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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity28
Infant and early childhood mental health Endorsement: Participant reports and perceptions28
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study24
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Effects of integrated programs for substance‐involved mothers on infant and child development outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis22
Father involvement in pregnancy and attachment to their baby: Depression and partner relationships in a sample of Black fathers20
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 mothers20
Low paternal postpartum depression buffers the association between maternal prenatal depression and preschoolers' internalizing and externalizing symptoms19
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel17
Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: Adaptive functioning in the second year of life16
ABC's active ingredients: Parent coaches’ in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low‐income predominantly Latina mothers16
Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers15
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation15
Evaluation of the Pregnancy to Parenthood program: A dyadic intervention for mothers with perinatal mental disorders and their infants15
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Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity14
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Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning12
What is the youngest possible age for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? A systematic literature review12
Testing reliability and validity of practitioner‐rated parental sensitivity: A novel tool for practice12
Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review12
Introduction to special section doing the “right” thing: Ethical issues in infant and early childhood mental health11
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Engaging Indigenous communities in research to inform practice: The multisite implementation evaluation of Tribal home visiting11
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Family socioeconomic status and problem behaviors among Chinese migrant preschool children: The serial mediating roles of mindful parenting and resilience10
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Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model10
From infant separation distress to preschool behavior problems: The mediating roles of maternal self‐efficacy and positive parenting10
Latin American Attachment studies: A narrative review9
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health9
Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study9
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
Impacts of COVID‐19 on early childhood mental health9
Childhood maltreatment history and trauma‐specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers9
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use9
Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and early achievement of developmental milestones in infants and young children: A meta‐analysis9
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Effects of a virtual supportive program on the knowledge of mothers of preterm infants and their bonding9
Cultural relevance of fine motor domain of the ASQ in Guatemala9
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders8
Reflective functioning, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and maternal response to infant crying: A follow‐up study8
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect8
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
The HEADS‐ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children7
Further validation of Leerkes’ cry questionnaire battery in an independent sample: Useful tools for infant mental health practitioners and scholars7
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Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic7
Bridging attachment theory and interpersonal acceptance‐rejection theory in the strange situation procedure in a low‐risk sample in Egypt7
Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months7
Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self‐efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India7
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up7
Fetal programming of infant temperament: An examination of prenatal maternal stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
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Presence and respect: Childrearing in an intercultural Chilean city6
Preventing early harsh parenting and toddler behavior problems: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy among low‐income Latine families6
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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 addictions6
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Maternal self‐efficacy during infancy: Investigating the roles of depression and social support among mothers in rural Pakistan5
The effects of parental marital quality on preschool children's social–emotional competence: The chain mediating model of parent–child and sibling relationships5
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps5
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Movement through motherhood: Exploring mood, wellbeing, and prenatal emotional availability (EA) through EA‐based dance intervention5
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
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At the feet of storytellers: Implications for practicing early relational health conversations4
Infant carrying: Associations with parental reflective functioning, parental bonding and parental responses to infant crying4
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The impact of child self‐regulation difficulties on parents: A qualitative study4
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman4
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
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 workforce4
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Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes4
Two babies, two bonds: Frequency and correlates of differential maternal‐infant bonding in mothers of twins4
Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period4
One state's journey with a reflective supervision professional development series: Development, implementation, and adaptation4
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of parental mentalization in fathers and mothers4
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings4
Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods4
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity4
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)4
Experiences of childbirth care among mothers in Lithuania during COVID‐194
Looking back to light the path forward: Ghosts in the Nursery revisited4
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations3
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy3
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis3
Evaluating the use of the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure in clinical settings: Assessing acceptability, feasibility, and utility of the AMBIANCE‐Brief3
Low‐income fathers are emotionally resilient: A qualitative exploration of paternal emotions across early parenting3
Psychometrics of psychosocial behavior items under age 6 years: Evidence from Nebraska, USA3
Scaling up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up with Latine families: Implementation processes and effectiveness3
Secondary benefits of a brief couples intervention on coparenting through relationship quality and partner conflict3
Is lower fetal heart rate variability a susceptibility marker to the impact of negative coparenting on infant regulatory capacity?3
Driving forces: Unpacking workforce satisfaction and retention among home visitors3
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Reflective supervision and consultation and its impact within early childhood‐serving programs: A systematic review3
Consultant perception of the feasibility and effectiveness of infant and early childhood mental health consultation services provided virtually to early care and education3
The prenatal caregiving expectations questionnaire‐revised version: Factor structure, internal consistency, and initial construct validity3
Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: A qualitative study3
Holding dysregulation in mind: How maternal mind‐mindedness relates to regulatory symptoms and disorders in infancy3
Dyadic parent–infant interaction patterns at 12 months: Exploring dyadic parent–infant gender compositions3
The impact of the “Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch‐Up” program on attachment related parent behavior—A systematic review2
The undertold story: A leadership program to expand recognition of the importance of early childhood experiences2
Learning Landscapes, caregivers, and young children: Results from a multiple methods study2
Early parent‐child interaction and home environments of children exposed prenatally to opioids: A comparison of biological mothers and out‐of‐home caregivers2
“You go in heavy and you come out light”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of reflective practice experiences in an Irish infant mental health setting2
How do maternal and child health nurses incorporate infant mental health promotion into their clinical practice? Experiences of an Australian municipality2
Partner‐inclusive prenatal intervention to promote parenting readiness: Results from a pilot trial2
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Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families2
Self‐regulation in moderate‐to‐late preterm children: A scoping review2
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Parental Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: A narrative review of measurement, association, and future directions2
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Readiness for change in early childhood education: Insights from social emotional coaches and infant and early childhood mental health consultants2
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 analysis2
Self‐criticism, maternal emotional distress, and maternal hostility among Bedouin mothers with preterm infants2
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Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind‐mindedness in first‐time parents of 4‐month‐old infants2
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Parental sensitivity and family conversation: A naturalistic longitudinal study with both mothers and fathers across three time‐points in early infancy2
Effectiveness and treatment moderators of parenting interventions in Finnish perinatal primary care2
In‐the‐moment ratings on the Early Relational Health Screen: A pilot study of application in home visiting and primary care2
Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys2
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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
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period2
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
Possibilities and power during early Head Start Home visits: Comparing family‐ and home visitor‐opened decision‐making2
Hostile‐helpless states of mind: A scoping review of risk factors, correlates, and consequences2
Evaluation of the Danish version of the prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire in early pregnancy as a screening tool1
Intergenerational impacts of racial discrimination on child executive functioning problems1
Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk1
Facilitating caregiver‐child interactions in home visiting: A qualitative observational study1
Child‐focused infant and early childhood mental health consultation: Shifting adult attributions to reduce the risk for preschool expulsion1
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An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad1
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada1
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Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning1
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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 stakeh1
Creating a statewide model of infant and early childhood mental health consultation: A Colorado case study1
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence1
A qualitative exploration of caregivers’ experiences with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up (ABC) parenting program1
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies1
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research1
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
Multimodal assessments of preterm temperament across the first year of life: Continuity, stability, and moderation by country of origin and infant age1
Development of a tool for infant facial emotion recognition (InFER) for postpartum mothers with mental illnesses1
Parenting the parent without losing sight of the child. A qualitative study of therapists’ experiences with intergenerational adversities in perinatal psychotherapy1
Associations between mothers’ emotion regulation and real‐time experiences of negative emotion: The moderating role of caregiving context1
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Maternal reflective functioning in pregnancy and parenting during the preschool period1
The context and development of the early relational health screen1
A cross‐lagged panel model examining the longitudinal associations between maternal emotion regulation difficulties, parenting stress, and child socio‐emotional problems in toddlerhood1
Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors1
Young mothers’ prenatal attachment and later attachment‐related representations of their young children1
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Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the ages and stages questionnaires: Social–emotional‐2 for 18‐month‐old children1
Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention1
Attachment of toddlers in care with the moderating role of temperament: Turkish care types study1
Transaction of parental cognition, stress and depressive symptoms, and infant regulatory challenges1
Enhancing parental reflective functioning: A special tribute to the life and work of Nancy E. Suchman, PhD1
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