Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Co‐development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood92
Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety84
Commentary: Promoting positive mental health during pregnancy—reflections on Lähdepuro et al. (2023)82
Annual Research Review: Neuroimmune network model of depression: a developmental perspective66
Commentary: Cognitive stimulation and executive functions in the prevention and treatment of childhood disorders – reflection on Phillips et al., 202365
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A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of Well Parent Japan in routine care in Japan: The training and nurturing support for mothers (TRANSFORM) study50
Editorial Perspective: Reducing mental health disparities among underserved youth: using technology to equip parents as agents of change50
Developmental deviation in delay discounting as a transdiagnostic indicator of risk for child psychopathology49
Obsessive‐compulsive disorder in children and youth: neurocognitive function in clinic and community samples48
Prospective association between evening circadian preference and academic functioning in adolescents: the role of daytime sleepiness48
Impulsivity as key bridge symptoms in cross‐sectional and longitudinal networks of ADHD and ODD47
Parent–child coregulation as a dynamic system: a commentary on Wass et al. (2024)47
Unique prediction of developmental psychopathology from genetic and familial risk46
Adolescent sleep quality and quantity and educational attainment: a test of multiple mechanisms using sibling difference models43
Social connectedness and adolescent suicide risk40
Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder40
Predictive and incremental validity of adolescent callous‐unemotional traits: longitudinal prediction of antisocial and social outcomes in early adulthood39
Risk factors for nonfatal self‐harm and suicide among adolescents: two nested case–control studies conducted in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink38
Reward‐ and threat‐related neural function associated with risk and presence of depression in adolescents: a study using a composite risk score in Brazil37
Commentary on ‘Grandparental care and child mental health: a systematic review and meta‐analysis37
Avoidance habit learning in adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa: an fMRI study37
A prospective study of the relative contribution of adolescent peer support quantity and quality to depressive symptoms37
Editorial: ‘The giant’s shoulders’: understanding Michael Rutter’s impact on science and society35
Research Review: What we have learned about early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder34
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Treatments with versus without medication for children with behavioural difficulties in clinical practice: an economic evaluation with observational data33
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Annual Research Review: Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health – a review of studies in the United States32
Commentary: Global perspectives on resilience and callous‐unemotional traits – a reflection on Obando et al. (2022)31
Characterizing the ASD–ADHD phenotype: measurement structure and invariance in a clinical sample31
The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low‐income urban sample in Brazil31
Effects of individual differences, society, and culture on youth‐rated problems and strengths in 38 societies31
Commentary: Optimism for the future of research on disruptive behaviors – an appreciation of good science as illustrated by Nobakht, Steinsbekk & Wichstrom (2023)30
Adding to the neuroimmune network model: A commentary on Nusslock et al. (2024)30
Shorter night‐time sleep duration and later sleep timing from infancy to adolescence30
Concurrent and longitudinal associations of developmental language disorder with peer victimization in adolescence: evidence from a co‐twin study28
Latent class analysis to characterize neonatal risk for neurodevelopmental differences28
Time–frequency and functional connectivity analysis in drug‐naive adolescents with depression based on electroencephalography using a visual cognitive task: A comparative study25
Editorial: Innovation in child and adolescent mental health interventions25
Gut mycobiome dysbiosis and its impact on intestinal permeability in attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder25
Practitioner Review: It's time to bridge the gap – understanding the unmet needs of consumers with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and recommendations25
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Commentary: Will genomics revolutionise research on gene–environment interplay?24
Categorical and dimensional approaches to the developmental relationship between ADHD and irritability24
Association between infant feeding and ADHD development in childhood: a birth cohort study in Taiwan24
Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of sex differences in narrow constructs of restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests in autistic children, adolescents, and a23
Practitioner Review: Neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment – clinical and therapeutic implications for practitioners23
A multivariate genetic analysis of anxiety sensitivity, environmental sensitivity and reported life events in adolescents23
Patterns of delay in early gross motor and expressive language milestone attainment in probands with genetic conditions versus idiopathic ASD from SFARI registries23
Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population‐based Australian cohort23
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Not in education, employment and training: pathways from toddler difficult temperament23
Anxiety symptom trajectories from treatment to 5‐ to 12‐year follow‐up across childhood and adolescence22
Socioeconomic status and risk for child psychopathology: exploring gene–environment interaction in the presence of gene–environment correlation using extended families in the Norwegian Mother, Father 22
Advancing the treatment of anxiety disorders in transition‐age youth: a review of the therapeutic effects of unconscious exposure22
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Testing different sources of environmental unpredictability on adolescent functioning: ancestral cue versus statistical learning and the role of temperament22
Editorial: The critical need to assess pubertal development in studies of child and adolescent psychopathology22
Continuity of trajectories of autism symptom severity from infancy to childhood21
Editorial: Unsettling ‘settled’ science – the importance of questioning received wisdom about the causes of mental health and neuro‐developmental conditions21
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Research Review: Help‐seeking intentions, behaviors, and barriers in college students – a systematic review and meta‐analysis21
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Expansion and commentary on a two generation approach to prenatal opioid exposure – a commentary on Conradt et al. (2023)21
Depression in 3/6‐year‐old children: clinical and psychosocial outcomes in later childhood and adolescence21
Navigating early risks: Differential outcomes in middle childhood and the compensatory role of kindergarten experiences21
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Gender diversity is correlated with dimensional neurodivergent traits but not categorical neurodevelopmental diagnoses in children20
Editorial Perspective: How can we develop effective and timely interventions for young people with chronic loneliness?20
Editorial: The near ubiquity of comorbidity – what are the implications for children’s mental health research and practice?20
Characteristics of children with a psychiatric disorder in 1999, 2004 and 2017: an analysis of the national child mental health surveys of England20
Translating the nuanced risk for substance use among adolescents treated for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into clinical practice: a commentary on McCabe et al. (2023)20
Atypical cerebellar functional connectivity at 9 months of age predicts delayed socio‐communicative profiles in infants at high and low risk for autism20
Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children's emotional problems at 2 years19
Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability19
Multi‐level predictors of depression symptoms in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study19
Longitudinal relations between impaired executive function and symptoms of psychiatric disorders in childhood19
START NOW: a cognitive behavioral skills training for adolescent girls with conduct or oppositional defiant disorder – a randomized clinical trial19
Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause19
Annual Research Review: What processes are dysregulated among emotionally dysregulated youth? – a systematic review19
Parenting and adolescent anxiety within families: a biweekly longitudinal study19
Mental health and social difficulties of late‐diagnosed autistic children, across childhood and adolescence19
Editorial Perspective: A systems approach to addressing young people's mental health19
Social media component effects: a commentary on Maheux et al. (2024)18
Research Review: Siblings matter. A multi‐level meta‐analysis on the association between cannabis use among adolescent siblings18
Neural correlates of children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder symptoms: large‐scale neuroanatomical analysis of a paediatric population18
Adolescent functional network connectivity prospectively predicts adult anxiety symptoms related to perceived COVID‐19 economic adversity18
Time after time: failure to identify and support females with ADHD – a Swedish population register study18
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Perceived sleep quality predicts aggressive offending in adolescence and young adulthood18
Using machine‐learning methods to identify early‐life predictors of 11‐year language outcome18
Editorial: Thinking outside the box – enhancing causal models of neurodevelopmental disorders18
Annual Research Review: A systematic review of mental health services for emerging adults – moulding a precipice into a smooth passage18
Oral language enrichment in preschool improves children's language skills: a cluster randomised controlled trial17
Destigmatizing perceptions about Black adolescent depression: randomized controlled trial of brief social contact–based video interventions17
The impact of COVID‐19 on psychiatric clinical encounters among low‐income racially‐diverse children17
Current evidence and opportunities in child and adolescent public mental health: a research review17
Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid‐19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre‐ and within‐pandemic data17
Understanding emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression – A commentary on Burkhouse and Kujawa (2023)17
Sudden gains in modular CBT for mental health disorders in children and young people with epilepsy17
Correction to “Peer contagion dynamics in the friendships of children with ADHD17
Commentary: The global prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among college students and its influencing factors – a commentary on Li et al. (2022)17
Editorial Perspective: On the need for clarity about attachment terminology17
Research Review: Sex differences in the clinical correlates of nonsuicidal self‐injury in adolescents – a systematic review17
Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non‐autistic adolescents17
Self‐ and co‐regulation of physiological activity during mother‐daughter interactions: The role of adolescent non‐suicidal self‐injury16
Parent‐child interaction at age 5 months: genetic and environmental contributions and associations with later socio‐communicative development16
Daily fluctuations in adolescents' sleep predict next‐day attention, sleepiness, and fatigue: an ecological momentary assessment study over 28 days16
Alpha oscillatory activity during attentional control in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and ASD+ADHD16
Twenty‐year longitudinal birth cohort study of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder before seven years of age16
Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces16
Parent‐ and teacher‐reported associations from adolescent bifactor models of psychopathology: an outcome‐wide association study of 26 outcomes in mid‐life16
Replication of a predictive model for youth ADHD in an independent sample from a developing country16
Do meaningful dimensions of childhood adversity exist? Data‐driven evidence from two prospective cohort studies16
More time awake after sleep onset is linked to reduced ventral striatum response to rewards in youth with anxiety15
Instrumental learning and behavioral persistence in children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity‐disorder: does reinforcement frequency matter?15
The intergenerational impact of mothers and fathers on children's word reading development15
Not screens but their context of use impact cognitive development: a commentary on Yang et al. (2023)15
Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication15
Patterns of maladaptive exercise behavior from ages 14–24 in a longitudinal cohort15
Editorial: Using parenting interventions as treatments and brain development – are we at the end of the beginning yet?14
Internet‐delivered therapist‐assisted cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder (OSCA): a randomised controlled trial addressing preliminary efficacy and mechanisms of action14
Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism14
Genetic and environmental influences on temperament development across the preschool period14
Intergenerational effects of the Fast Track intervention on the home environment: A randomized control trial14
Integrative analysis of genomic and exposomic influences on youth mental health14
Polygenic risk score and peer victimisation independently predict depressive symptoms in adolescence: results from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Children Development14
Practitioner Review: Dyadic teacher–child relationships: comparing theories, empirical evidence and implications for practice14
Editorial Perspective: COVID‐19‐related publications on young people’s mental health – what have been the key trends so far and what should come next?13
Predictors of Environmental Sensitivity in Syrian refugee children13
Impact of a Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Service in the emergency department on hospital resource utilization: an interrupted time series analysis13
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Altered theta–beta ratio in infancy associates with family history of ADHD and later ADHD‐relevant temperamental traits13
The association between temperament and polygenic score for psychopathology from infancy to middle childhood13
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme is associated with lasting improvements in children's language and reading skills13
Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self‐harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits13
A randomized controlled trial of technology‐enhanced behavioral parent training: sustained parent skill use and child outcomes at follow‐up13
Early relational origins of Theory of Mind: A two‐study replication13
Different sensory dimensions in infancy are associated with separable etiological influences and with autistic traits in toddlerhood13
Efficacy of guided and unguided web‐assisted self‐help for parents of children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: A three‐arm randomized controlled trial13
A methylation study implicates the rewiring of brain neural circuits during puberty in the emergence of sex differences in depression symptoms13
Cognitive, psychosocial, and behaviour gains at age 31 years from the Jamaica early childhood stimulation trial13
Irritability and rejection‐elicited aggression in adolescents and young adults13
Corrigendum for ‘Annual Research Review: The contributions of the RDoC research framework on understanding the neurodevelopmental origins, progression and treatment of mental illnesses’ by 12
Editorial Perspective: Challenges of research focusing on child and adolescent mental health during the COVID‐19 era: what studies are needed?12
Taking stock of the present and looking to the future of ADHD research: a commentary on Sonuga‐Barke et al. (2023)12
The social skills of autistic boys in preschool: the contributions of their dyadic and triadic interactions with their parents12
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Capturing change in restricted and repetitive behaviour in preschoolers with ASD: A comparison of direct behavioural observation and parent report12
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Practitioner Review: Clinical utility of the QbTest for the assessment and diagnosis of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and meta‐analysis12
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Dynamics of depression symptoms in adolescents during three types of psychotherapy and post‐treatment follow‐up12
Editorial perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research11
The developmental psychopathology of detection and dual control – a commentary on Fox et al. (2023)11
Maternal mental health mediates the effects of pandemic‐related stressors on adolescent psychopathology during COVID‐1911
The role of pubertal development in the association between trauma and internalising symptoms in female youth11
Research Review: Neuropsychological functioning in young anorexia nervosa: A meta‐analysis11
Editorial Perspective: Another look at ‘optimal outcome’ in autism spectrum disorder11
Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study11
A symptom level perspective on reactive and proactive aggressive behaviours and ADHD symptoms in childhood11
Editorial: Qualitative contributions to translational science – Practical pointers towards methodological pluralism in child psychology and psychiatry11
Prediction of early‐onset bipolar using electronic health records11
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Editorial Perspective: Rapid responses to understand and address children and young people’s mental health in the context of COVID‐1911
Interactions between infant characteristics and parenting factors rarely replicate across cohorts and developmental domains11
Reciprocal relations between interparental aggression and symptoms of oppositional defiant and conduct disorders: a seven‐wave cohort study of within‐family effects from preschool to adolescence11
Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers11
Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years11
An online, father‐inclusive parenting intervention for reducing child conduct problems: a randomised controlled trial of family man11
Taking theory of mind research into much needed new terrain – a commentary on Kochanska et al. (2025)11
Research Reviews: Advances in methods for evaluating child and adolescent mental health interventions11
Peer contagion dynamics in the friendships of children with ADHD11
Research Review: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of infant and toddler temperament as predictors of childhood attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder11
Applying autism screening research to real‐world scenarios: a commentary on Sheldrick et al. (2023)11
The interaction between polygenic risk and environmental influences: A direct test of the 3P model of insomnia in adolescents11
Response to uncertainty in developmental origins of health and disease research: commentary on Nomura et al. (2022)11
Temperament and executive functioning correlates of ADHD symptom severity during early versus middle childhood11
Connecting the dots: social networks in the classroom and white matter connections in the brain11
Erratum for Commentary to “Translational machine learning for child and adolescent psychiatry” by Davatzikos and Satterthwaite (2022)10
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Prenatal maternal infections and early childhood developmental outcomes: analysis of linked administrative health data for Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Scotland10
Development of the pupillary light reflex from 9 to 24 months: association with common autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genetic liability and 3‐year ASD diagnosis10
ADHD in girls and women: a call to action – reflections on Hinshaw et al. (2021)10
Autism spectrum disorder and obstetric optimality: a twin study and meta‐analysis of sibling studies10
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Research Review: Pharmacological and non‐pharmacological treatments for adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review of the literature10
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Editorial Perspective: Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder viewed as neuro‐divergence in the digital world10
Childhood mental health difficulties mediate the long‐term association between early‐life adversity at age 3 and poorer cognitive functioning at ages 11 and 1410
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Editorial: Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for the Special Issue reader10
Commentary: The roles of mothers versus fathers in intergenerational family risk – a commentary on Rothenberg et al. (2023)10
ADHD medication adherence reduces risk of committing minor offenses in adolescents10
Research Review: Shared and distinct structural and functional brain alterations in adolescents with major depressive disorder – a multimodal meta‐analysis10
Attentional biases for sad faces in offspring of mothers with a history of major depression: trajectories of change from childhood to adolescence10
Exposure to prenatal infection and the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in children: a longitudinal population‐based study9
Developmental trajectories of child and adolescent emotional problems: associations with early adult alcohol use behaviors9
Societal costs of subclinical depressive symptoms in Dutch adolescents: a cost‐of‐illness study9
Commentary: The evidence base regarding the long‐term effects of childhood mental disorder treatments needs to be strengthened – reply to Dekkers et al. (2023)9
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Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention9
Toward a nuanced assessment of the role of intensive home visiting in improving outcomes for families: commentary on Catherine et al. (2023)9
Research Review: Social cognition and everyday social skills in children and adolescents with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta‐analysis of case–control studies9
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress predict infant individual differences in reactivity and regulation and socioemotional development9
Perceived child impairment and the ‘autism epidemic’9
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Editorial perspective: Bayesian statistical methods are useful for researchers in child and adolescent mental health9
Depressive symptoms and loneliness among early adolescents: a psychometric network analysis approach9
Research Review: Do antibullying interventions reduce internalizing symptoms? A systematic review, meta‐analysis, and meta‐regression exploring intervention components, moderators, and mechanisms9
Intersectional marginalized identities as predictors of time until first reported suicide attempt among preadolescent youth using survival analysis9
Editorial: Are government early years learning and development frameworks evidence‐based? A scientist's perspective9
Moving beyond the mother–child dyad: a commentary on Oppenheim et al. (2023)8
Pubertal timing and adolescent outcomes: investigating explanations for associations with a genetically informed design8
Attainment and loss of early social‐communication skills across neurodevelopmental conditions in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study8
Maternal experienced bereavement and offspring mental health in early adulthood: the role of modifiable parental factors8
Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation among child welfare‐involved 7‐ to 12‐year‐old children8
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Editorial Perspective: Adverse childhood events causally contribute to mental illness – we must act now and intervene early8
Hidden in plain sight: delayed ADHD diagnosis among girls and women – a commentary on Skoglund et al. (2023)8
Commentary: Mind the blip in the curve when assessing educational attainment in youths – a reflection on Wickersham et al. (2023)8
Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation8
Covid‐19, social restrictions, and mental distress among young people: a UK longitudinal, population‐based study8
Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive‐behavioral therapy for binge‐eating disorder8
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Parental suicide attempts and offspring mental health problems in childhood and adolescence8
Causal effects of psychostimulants on neural connectivity: a mechanistic, randomized clinical trial8
Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way – a call for clearer conceptualization of adverse family factors in biosocial research on child and adolescent mental health problems8
A Bayesian approach for exploring person × environment interaction within the environmental sensitivity meta‐framework8
Age effects on autism heritability and etiological stability of autistic traits8
Epigenetic aging in Williams syndrome8
Long‐term follow‐up of a randomized controlled trial comparing systemic family therapy (FT‐S) added to treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU alone in adolescents with anorexia nervosa8
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The association between early regulatory problems and adult peer relationship quality is mediated by the brain's allostatic‐interoceptive system7
A commentary on Kim et al.'s (2025) mapping the multifaceted approaches and impacts of adverse childhood experiences: an umbrella review of meta‐analyses for Journal of Child Psychology and Psychia7
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Associations of toddler mechanical/distress feeding problems with psychopathology symptoms five years later7
Supporting caregivers within caregiver‐mediated interventions: a commentary on Brown et al. (2024)7
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Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour7
Editorial: Prevention is the best cure7
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