OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infant Mental Health Journal is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

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	45
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	37
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	32
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
Higher maternal reflective functioning is associated with toddlers’ adaptive emotion regulation	16
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
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
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	13
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic	13
Evaluation of early relational disturbance in high‐risk populations: Borderline personality disorder features, maternal mental state, and observed interaction	13
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	13
Hostile/Helpless maternal representations in pregnancy and later child removal: A pilot study	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
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
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
From zero to thrive: A model of cross‐system and cross‐sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child‐serving ecosystem	10

Studying the process of psychoanalytic parent–infant psychotherapy: Embodied and discursive aspects	10
Parent engagement in an original and culturally adapted evidence‐based parenting program, Legacy for Children™	10
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	10
Evaluating the “possums” health professional training in parent–infant sleep	10
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
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
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	8
Antecedents of fathers’ perception of child behavior at child age 12 months	8
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	8
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	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
Why do we hunger for touch? The impact of daily gentle touch stimulation on maternal‐infant physiological and behavioral regulation and resilience	8
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood	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
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
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research	8
Effectiveness of an attachment‐based intervention for the assessment of parenting capacities in maltreating families: A randomized controlled trial	8
Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on father participation in prenatal care	7
Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress and burnout in neonatal care staff: A cross‐sectional survey study	7
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	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
Improving mother–infant interaction during infant feeding: A randomised controlled trial in a low‐income community in South Africa	7
Supporting early infant relationships and reducing maternal distress with the Newborn Behavioral Observations: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial	7
The prenatal video‐feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP‐PRE): Two case studies	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
Post‐discharge outcomes for mothers and the mother–infant relationship following admission to a psychiatric Mother–Baby Unit	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
At the feet of storytellers: Equity in early relational health conversations	6
Promoting parent–infant responsiveness in families experiencing homelessness	6
Attachment and stress regulation in socioeconomically disadvantaged children: Can public childcare compensate?	6
Caregiver stress and cultural identity in families of preschoolers with developmental delay and behavioral problems	6
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	6
The implementation of a multi‐level reflective consultation model in a statewide infant & early childcare education professional development system: Evaluation of a pilot	6
Breaking the cycle of intergenerational abuse: A qualitative interview study of men participating in a perinatal program to reduce violence	6
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior: Is mind‐mindedness a relational construct?	6
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	6
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
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	5
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad	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

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
Fathers’ help seeking behavior and attitudes during their transition to parenthood	5
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis	5
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity	5
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	5
The context and development of the early relational health screen	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
Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self‐compassion as predictors of mother–infant emotional availability in a cross‐sectional study	5
Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience	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
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	5