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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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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 mothers82
ISSUE INFORMATION28
Infant and early childhood mental health Endorsement: Participant reports and perceptions28
Effects of integrated programs for substance‐involved mothers on infant and child development outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis26
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study24
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study23
The impact of COVID‐19 on the continuum of integrated perinatal, infant, and early childhood behavioral health services23
Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity23
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity20
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel20
Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: Adaptive functioning in the second year of life20
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation19
Evaluation of the Pregnancy to Parenthood program: A dyadic intervention for mothers with perinatal mental disorders and their infants18
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 preschoolers16
Testing reliability and validity of practitioner‐rated parental sensitivity: A novel tool for practice15
Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning15
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Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review15
ISSUE INFORMATION15
Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model14
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Engaging Indigenous communities in research to inform practice: The multisite implementation evaluation of Tribal home visiting13
Introduction to special section doing the “right” thing: Ethical issues in infant and early childhood mental health13
Family socioeconomic status and problem behaviors among Chinese migrant preschool children: The serial mediating roles of mindful parenting and resilience12
From infant separation distress to preschool behavior problems: The mediating roles of maternal self‐efficacy and positive parenting12
Maternal caregiving representations of the infant in the first year of life: Associations with prenatal and concurrent reflective functioning12
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Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and early achievement of developmental milestones in infants and young children: A meta‐analysis11
Impacts of COVID‐19 on early childhood mental health11
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Cultural relevance of fine motor domain of the ASQ in Guatemala10
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health10
Latin American Attachment studies: A narrative review10
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 perspective10
Effects of a virtual supportive program on the knowledge of mothers of preterm infants and their bonding10
Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study10
Childhood maltreatment history and trauma‐specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers10
Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self‐efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India9
Issue Information9
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use9
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic9
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders9
Reflective functioning, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and maternal response to infant crying: A follow‐up study9
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect9
Further validation of Leerkes’ cry questionnaire battery in an independent sample: Useful tools for infant mental health practitioners and scholars8
Presence and respect: Childrearing in an intercultural Chilean city8
Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months8
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up8
Fetal programming of infant temperament: An examination of prenatal maternal stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
Bridging attachment theory and interpersonal acceptance‐rejection theory in the strange situation procedure in a low‐risk sample in Egypt8
The HEADS‐ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children8
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic7
Preventing early harsh parenting and toddler behavior problems: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy among low‐income Latine families7
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps7
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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 addictions7
Issue Information7
Offline and online parental mentalizing in mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression: Examining the association between self‐reported parental reflective functioning and interactional mind‐minded7
One state's journey with a reflective supervision professional development series: Development, implementation, and adaptation6
ISSUE INFORMATION6
Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods6
Maternal self‐efficacy during infancy: Investigating the roles of depression and social support among mothers in rural Pakistan6
The effects of parental marital quality on preschool children's social–emotional competence: The chain mediating model of parent–child and sibling relationships6
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Movement through motherhood: Exploring mood, wellbeing, and prenatal emotional availability (EA) through EA‐based dance intervention6
Looking back to light the path forward: Ghosts in the Nursery revisited5
Improved classroom and child outcomes through mental health consultation in New York City subsidized early care and education programs5
Infant carrying: Associations with parental reflective functioning, parental bonding and parental responses to infant crying5
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“When I hold my daughter, she quiets, no need [for]any verbal conversation”: A qualitative understanding of responsive caregiving in rural, Sindh Pakistan5
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of parental mentalization in fathers and mothers5
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Is lower fetal heart rate variability a susceptibility marker to the impact of negative coparenting on infant regulatory capacity?4
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes4
Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: A qualitative study4
Experiences of childbirth care among mothers in Lithuania during COVID‐194
Consultant perception of the feasibility and effectiveness of infant and early childhood mental health consultation services provided virtually to early care and education4
Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period4
Reflective supervision and consultation and its impact within early childhood‐serving programs: A systematic review4
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity4
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations4
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)4
Driving forces: Unpacking workforce satisfaction and retention among home visitors4
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings4
Secondary benefits of a brief couples intervention on coparenting through relationship quality and partner conflict4
At the feet of storytellers: Implications for practicing early relational health conversations4
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman4
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis4
Two babies, two bonds: Frequency and correlates of differential maternal‐infant bonding in mothers of twins4
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy4
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
The prenatal caregiving expectations questionnaire‐revised version: Factor structure, internal consistency, and initial construct validity4
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