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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Is it an Impossible Task? Exploring the Lived Experiences of Christian Parents With Young Children in the UK	46
The Impact of Physical Health, Race, and Financial Status on Relational Satisfaction	46
Parental Recollections of Bullying	33
The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Trajectories to Adulthood of Chinese Youth: A Retrospective Study	29
Parenting Immigrants: Understanding How Family Relationships Impact the Wellbeing of Older Chinese Immigrants Living on the Gold Coast, Australia	24
Mental Health Across the Life Course for Men and Women in Married, Cohabiting, and Living Apart Together Relationships	22
Educational Assortative Mating and Its Impact on Marital Quality in China	20
Feminist Mothering and Primary Prevention of Gendered Violence: Insights From Australian Mothers Raising Sons	19
Weathering the Storm: Longitudinal Evidence on Women’s Changing Family Relationships During COVID-19	17
Experiences of Autonomy in Marriage and Divorce Within the Chinese Traditional System	16
Attitudes Toward Heterosexual and Lesbian Stepmothers: An Experimental Test in the Italian Context	15
Infidelity and Anger within Incarcerated Couples: A Brief Report	15
Advice for New Stepparents From the Perspective of Stepchildren Who Experienced Stepfamily Formation During Adolescence	15
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	15
The Remarriage Belief Inventory: A Validation Study in the Remarried Portuguese Population	15
Will Adults’ Happiness be Affected by Childhood Parental Divorce? Evidence From China	13
Parents’ Perceptions of Education and Culture as a Context of Parental Stress: A Study of Parents of Preschool Children in Hong Kong	13
Caregivers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Children’s Behavior	12
Imbalanced Sex Ratios and Marital Transitions in Mexico	11
How Parents Play: Play Style as a Function of Gender of Parent, Gender of Child, and Play Context	11
Child–Parent Relationships and Older Adults’ Health: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between China and the United States	10
Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China	10
Preliminary Analysis of the Past and Planned Investments Measure in Turkish Dual-Career Married Individuals	9
Navigating Parenthood in the Pandemic: Revealing the Trade-offs of Childcare Choices Through Conjoint Analysis	9
Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s Behavioral Difficulties and the Parent–Child Interaction During the COVID-19 Lockdown	9

Children’s Contact With Fathers Who Never Co-Resided With Them and Father–Child Relationship Quality at age 9	9
Socio-economic Correlates of Marital Status and Marriage Timing Among Adult Men in Nigeria	9
It’s the Thought that Counts: Pregnancy Intention and Relationship Stressors Across SES	9
Coparenting Quality During COVID-19: Exploring Gender Differences Using a Mixed Methods Approach	9
Early Life Family Care for and With Migrants: The Development of a Transcultural Transition Mentoring Competence Profile	9
“Mature Enough to Handle it?”: Gendered Parental Interventions in and Adolescents’ Reactions to Technology Use During the Pandemic	9
Mothers and Others: How Collective Strategies Reproduce Social Norms Around Motherhood	9
Sexual Identity in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning Emerging Adults: The Role of Parental Rejection, and Sexuality Specific Family Support	9
“I didn’t Even Realize I Agreed to Meet the Child so Rarely.” Negotiations and Parental Desires in LGBTQ Family Forming Processes	9
Parental Alienating Behaviours Experienced by Alienated Grandparents	8
When Working From Home Fails to Support Work–Life Balance: The Role of Childcare- and Work-Related Demands	8
A Hybrid Model for the Intergenerational Relationship Between Maternal Poverty and Their Young Adult Child’s Self-Esteem	8
Academia and Motherhood: A Narrative Inquiry of Ontario Academic Mothers’ Experiences in University Graduate Programs	8
Father Involvement in Asian Families: A Systematic Literature Review	8
The Inverse Association Between Number of Siblings and Divorce: New Evidence From China and Europe	8
Family Communication and Psychological Distress in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Role of Coping	8
Who You Live With Matters: Living Arrangements and Life Expectancy With the Evidence From Eighteen-Year Follow-Up Data	8
Student Parents or Parent Students in Lockdown Pandemic? A Third Space approach	8
Portraits of Life After Loss: Understanding Parental Loss Within A Social Context	7
The Racialization of Latino Families	7
Familial Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Use-Related Problems Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults	7
“I Would Like to, But My World Wouldn’t End If I Didn’t”: Marital Aspirations Among Sexual Minority Young Adults	7
Foster Caregiver Experiences: Implications for Retention and Satisfaction	7
Attitudes and Feelings Among Married Mothers and Single Mothers by Choice During the Covid-19 Crisis	7
‘It’s Nothing Serious I Suppose’ Family Help-Seeking for Adolescent Social Anxiety	7
Ready for Parenthood? On Intensive Parenting Ideals and Fertility	7
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women	7
Understanding Military Motherhood: How the Armed Forces’ Childcare and Family Leave Policies Impact Servicewomen with Young Children	7
Symptoms of Anxiety in Mothers During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Structural Equation Model Approach	7
Actual and Perceived Parental Knowledge and Child Delinquency: Does the Sex of the Parent, the Sex of the Child, and the Child’s Age Make a Difference?	7
Socialization Past and Present: Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting Behaviors in Multispecies Families	6
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America	6
Exploring Linkages Between Mother–Child and Sibling Relationship Quality and Prosocial Behavior Between School-Aged and Adolescent Siblings	6
Racial Disparity in Parenting Practice Among Parents With Young Children	6
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	6
How to Find Mr/Miss Right? The Mechanism of Search Among Online Daters in Shanghai	6
Parental Stress Provoked by Short-Term School Closures During the Second COVID-19 Lockdown	6
Exploring the Psychosocial Experiences of Within the Family Adoptees: An initiative for Mental Well-Being	6
Motherhood and Childfree Choice: Accounts of Indian Childfree Women	6
“Once You Become a Parent, You are a Parent Forever”: An Examination of Memorable Messages About Having Children and Becoming a Parent	6
‘We Call It the Square Au Pair’. Exploring Working Mothers’ Experiences of Using Digital Devices as ‘Babysitters’	6
Parents’ Family Coping Strategies during the Pandemic: Effects on Parent and Child Well-Being	6
Women Caregivers Under the Spanish Autonomy and Dependence System: A New Social Underclass?	6
Trends in the Prevalence of Childfree Women in the Philippines, 1993–2022	6
Quality and Quantity of Grandparent Contact: Associations with Late Adolescents’ Psychological Adjustment	6
The Long-Term Impact of Family Experiences in Adolescence on Mother–Child Relationships in Early Adulthood	5
How Nonreligious Parents Approach the (Non)Religious Socialization of Their Children	5
Macro-Level Correlates of Early Marriage in Asia	5
Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds	5
Parents’ Experiences in the Coming Out Process of LGB Individuals: A Focus on Mothers’ Journeys	5

Longitudinal Psychological Family Studies in Austria: A Scoping Review	5
How Important Is Early Paternal Engagement? Deriving Longitudinal Measures of Fathers’ Childcare Engagement and Exploring Structural Relationships With Prior Engagement and Employment Hours	5
Single Motherhood and Stress in a Kenyan Slum: The Importance of Paternal and Kin Support	5
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China	5
Are You Satisfied? Examining Positive Interaction and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships	5
Differences in Life Satisfaction and Emotions by Romantic Coupling and Sexual Orientation	5
Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programming on Social Support, Coparenting, and Parenting Among Teen Parents: A Pilot Study	5
Parental Mediation of Cell Phone Use and Adolescent Autonomy	5
Families in Multi-Problem Situations in India: Exploration From the Fifth Round of the National Family Health Survey	5
Family Dynamics in Cross-National Families With Young Children in Singapore	5
Men’s Marriage Trends in Asia: Changes and Continuities	5
Vulnerability of Poverty between Male and Female Headed Household in Tanzania	5
Lower-Income Nonresident Fathers’ Self-Perceptions About Their Parenting Quality and Relationships With Children	5
A Sense of Connectedness in Reproductive Donation. Contrasting Policy With Donor and Donor Kin Lived Experience	5
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Sindh, Pakistan: An Analysis of Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey	5
Marital Beliefs and Decisions Among Young Chinese Medical Workers	5
“Going-With-The-Flow” or “Getting-Things-Done”: A Folk Model of Intensive Parenting Among Middle-Class Parents	4
Singleness and the Pandemic Dating Recession	4
Marital Quality as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Abuse to Mental Health	4
The Impact of Paternity Leave Compared to Unemployment on Child Care and Housework Distribution in Spain	4
Family Relationships and Young Italian Adults’ Well-Being: The Mediation Role of Mattering	4
Relationship Beliefs and Communication Skills in Turkish Married Individuals: Examining the Mediating Role of Partner Accommodation Behavior and Emotional Dependency	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
‘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
Fatherlessness: Black Jamaican Mothers’ Perspectives	4
Bullying Victimization Among Ukrainian College Students: The Role of Family Communication and Satisfaction, Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse	4
Gender Equality in the Division of Housework and Fertility Intentions in Canada: The Moderating Effect of Employment and Education	4
Help-Seeking Behaviors of Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya	4
Siblinghood Amongst Older Adults: What Being a Sibling or Having Siblings Means	4
Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic	4
‘It’s a Man’s Job’: Doing Gender and Male Gatekeeping in the Division of Household Labor	4
Grandchild Caring and Late-Life Depression: A Comparative Longitudinal Study in China and Europe	4
The Double-Edged Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Family Relationships	4
Social Capital, Families, Friendships, and Inter-generational Mobility	4
Filial Piety, Intimacy, and Inter-Generational Contract: Understanding the Family Support to Rural Empty-Nest Older Parents in China	4
A Mixed Methods Study of Relationship Satisfaction in Parents of Children With Down Syndrome	4
Locking Down Gender Roles? A Time-Use Perspective on Gender Division of Household Labour during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Belgium	4
Coping With Parental Pressure to Get Married: Perspectives From Chinese “Leftover Women”	4
Abdication of Responsibility for Father–Child Contact in a Group of Black South African Non-resident Father Families: A Systems Perspective	4
The Influence of Work–Family Conflict on Parental Burnout in China: Moderating Effect of Spousal Support and its Gender Differences	4
Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes Internationally Generalizable? The Case of Sweden	4
Exploring Civil Partnership From the Perspective of Those in Mixed-Sex Relationships: Embracing a Clean Slate of Equality	4