OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy is 3. 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
Couple and family therapy for substance use disorders: Evidence‐based update 2010–2019	35
Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010–2019	30
Couple teletherapy in the era of COVID‐19: Experiences and recommendations	25
Moral distress of medical family therapists and their physician colleagues during the transition to COVID‐19	23
A review of the research during 2010–2019 on evidence‐based treatments for couple relationship distress	22
Videoconferencing psychotherapy for couples and families: A systematic review	19
“It’s splendid once you grow into it:” Client experiences of relational teletherapy in the era of COVID‐19	19
Attachment‐based family therapy in the age of telehealth and COVID‐19	18
Adult ADHD and romantic relationships: What we know and what we can do to help	17
Toward proficiency in telebehavioral health: applying interprofessional competencies in couple and family therapy	17
Relational teletherapy experiences of couple and family therapy trainees: “Reading the room,” exhaustion, and the comforts of home	16
Family based treatment of anxiety disorders: A review of the literature (2010–2019)	14
Introduction to the special issue on the efficacy and effectiveness of couple and family interventions: Evidence base update 2010–2019	14
Satisfaction or connectivity?: Implications from the strong relationality model of flourishing couple relationships	14
Family‐of‐origin rejection on suicidal ideation among a sexual minority sample	13
Deconstructing cissexism: The journey of becoming an affirmative family therapist for transgender and nonbinary clients	12
Online relationship education programs improve individual and relationship functioning: A meta‐analytic review	12
The sexual wholeness model: An initial evaluation with two samples	12
Review of family‐based treatments from 2010 to 2019 for suicidal ideation and behavior	12
Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)	12
The transition to teletherapy in marriage and family therapy training settings during COVID‐19: What do the data tell us?	12
Conceptual framework for telehealth strategies to increase family involvement in treatment and recovery for youth opioid use disorder	12
Using systemic interventions to reduce intimate partner violence or child maltreatment: A systematic review of publications between 2010 and 2019	11
Family‐based treatments for disruptive behavior problems in children and adolescents: An updated review of rigorous studies (2014–April 2020)	11
“The troublesome other and I”: Parallel stories of separated parents in prolonged conflicts	11

The effects of gender identity change efforts on Black, Latinx, and White transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Implications for ethical clinical practice	11
Systemic teletherapists' meaningful experiences during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic	10
Way of being and the therapeutic pyramid: Expanding the application of a common factors meta‐model	10
Therapeutic alliance as a predictor of behavioral outcomes in a relationally focused, family‐centered telehealth intervention	10
Competency‐based training in the supervision of relational telemental supervision	10
Individual mental health and couple functioning following couple relationship education participation: Exploring prospective cross‐lagged influences among changes	10
Treated together–changed together: The application of dyadic analyses to understand the reciprocal nature of alliances and couple satisfaction over time	10
The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy	9
Trauma, social media, and #WhyIDidntReport: An analysis of twitter posts about reluctance to report sexual assault	9
The role of relationship dissatisfaction in the dyadic associations between attachment insecurity and intimate partner violence among couples seeking therapy	9
Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010–2019)	9
A call to action: Online learning and distance education in the training of couple and family therapists	8
Satisfying and stable couple relationships: Attachment similarity across partners can partially buffer the negative effects of attachment insecurity	8
Systemic interventions for traumatic event exposure: A 2010–2019 decade review	8
Family‐based treatments for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A review of family functioning outcomes in randomized controlled trials from 2010 to 2019	8
Past is present: Pathways between childhood sexual abuse and relationship satisfaction	8
Couple and family interventions for depressive and bipolar disorders: Evidence base update (2010–2019)	8
Acceptability of an online relational intimacy and sexual enhancement (iRISE) intervention after breast cancer	7
Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on emotional regulation and loneliness of divorced women in Iran	7
Equine‐assisted psychotherapy with traumatized couples—Improvement of relationship quality and psychological symptoms	7
“We’re just two people in a relationship”: A qualitative exploration of emotional bond and fairness experiences between transgender women and their cisgender partners	6
Interfamily Therapy, a multifamily therapy model settled in infant‐juvenile mental health services of Havana (Cuba): A qualitative study from participants’ perspectives	6
“We're in this together”: Attachment insecurities, dyadic coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction in couples involved in medically assisted reproduction	6
A latent profile analysis of romantic attachment anxiety and avoidance	6
A culturally adapted parenting intervention for the Chilean context: Qualitative indicators of participant satisfaction and contextual and cultural relevance	5
Changes in couple, parenting, and individual functioning following Family Expectations program participation	5
The effectiveness of structural family therapy in repairing behavioral problems and improving family functioning in single‐parent families in Iran	5
Practicing Emotionally Focused Therapy online: Calling all relationships	5
Evidence base review of couple‐ and family‐based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010–2019	5
Randomized controlled trial of the Marriage Checkup: Stress outcomes	5
Psychotherapeutic processes associated with couple therapy discontinuance: An observational analysis using the rapid marital interaction coding system	5
Family Empowerment (FAME): A feasibility trial of preventive multifamily groups for asylum seeker families in the Netherlands	4
Understanding the emotional landscape in the withdrawer re‐engagement and blamer softening EFCT change events	4
The value of using emotions in solution focused brief therapy	4
Experiential family therapy interventions delivered via telemental health: A qualitative implementation study	4
A primer on sleep for MFTs: Implications and practical considerations	4
Romantic relationship experiences and emotion regulation strategies of regular mindfulness meditation practitioners: A qualitative study	4
Affair recovery: Exploring similarities and differences of injured and involved partners	4
Examining quality time as a mediator of dyadic change in a randomized controlled trial of relationship education for low‐income couples	4
Authority in therapeutic interaction: A conversation analytic study	4
Somatic experience of emotion in emotionally focused couple therapy: Experienced trainer therapists' views and experiences	4
The Couple Relationship Scale: A brief measure to facilitate routine outcome monitoring in couple therapy	4
Addressing intergenerational trauma in Black families: Trauma‐informed socioculturally attuned family therapy	4
Trajectories of incarcerated coparenting: Examining differences across race and ethnicity	4
Therapy outcomes for neurodiverse couples: Exploring a solution‐focused approach	4
Family relationships and the interpersonal theory of suicide in a clinically suicidal sample of adolescents	3
The influence of relationship pattern labeling on intimacy, acceptance, and relationship satisfaction	3
Clients’ perceptions of marriage and family therapists’ way‐of‐being: a phenomenological analysis	3
“What Next?”: Toward telebehavioral health sustainability in couple and family therapy	3
Integrative couple treatment for pathological gamblers with an emphasis on forgiveness processes: A case study with three couples	3

A randomized controlled trial of a 5‐year marriage checkup booster session for a subsample of responder couples	3
The impact of a parent‐based prevention intervention on Mexican‐descent youths' perceptions of harm associated with drug use: Differential intervention effects for male and female youths	3
Understanding barriers to couples therapy	3
What are they doing? A national survey of help‐seeking and relationship‐repair behavior of individuals who are thinking about divorce	3
Expanding our international reach: Trends in the development of systemic family therapy training and implementation in Africa	3
Relationship dynamics associated with emotional IPV perpetration and victimization: A meta‐analysis	3
“Is it us or is it me?”: Family experiences of connectedness following a reflecting team intervention	3
Discerning Motivational Interviewing through a spiritual lens—discovering a Christian MI archetype and native MI language	3
Dyadic effects of interpersonal perception on the quality of couple relationships: Idealization and accuracy matter	3
Attachment insecurities and under‐commitment in distressed couples: The role of positive and negative partner behaviors	3
Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID‐19	3
Couples relationship standards and satisfaction in Pakistani couples	3