OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Family Issues 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Parental Recollections of Bullying	47
The Impact of Physical Health, Race, and Financial Status on Relational Satisfaction	31
The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Trajectories to Adulthood of Chinese Youth: A Retrospective Study	23
Is it an Impossible Task? Exploring the Lived Experiences of Christian Parents With Young Children in the UK	18
The Remarriage Belief Inventory: A Validation Study in the Remarried Portuguese Population	17
Parenting Immigrants: Understanding How Family Relationships Impact the Wellbeing of Older Chinese Immigrants Living on the Gold Coast, Australia	17
Mental Health Across the Life Course for Men and Women in Married, Cohabiting, and Living Apart Together Relationships	17
Attitudes Toward Heterosexual and Lesbian Stepmothers: An Experimental Test in the Italian Context	16
Feminist Mothering and Primary Prevention of Gendered Violence: Insights From Australian Mothers Raising Sons	13
Weathering the Storm: Longitudinal Evidence on Women’s Changing Family Relationships During COVID-19	13
Educational Assortative Mating and Its Impact on Marital Quality in China	12
Chinese Lesbian and Gay Adults’ Self-Reported Experiences of Negative Treatment and Violence From Family of Origin: Evidence From a Larger-Scale Study in China	11
Advice for New Stepparents From the Perspective of Stepchildren Who Experienced Stepfamily Formation During Adolescence	11
Experiences of Autonomy in Marriage and Divorce Within the Chinese Traditional System	11
Will Adults’ Happiness be Affected by Childhood Parental Divorce? Evidence From China	10
Child–Parent Relationships and Older Adults’ Health: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between China and the United States	9
Children’s Contact With Fathers Who Never Co-Resided With Them and Father–Child Relationship Quality at age 9	9
How Parents Play: Play Style as a Function of Gender of Parent, Gender of Child, and Play Context	9
Imbalanced Sex Ratios and Marital Transitions in Mexico	9
Infidelity and Anger within Incarcerated Couples: A Brief Report	9
Mothers and Others: How Collective Strategies Reproduce Social Norms Around Motherhood	9
Parents’ Perceptions of Education and Culture as a Context of Parental Stress: A Study of Parents of Preschool Children in Hong Kong	9
Navigating Parenthood in the Pandemic: Revealing the Trade-offs of Childcare Choices Through Conjoint Analysis	9
Preliminary Analysis of the Past and Planned Investments Measure in Turkish Dual-Career Married Individuals	8
Parental Alienating Behaviours Experienced by Alienated Grandparents	8

“Mature Enough to Handle it?”: Gendered Parental Interventions in and Adolescents’ Reactions to Technology Use During the Pandemic	8
Coparenting Quality During COVID-19: Exploring Gender Differences Using a Mixed Methods Approach	8
It’s the Thought that Counts: Pregnancy Intention and Relationship Stressors Across SES	8
Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China	8
Socio-economic Correlates of Marital Status and Marriage Timing Among Adult Men in Nigeria	7
Father Involvement in Asian Families: A Systematic Literature Review	7
A Hybrid Model for the Intergenerational Relationship Between Maternal Poverty and Their Young Adult Child’s Self-Esteem	7
Who You Live With Matters: Living Arrangements and Life Expectancy With the Evidence From Eighteen-Year Follow-Up Data	7
Early Life Family Care for and With Migrants: The Development of a Transcultural Transition Mentoring Competence Profile	7
When Working From Home Fails to Support Work–Life Balance: The Role of Childcare- and Work-Related Demands	7
The Inverse Association Between Number of Siblings and Divorce: New Evidence From China and Europe	7
Attitudes and Feelings Among Married Mothers and Single Mothers by Choice During the Covid-19 Crisis	7
“I didn’t Even Realize I Agreed to Meet the Child so Rarely.” Negotiations and Parental Desires in LGBTQ Family Forming Processes	7
Academia and Motherhood: A Narrative Inquiry of Ontario Academic Mothers’ Experiences in University Graduate Programs	7
Student Parents or Parent Students in Lockdown Pandemic? A Third Space approach	7
Understanding Military Motherhood: How the Armed Forces’ Childcare and Family Leave Policies Impact Servicewomen with Young Children	7
‘We Call It the Square Au Pair’. Exploring Working Mothers’ Experiences of Using Digital Devices as ‘Babysitters’	6
The Racialization of Latino Families	6
Ready for Parenthood? On Intensive Parenting Ideals and Fertility	6
Parents’ Family Coping Strategies during the Pandemic: Effects on Parent and Child Well-Being	6
Exploring Linkages Between Mother–Child and Sibling Relationship Quality and Prosocial Behavior Between School-Aged and Adolescent Siblings	6
Familial Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Use-Related Problems Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults	6
Portraits of Life After Loss: Understanding Parental Loss Within A Social Context	6
‘It’s Nothing Serious I Suppose’ Family Help-Seeking for Adolescent Social Anxiety	6
“I Would Like to, But My World Wouldn’t End If I Didn’t”: Marital Aspirations Among Sexual Minority Young Adults	6
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America	6
“Once You Become a Parent, You are a Parent Forever”: An Examination of Memorable Messages About Having Children and Becoming a Parent	6
Foster Caregiver Experiences: Implications for Retention and Satisfaction	6
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women	6
Symptoms of Anxiety in Mothers During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Structural Equation Model Approach	6
Women Caregivers Under the Spanish Autonomy and Dependence System: A New Social Underclass?	6
Socialization Past and Present: Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting Behaviors in Multispecies Families	6
Racial Disparity in Parenting Practice Among Parents With Young Children	5
Trends in the Prevalence of Childfree Women in the Philippines, 1993–2022	5
Differences in Life Satisfaction and Emotions by Romantic Coupling and Sexual Orientation	5
Joint Utility or Sub-optimal Outcomes? Household Income Development of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples Transitioning to Parenthood in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden	5
Family Dynamics in Cross-National Families With Young Children in Singapore	5
A Sense of Connectedness in Reproductive Donation. Contrasting Policy With Donor and Donor Kin Lived Experience	5
Lower-Income Nonresident Fathers’ Self-Perceptions About Their Parenting Quality and Relationships With Children	5
The Long-Term Impact of Family Experiences in Adolescence on Mother–Child Relationships in Early Adulthood	5
Quality and Quantity of Grandparent Contact: Associations with Late Adolescents’ Psychological Adjustment	5
Toward a Transition Transaction Theory: Understanding the Father–Child Relationship	5
Single Motherhood and Stress in a Kenyan Slum: The Importance of Paternal and Kin Support	5
Vulnerability of Poverty between Male and Female Headed Household in Tanzania	5
Men’s Marriage Trends in Asia: Changes and Continuities	5
Are You Satisfied? Examining Positive Interaction and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships	5
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China	5
Exploring the Psychosocial Experiences of Within the Family Adoptees: An initiative for Mental Well-Being	5
Motherhood and Childfree Choice: Accounts of Indian Childfree Women	5
How to Find Mr/Miss Right? The Mechanism of Search Among Online Daters in Shanghai	5

Macro-Level Correlates of Early Marriage in Asia	5
Families in Multi-Problem Situations in India: Exploration From the Fifth Round of the National Family Health Survey	5
Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds	5
How Nonreligious Parents Approach the (Non)Religious Socialization of Their Children	5
The Influence of Work–Family Conflict on Parental Burnout in China: Moderating Effect of Spousal Support and its Gender Differences	4
Social Capital, Families, Friendships, and Inter-generational Mobility	4
Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic	4
A Mixed Methods Study of Relationship Satisfaction in Parents of Children With Down Syndrome	4
Coping With Parental Pressure to Get Married: Perspectives From Chinese “Leftover Women”	4
Filial Piety, Intimacy, and Inter-Generational Contract: Understanding the Family Support to Rural Empty-Nest Older Parents in China	4
Relationship Beliefs and Communication Skills in Turkish Married Individuals: Examining the Mediating Role of Partner Accommodation Behavior and Emotional Dependency	4
Parents’ Experiences in the Coming Out Process of LGB Individuals: A Focus on Mothers’ Journeys	4
Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programming on Social Support, Coparenting, and Parenting Among Teen Parents: A Pilot Study	4
Singleness and the Pandemic Dating Recession	4
‘It’s a Man’s Job’: Doing Gender and Male Gatekeeping in the Division of Household Labor	4
‘I Have to be the Mum and Dad for 4 Weeks Straight’. Exploring the Experiences and Support Needs of Australian Parents and Partners Engaged in Fly-In/Fly-Out Work Practices	4
Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes Internationally Generalizable? The Case of Sweden	4
The Double-Edged Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Family Relationships	4
Gender Equality in the Division of Housework and Fertility Intentions in Canada: The Moderating Effect of Employment and Education	4
How Important Is Early Paternal Engagement? Deriving Longitudinal Measures of Fathers’ Childcare Engagement and Exploring Structural Relationships With Prior Engagement and Employment Hours	4
Parental Mediation of Cell Phone Use and Adolescent Autonomy	4
Family Relationships and Young Italian Adults’ Well-Being: The Mediation Role of Mattering	4
Marital Beliefs and Decisions Among Young Chinese Medical Workers	4
Fatherlessness: Black Jamaican Mothers’ Perspectives	4
Longitudinal Psychological Family Studies in Austria: A Scoping Review	4
Marital Quality as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Abuse to Mental Health	4
“I Don’t Want to Be Bad Mommy, but I Also Don’t Want to Be the Bad Mom”: How Mothers Story Their Experiences Navigating Social Media with Their Children	4
Exploring Civil Partnership From the Perspective of Those in Mixed-Sex Relationships: Embracing a Clean Slate of Equality	4
“Going-With-The-Flow” or “Getting-Things-Done”: A Folk Model of Intensive Parenting Among Middle-Class Parents	4
Siblinghood Amongst Older Adults: What Being a Sibling or Having Siblings Means	4
Abdication of Responsibility for Father–Child Contact in a Group of Black South African Non-resident Father Families: A Systems Perspective	4
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Sindh, Pakistan: An Analysis of Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey	4