Infant Mental Health Journal

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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity60
Transaction of parental cognition, stress and depressive symptoms, and infant regulatory challenges23
The undertold story: A leadership program to expand recognition of the importance of early childhood experiences21
Efficacy of a peer‐based in‐home education program in improving social‐emotional outcomes of parents and children20
Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys19
Infant massage as a stress management technique for parents of hospitalized extremely preterm infants19
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes17
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model17
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment14
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Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study13
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders13
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The impact of COVID‐19 on the continuum of integrated perinatal, infant, and early childhood behavioral health services12
Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization‐based intervention for pregnant women12
Maternal‐fetal attachment, parenting stress during infancy, and child outcomes at age 3 years11
Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS): A valid and clinically sensitive tool for assessing the parent‐child relationship11
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Parenting the parent without losing sight of the child. A qualitative study of therapists’ experiences with intergenerational adversities in perinatal psychotherapy10
Development and validation of a goal attainment scale for families affected by maternal substance use10
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study9
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Examining the relationship between parents’ self‐reported mindfulness and observed language use in attachment‐relevant communication9
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use9
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup8
Reflective supervision and reflective practice in infant mental health: A scoping review of a diverse body of literature8
Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self‐efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India8
Professional quality of life in home visitors: Core components of the reflective supervisory relationship and IMH‐E® Endorsement® engagement8
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Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)8
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)8
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders7
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada7
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman7
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely7
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 postpartu7
The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full‐term infants7
Two babies, two bonds: Frequency and correlates of differential maternal‐infant bonding in mothers of twins7
Enlisting toddler cooperation through structure and autonomy support: The amplifying role of suboptimal relationship mutuality7
Parental Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: A narrative review of measurement, association, and future directions7
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning7
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low‐income South African cohort7
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐196
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out6
Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period6
The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health6
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding6
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect6
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study6
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Patterns of proximity and maternal‐infant engagement in a neonatal intensive care unit5
Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors5
Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factors5
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations5
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research5
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation5
Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers5
Is lower fetal heart rate variability a susceptibility marker to the impact of negative coparenting on infant regulatory capacity?5
Experiences of childbirth care among mothers in Lithuania during COVID‐195
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up5
Relationship focused mother–infant groups: Preliminary evaluation of improvements in maternal mental health, parenting confidence, and parental reflective functioning5
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies5
Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: Adaptive functioning in the second year of life4
Associations between mothers’ emotion regulation and real‐time experiences of negative emotion: The moderating role of caregiving context4
Development of a tool for infant facial emotion recognition (InFER) for postpartum mothers with mental illnesses4
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Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model4
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad4
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Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention4
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel4
Evaluation of the Pregnancy to Parenthood program: A dyadic intervention for mothers with perinatal mental disorders and their infants4
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Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth4
The impact of a mother–infant intervention on parenting and infant response to challenge: A pilot randomized controlled trial with adolescent mothers in El Salvador4
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