Journal of Child and Family Studies

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Child and Family Studies is 20. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Health Outcomes in Children Living in Military Families Caring for a Service Member or Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury57
The Transmission of Anxiety from Mothers to Adolescents in Rural China: The Protective Roles of Father-Child Attachment Security and Friend Support47
Relationship between Chinese Women’s Childhood Family Background and their Fertility Intentions under Different Policy Conditions41
A U.S. National Study of Family Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic37
Therapeutic Competence in Parenting Programs: A Focus Group Study33
Associations between Family Factors and Youth Substance Use Across the Rural-Urban Continuum: A Person-/Variable-Centered Approach33
Cyberbullying, Mental Health, and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth with Disabilities: Intersectionalities and Environmental Risks30
WhatsApp with the Evidence Base for Behavioral Parent Training Apps? A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone Applications29
Examining Mastery Orientation Among Youth in Latino/a Migrant Farmworker Families28
Validation of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment in Cypriot Clinical and non-Clinical Adolescents27
Preventive Group Training Improves Children’s Outcomes after Divorce: A Dutch Quasi-experimental Study27
Do Occupational Performance and Social Support Predict Health and Well-Being Among Mothers of Preterm Infants?27
Associations Between Parenting Behavior and Positive and Negative Affect in Elementary Age Children26
Effects of a Structured Reflective Interview on Parental Reflective Functioning: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial24
Risk and Protective Factors for Work-Family Conflict among Female Military Spouses22
Bibliotherapy for Specific Phobias of Dogs in Young Children: A Pilot Study22
Believing in My Strength: Personal Best Goals as Mediators in Strength-Based Parenting and Adolescents’ Well-Being22
Identifying Effective Components in Preventive Parenting Behaviour Change Interventions: A Meta-Analysis21
Barriers to Mental Health Services for Parents and Siblings of Children with Special Health Care Needs20
Benefits and Barriers to Engaging in a Family Physical Activity Intervention: A Qualitative Analysis of Exit Interviews20
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