model in a statewide infant & early childcare education professional development system: Evaluation of a pilot	4
Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience	4
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	4
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment	4
Mothering very young children after wartime deployment: A case report	3
Introduction to the special section: The development of infant mental health home visiting in Michigan state government	3
Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning	3
Short‐term psychodynamic infant–parent interventions at Child health centers: Outcomes on parental depression and infant social–emotional functioning	3
Perceptions of Portuguese parents about the acceptability of a multicomponent intervention targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood	3
The role of temperament and parenting on anxiety problems among toddlers: Moderating role of parenting and mediating role of attachment	3
From the voices of supervisees: A theoretical model of reflective supervision (Part II)	3
Maternal caregiving representations of the infant in the first year of life: Associations with prenatal and concurrent reflective functioning	3
Associations between parenting representations and behavior among young mothers and mothers with opioid use disorder	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
Community perspectives on developmental screening of American Indian and Alaska Native children	3
Developmental and medical factors associated with parenting stress in mothers of toddlers born very preterm in a neonatal follow‐up clinic	3
The risk of low risk: First time motherhood, prematurity and dyadic well‐being	3
Early childhood mental health consultation: Care providers’ experiences of the consultative relationship	3
Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning	3
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy	3
Development and validation of the Attachment Relationship Inventory—Caregiver Perception 2–5 years (ARI‐CP 2–5): Psychometric structure, external validity, and norms	3
Maternal parentification history impacts evaluative cognitions about self, parenting, and child	3
In‐the‐moment ratings on the Early Relational Health Screen: A pilot study of application in home visiting and primary care	2
The impact of the “Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch‐Up” program on attachment related parent behavior—A systematic review	2
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample: Maternal sensitivity as a moderator	2
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	2
Early relational health – A promising approach for equitable systems change in pediatrics: A commentary	2
Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth	2
Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months	2
Professional quality of life in home visitors: Core components of the reflective supervisory relationship and IMH‐E^® Endorsement^® engagement	2
Suspension and expulsion in Colorado early care and education settings: Child, program, and community‐level predictors	2
The impact of COVID‐19 on experiences of pregnancy and/or early parenting in Chile	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
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health	2
Maternal mental health and early childhood development: Exploring critical periods and unique sources of support	2
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period	2
Finding focus in a difficult landscape: Therapists’ experiences with challenging video guidance processes for parent–infant dyads	2
Our way of being: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health workforce development in Tennessee	2
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning	2
The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full‐term infants	2
At the feet of storytellers: Implications for practicing early relational health conversations	2
The Crying Clinic: Increasing accessibility to Infant Mental Health services for immigrant parents at risk for peripartum depression	2
Sparking collaboration and instilling core competencies through training a statewide workforce in Infant Mental Health: Report from the field	2
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	2
Coaching home visitors: A thematic review with an emphasis on research and practice needs	2
Dyadic parent–infant interaction patterns at 12 months: Exploring dyadic parent–infant gender compositions	2
Longitudinal changes in attachment patterns of preterm infants born in a non‐Western country	2
The emotional tone of child descriptions during pregnancy is associated with later parenting	2
Maternal‐fetal attachment, parenting stress during infancy, and child outcomes at age 3 years	2
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders	2
Understanding links between maternal perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms and infant socioemotional and physical health	2