OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infant Mental Health Journal is 4. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity	60
Transaction of parental cognition, stress and depressive symptoms, and infant regulatory challenges	23
The undertold story: A leadership program to expand recognition of the importance of early childhood experiences	21
Efficacy of a peer‐based in‐home education program in improving social‐emotional outcomes of parents and children	20
Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys	19
Infant massage as a stress management technique for parents of hospitalized extremely preterm infants	19
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	17
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	17
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment	14
ISSUE INFORMATION	13
Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study	13
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders	13
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The impact of COVID‐19 on the continuum of integrated perinatal, infant, and early childhood behavioral health services	12
Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization‐based intervention for pregnant women	12
Maternal‐fetal attachment, parenting stress during infancy, and child outcomes at age 3 years	11
Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS): A valid and clinically sensitive tool for assessing the parent‐child relationship	11
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Parenting the parent without losing sight of the child. A qualitative study of therapists’ experiences with intergenerational adversities in perinatal psychotherapy	10
Development and validation of a goal attainment scale for families affected by maternal substance use	10
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Examining the relationship between parents’ self‐reported mindfulness and observed language use in attachment‐relevant communication	9
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use	9
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study	9
Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period	8

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	8
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Experiences of childbirth care among mothers in Lithuania during COVID‐19	8
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	8
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup	8
Patterns of proximity and maternal‐infant engagement in a neonatal intensive care unit	8
Professional quality of life in home visitors: Core components of the reflective supervisory relationship and IMH‐E^® Endorsement^® engagement	7
The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full‐term infants	7
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman	7
Two babies, two bonds: Frequency and correlates of differential maternal‐infant bonding in mothers of twins	7
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	7
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning	7
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	7
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada	7
Reflective supervision and reflective practice in infant mental health: A scoping review of a diverse body of literature	7
Parental Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: A narrative review of measurement, association, and future directions	7
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low‐income South African cohort	7
Enlisting toddler cooperation through structure and autonomy support: The amplifying role of suboptimal relationship mutuality	6
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	6
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	6
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	6
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study	6
The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health	6
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	6
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	6
Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factors	5
Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention	5
Supporting positive parenting among pregnant people in recovery from opioid use disorder: Introducing family check‐up–prenatal	5
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation	5
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy	5
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding	5
Reflective supervision and consultation and its impact within early childhood‐serving programs: A systematic review	5
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	5
Is lower fetal heart rate variability a susceptibility marker to the impact of negative coparenting on infant regulatory capacity?	5
CORRIGENDUM	5
Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors	5
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model	4
Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers	4
The HEADS‐ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children	4
Issue Information	4
Our way of being: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health workforce development in Tennessee	4
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations	4
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research	4
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up	4
Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth	4
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	4
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel	4
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies	4

An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad