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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Family Theory & Review is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Grief experiences in parents of adult children with serious mental illness	63
Academic socialization model: Understanding Chinese children's academic self‐concept and the role of academic achievement	51
A theoretical integration of work–family studies with the transactional model of stress	45
Systems intelligence and families	29
Types, dimensions, and limitations	28
Post‐traumatic stress symptoms and parenting in military families: A systematic integrative review	27
Black men's intimate partner violence victimization and help‐seeking experiences: Integrating and applying intersectionality and hegemonic masculinity	22
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Currere and legacy in the context of family business: Towards a new theory of intergenerational learning. By SamuelChen: Routledge. 2023. pp. 170. £96.00 ($128.00) (hardback). ISBN: 97810033638	20
Engaging in literature review, synthesis, and meta‐analysis: A few considerations for family scholars	19
A conceptual model of family well‐being: Bridging constructs, fields, and practice applications	17
The return of race science and why it matters for family science	16
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Intersectional blackness matters: Why family science should care about the College Board's A.P. African American Studies course controversy	15
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Purpose: A potential catalyst and anchor for optimal work–family balance and well‐being	13
To be young, conscious and Black: The cumulative witnessing of racial violence for Black youth and families	13
Honor killings in Muslim and Western countries in modern times: A critical literature review and definitional implications	13
Romantic relationships and attitudes in Asian emerging adults: Review and critique	12
A reproductive justice analysis of Black motherwork	12
Self of the parent: An expanded social cognitive perspective on parent–child sexual communication	12
Figuring out how to participate in the system: Using reflexive feminist autoethnography to explore intersectional experiences in the professional and political spheres of academia	11
A scoping review of research on well‐being across diverse family structures: Rethinking approaches for understanding contemporary families	11
The secret history of home economics: How trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live. DanielleDreilinger. 2021. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 348 pp.ISBN:	11
The stability of singlehood: Limitations of the relationship status paradigm and a new theoretical framework for reimagining singlehood	10

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Transformative learning to politicized collective identity: How cisgender parents and caregivers of transgender and gender diverse youth become change makers for TGD justice	8
Living single in late life among African Americans	8
Continuing the scholarly chapter: The unexpected benefits of engaging with book reviews	8
Why is traditional polygamy unjust? Implications for egalitarian nonmonogamy	8
JFTR's venues and voices for family theorizing and critical review	8
Imagining LatinX intimacies: Connecting queer stories, spaces, and sexualities, Edward A.ChamberlainLondon, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers/Rowman & Littlefield International, 2	8
How sociocultural contexts may shape the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on couples' relationships	8
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This unique and precious opportunity: A conversation among feminist administrators about reclaiming the transformative potential of post‐pandemic higher education	7
Parental lying to children: A systematic review	7
The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction	7
Clarifying relationship instability: Exploring the vital role of change in commitment	7
Women at the margins: Experiences with spousal incarceration inIndia	7
Erratum to “Queering family trees: Race, reproductive justice, and lesbian motherhood by Patton‐Imani, Sandra”	6
Not a single meaning: Definition and evolution of singlehood in France and the United States	6
Testimonio as a methodology in the study of sexual and intimate partner violence	6
Applying the family stress model to parental acculturative stress and Latinx youth adjustment: A review of the literature	6
Genetic moderation of the effects of family‐focused interventions (GxI interaction): A systematic review	6
Using critical family theorizing and intersectional feminist praxis to navigate reflexive conversations on race and power in academic settings	6
Hurry up and wait: Developmental anxiety during the transition to adulthood	5
Intentional allyship at the intersection: Moving the human sciences forward	5
Age‐dissimilar couple relationships: 25 years in review	5
Racial discrimination and romantic relationship dynamics among Black Americans: A systematic review	5
Single and flourishing: Transcending the deficit narratives of single life	5
Toward an integrative framework of intergenerational coparenting within family systems: A scoping review	5
Don't skip class: A new conceptual model for examining classism among adolescents and families	5
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Qualitative genogram analysis: A methodology for theorizing family dynamics	4
Attachment resilience in practice: The essential role of family keyworkers	4
The family keyworker as a critical element for attachment resilience in the face of adversity	4
Family dynamics and the transition toend‐of‐lifecaregiving: A brief review and conceptual framework	4
Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets: A reflection on the private motivations behind efforts to humanize family complexity	4
Analyzing mental health among Black immigrant families through intersectionality	4
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Progress and gaps: A systematic review of the family demographics and family subsystems represented in top family science journals 2008–2018	4
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Mixing races, maintaining racism? Considering the connection between interracial families, social distance, and racial inequality	3
The rise of the childless single in South Korea	3
Fatherhood in the context of preterm birth: A narrative review of contemporary research evidence	3
Queering family trees: Race, reproductive justice, and lesbian motherhood by Sandra Patton‐Imani	3
The procreative identities of men in same‐sex relationships choosing surrogacy: A new theoretical understanding	3
The importance of romantic relationships in preventing suicide	3
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Family science, land‐grant universities, and the daunting legacy of the land‐grab institution	3
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Mid‐range theories about families: A primer and introduction to the special issue	3
The influence of parental substance use on adolescent substance use: A systematic review of moderators	3

Toward a Du Boisian paradigm of family science	3
A personal and relational model of father identity construction	3
Marginalized family identity theory: A framework to understand experiences in LGBTQIA+ and diverse family structures	2
X. HeDivorce in China: Institutional constraints and gendered outcomes. New York University Press. 2021, https://doi.org/10.18574/9781479805549	2
Racism and the mechanisms maintaining racial stratification in Black families	2
Ethnic and diverse fathering: Moving research forward	2
Celebrating JFTR's Stellar Niche	2
Bored of the rings: Methodological and analytic approaches to operationalizing Bronfenbrenner's PPCT model in research practice	2
Addressing campus–community relationships using the three corners marriage model	2
The seed: Infertility is a feminist issue. AlexandraKimball. Coach House Books. Ontario, Canada, 2019. $14.95. Paperback. 135 pp. ISBN: 1552453855	2
Pedagogy of the great pandemic of the 21st century: Epistemic implications for individual psychology, family science, and psychotherapies	2
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Navigating the theoretical landscape of loneliness research: How interdisciplinary synergy contributes to further conceptualizations	2
Parental support is not enough: How parental socialization theories can advance LGBTQ+ youth family research, practice, and health	2
Sharenting: A systematic review of the empirical literature	2
Supporting and enhancing attachment resilience is essential for helping high‐risk families: But is the family keyworker the best one for the job?	2
The Bronfenbrenner primer: A guide to develecology, Lawrence G.SheltonNew York, NY: Routledge, 2019, pp. 164, $27.96 (paperback)	1
Queering singlehood: Examining the intersection of sexuality and relationship status from a queer lens	1
Missing pieces: A critical review of research on forced marriage and a call for family scientists to study forced marriage	1
A systematic review of research on immigrant parenting of young children in the 21st century (2000–2020)	1
Quantitative criticalism: Guidelines for conducting transformative quantitative family science research	1
Michael J. Rosenfeld. 2022. The Rainbow After the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the US. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. $27.95. Paperback. 319 pp. ISBN: 9780197600443.	1
Unveiling motivations and keeping what's sacred: Engaging reflexivity in a research program on diverse romantic relationships	1
Intergenerational coparenting and child development outcomes: A systematic review	1
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Adolescent pornography consumption: A symbolic interactionist lens	1
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Ecoexpansive kinship: A model for expanding conceptualizations of family to include companion animals	1
Family keyworker as a non‐clinical and democratic figure to support hard‐to‐reach families from an attachment perspective	1
FD/FR family: Functional disconnection and reconnection in public safety personnel families	1
Intimate inequalities: Millennials' romantic relationships in contemporary timesCristenDalessandro. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2021. ISBN 978‐1978823891	1
Human development and family science: A story of disciplinary fragmentation and kinship	1
A framework for how homelessness impacts children's attachments to their caregiver	1
Parents who migrate without their children: Gendered and psychosocial reconfigurations of parenting in transnational families	1
Disrupting neoliberalism in the academy: Normalizing loss and enfranchising student grief	1
It's not the rotten apples!Why family scholars should adopt a structural perspective on racism	1
JFTR wants you!	1
A scoping review of research on polyamory and consensual non‐monogamy: Implications for a more inclusive family science	1
Civil disobedience in the domestic sphere: The case of the Hetero‐gay family	1
Parental consideration of children's experiences: A critical review of parenting constructs	1
A guide to conducting intersectional phenomenological research in family science	1
Self‐care rhetoric and institutional culpability: Theorizing the academy and intellectual labor	1
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Defining and measuring singlehood in family studies	1
Applying Hegelian theory to contemporary family science	1
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Using social exchange theory to examine relationship processes in asexual‐allosexual couples	1