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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

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	60
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	44
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	37
Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID‐19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants	23
Reframing the narrative: Black maternal mental health and culturally meaningful support for wellness	21
Development and nationwide implementation of a postdischarge responsive parenting intervention program for very preterm born children: The TOP program	19
Higher maternal reflective functioning is associated with toddlers’ adaptive emotion regulation	18
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	17
Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk	17
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding	17
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic	17
NICU music therapy effects on maternal mental health and preterm infant's emotional arousal	15
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	13
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research	13
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research	13
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	13
Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on father participation in prenatal care	12
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	12
From zero to thrive: A model of cross‐system and cross‐sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child‐serving ecosystem	12
Fathers’ help seeking behavior and attitudes during their transition to parenthood	11
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	11
Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing	11
Infants’ and toddlers’ digital media use and mothers’ mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	11
Supporting early infant relationships and reducing maternal distress with the Newborn Behavioral Observations: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial	10
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings	10

Feasibility of training service providers on the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure for use in community settings	10
Prenatal expectations and other psycho‐social factors as risk factors of postnatal bonding disturbance	9
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	9
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	9
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior: Is mind‐mindedness a relational construct?	9
Evaluation of a statewide initiative to reduce expulsion of young children	9
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood	9
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	9
Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress and burnout in neonatal care staff: A cross‐sectional survey study	8
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity	8
Why do we hunger for touch? The impact of daily gentle touch stimulation on maternal‐infant physiological and behavioral regulation and resilience	8
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis	8
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	8
Evaluating child maltreatment and family violence risk during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Using a telehealth home visiting program as a conduit to families	8
Parent and practitioner perspectives on Circle of Security Parenting (COS‐P): A qualitative study	8
At the feet of storytellers: Equity in early relational health conversations	7
Caregiver–infant and toddler interactions during diapering: Caregiver responsiveness and child well‐being and involvement	7
Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self‐compassion as predictors of mother–infant emotional availability in a cross‐sectional study	7
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	7
The implementation of a multi‐level reflective consultation model in a statewide infant & early childcare education professional development system: Evaluation of a pilot	7
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	7
Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience	7
The prenatal video‐feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP‐PRE): Two case studies	7
The context and development of the early relational health screen	7
The assessment of representational risk (ARR): Development and psychometric properties of a new coding system for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship	7
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning	6
Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model	6
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	6
Building reflective capacity and improving well‐being of early childhood professionals through an embedded cross‐system model of infant early childhood mental health consultation	6
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	6
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	6
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study	6
Caregiver stress and cultural identity in families of preschoolers with developmental delay and behavioral problems	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
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning	6
Short‐term psychodynamic infant–parent interventions at Child health centers: Outcomes on parental depression and infant social–emotional functioning	5
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment	5
The impact of COVID‐19 on experiences of pregnancy and/or early parenting in Chile	5
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence	5
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad	5
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	5
Maternal caregiving representations of the infant in the first year of life: Associations with prenatal and concurrent reflective functioning	5
Dyadic parent–infant interaction patterns at 12 months: Exploring dyadic parent–infant gender compositions	5
Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth	5
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup	5
Development and validation of the Attachment Relationship Inventory—Caregiver Perception 2–5 years (ARI‐CP 2–5): Psychometric structure, external validity, and norms	5
Maternal lack of sleep in the first two years after childbirth: Perceived impacts and help‐seeking behaviors	5
Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families	5