OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Attachment & Human Development is 6. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Revisiting the founder of attachment theory: memories and informal reflections	57
The predictive significance of attachment script assessment hyperactivation and deactivation: evidence of associations with romantic relationship functioning	32
Father-separation and well-being in forcibly displaced Syrian children	31
Culture and attachment preference among young adults in Egypt and the United States	25
Behavioral problems, dissociative symptoms, and empathic behaviors in children adopted in infancy from institutional and foster care in the Czech Republic	23
Mothers’ parental mentalization, attachment dimensions and mother-infant relational patterns	22
Neural correlates of distress and comfort in individuals with avoidant, anxious and secure attachment style: an fMRI study	21
Commentary: attachment theory goes to school	18
Prospecting the attachment research field: a move to the level of engagement	17
A deeper look at the association between childhood maltreatment and reflective functioning	15
An exploration of ex-boarding school adults’ attachment styles and substance use behaviours	15
Cross-modal coherence and incoherence of early infant interactive behavior: links to attachment in infants born very preterm or full-term	13
Scripted attachment representations of current romantic relationships: measurement and validation	13
Depression in middle childhood: secure base script as a cognitive diathesis in the relationship between daily stress and depressive symptoms	12
Telehealth delivery of modified attachment and biobehavioral catch-up: feasibility, acceptability, and lessons learned	12
A longitudinal study of child adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of the parent-child relationship in middle childhood	12
A “transmission gap” between research and practice? A Q-methodology study of perceptions of the application of attachment theory among clinicians working with children and among attachment researchers	11
Mentalizing in first-time fathers: reflective functioning as a mediator between attachment representation and sensitivity	9
A meta-analysis of the distribution of preschool and early childhood attachment as assessed in the strange situation procedure and its modified versions	8
Inflammatory and environmental contributions to social information processing	8
Revisiting the debate on effects of parental power-assertive control in two longitudinal studies: early attachment security as a moderator	8
Concepts travel faster than thought: an empirical study of the use of attachment classifications in child protection investigations	8
Longitudinal study of the cascading effects of racial discrimination on parenting and adjustment among African American youth	8
The God, the blood, and the fuzzy: reflections onCornerstonesand two target articles	7
Relations between components of dismissing attachment representations and family relationships	7

Maternal and paternal insightfulness and reaction to the diagnosis in families of preschoolers with Autism spectrum disorder: associations with observed parental sensitivity and inter-parent interacti	7
Mary Main: portrait and tribute	7
Correction	7
Classes of child-mother attachment disorganization from infancy to the preschool years	7
Parental mentalization goes to school: a brief online mentalization-based intervention to improve parental academic support	7
Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and anti-racism: Introduction to the Special Issue	6
The American contribution to attachment theory: John Bowlby’s WHO trip to the USA in 1950 and the development of his ideas on separation and attachment	6
Cornerstones and discourses in attachment study: celebrating the publication of a new landmark	6
Celebrating more than 26,000 adult attachment interviews: mapping the main adult attachment classifications on personal, social, and clinical status	6
Replication crisis lost in translation? On translational caution and premature applications of attachment theory	6