Infant Mental Health Journal

Article	Citations
When the Bough Breaks: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of mental health symptoms in mothers of young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic	54
Smartphones in the nursery: Parental smartphone use and parental sensitivity and responsiveness within parent–child interaction in early childhood (0–5 years): A scoping review	38
Enhancing parental reflective functioning through early dyadic interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	33
Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID‐19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants	18
Parent–Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers in a community‐based setting: Improvements in parenting behavior, emotional availability, child behavior, and attachment	17
Higher maternal reflective functioning is associated with toddlers’ adaptive emotion regulation	16
Mothers’ self‐reported emotion dysregulation: A potentially valid method in the field of infant mental health	16
Do postpartum anxiety and breastfeeding self‐efficacy and bonding at early postpartum predict postpartum depression and the breastfeeding method?	16
Reframing the narrative: Black maternal mental health and culturally meaningful support for wellness	15
Pregnancy intendedness, maternal–fetal bonding, and postnatal maternal–infant bonding	15
Evaluation of early relational disturbance in high‐risk populations: Borderline personality disorder features, maternal mental state, and observed interaction	14
Development and nationwide implementation of a postdischarge responsive parenting intervention program for very preterm born children: The TOP program	14
Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk	14
Telehealth adaptation of perinatal mental health mother–infant group programming for the COVID‐19 pandemic	14
Attachment & Child Health (ATTACH) pilot trials: Effect of parental reflective function intervention for families affected by toxic stress	13
Transitions to virtual early childhood home visitation during COVID‐19	13
Translation and preliminary validation of a Korean version of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire	13
Mother's prenatal and postpartum depression symptoms and infant's sleep problems at 6 months	13
Hostile/Helpless maternal representations in pregnancy and later child removal: A pilot study	12
The effects of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system in early intervention: A multisite randomized controlled trial	11
Early relational health: Innovations in child health for promotion, screening, and research	11
NICU music therapy effects on maternal mental health and preterm infant's emotional arousal	11
Evaluating the “possums” health professional training in parent–infant sleep	11
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	11
From zero to thrive: A model of cross‐system and cross‐sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child‐serving ecosystem	11

Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing	11
Infants’ and toddlers’ digital media use and mothers’ mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	10
Adverse caregiving in early life: The trauma and deprivation distinction in young children	10
Studying the process of psychoanalytic parent–infant psychotherapy: Embodied and discursive aspects	10
Taking care of the caregivers: The moderating role of reflective supervision in the relationship between COVID‐19 stress and the mental and professional well‐being of the IECMH workforce	10
The role of consultative alliance in infant and early childhood mental health consultation: Child, teacher, and classroom outcomes	10
The “EA brief”: A single session of parent feedback and coaching to improve emotional attachment and emotional availability (EA)	9
Predictors and moderators of improved social‐emotional functioning in mothers with substance use disorders and their young children enrolled in a relationship‐based case management program	9
Connecting during COVID: The application of teleservices in two integrated perinatal settings	9
Effectiveness of an attachment‐based intervention for the assessment of parenting capacities in maltreating families: A randomized controlled trial	9
The role of mothers’ self‐compassion on mother–infant bonding during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal study exploring the mediating role of mindful parenting and parenting stress in the postpartu	9
Efficacy of interventions to improve psychological adjustment for parents of infants with or at risk of neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review	9
Transitioning to virtual interaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Impact on the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program activity	9
Updating the evidence: A systematic review of a decade of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) research	8
Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders	8
Evaluation of a statewide initiative to reduce expulsion of young children	8
Why do we hunger for touch? The impact of daily gentle touch stimulation on maternal‐infant physiological and behavioral regulation and resilience	8
Improving mother–infant interaction during infant feeding: A randomised controlled trial in a low‐income community in South Africa	8
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood	8
Maternal depressive symptoms, poverty, and young motherhood increase the odds of early depressive and anxiety disorders for children born prematurely	8
Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on father participation in prenatal care	8
Antecedents of fathers’ perception of child behavior at child age 12 months	8
Supporting early infant relationships and reducing maternal distress with the Newborn Behavioral Observations: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial	8
From the voices of supervisees: What is reflective supervision and how does it support their work? (Part I)	8
Feasibility of training service providers on the AMBIANCE‐Brief measure for use in community settings	8
At the feet of storytellers: Equity in early relational health conversations	7
The assessment of representational risk (ARR): Development and psychometric properties of a new coding system for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship	7
Breaking the cycle of intergenerational abuse: A qualitative interview study of men participating in a perinatal program to reduce violence	7
Attachment and stress regulation in socioeconomically disadvantaged children: Can public childcare compensate?	7
Prenatal expectations and other psycho‐social factors as risk factors of postnatal bonding disturbance	7
Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress and burnout in neonatal care staff: A cross‐sectional survey study	7
Evaluating child maltreatment and family violence risk during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Using a telehealth home visiting program as a conduit to families	6
Promoting parent–infant responsiveness in families experiencing homelessness	6
Fathers’ help seeking behavior and attitudes during their transition to parenthood	6
Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Adapting psychophysiological data collection for COVID‐19: The “Virtual Assessment” model	6
The prenatal video‐feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP‐PRE): Two case studies	6
Developmental patterns of emotion regulation in toddlerhood: Examining predictors of change and long‐term resilience	6
The context and development of the early relational health screen	6
Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions	6
Dual trajectories of parenting self‐efficacy and depressive symptoms in new, postpartum mothers and socioemotional adjustment in early childhood: A growth mixture model	6
Training home visitors in mentalization‐based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out	6
The implementation of a multi‐level reflective consultation model in a statewide infant & early childcare education professional development system: Evaluation of a pilot	6
Post‐discharge outcomes for mothers and the mother–infant relationship following admission to a psychiatric Mother–Baby Unit	6
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior: Is mind‐mindedness a relational construct?	6
Caregiver stress and cultural identity in families of preschoolers with developmental delay and behavioral problems	6
Parent and practitioner perspectives on Circle of Security Parenting (COS‐P): A qualitative study	6
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes	6
Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship‐based treatment	5
Fathers’ experiences of fetal attachment: A qualitative study	5

Maternal caregiving representations of the infant in the first year of life: Associations with prenatal and concurrent reflective functioning	5
Safe haven in adolescence: Improving parental reflective functioning and youth attachment and mental health with the Connecting and Reflecting Experience	5
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence	5
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	5
Mind‐mindedness and parenting stress in mothers of preterm and full‐term infants: The moderating role of perceived social support	5
Measuring the depth of reflection in reflective supervision/consultation sessions: Initial validation of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS)	5
Caregiver–infant and toddler interactions during diapering: Caregiver responsiveness and child well‐being and involvement	5
Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families	5
Childcare providers’ views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis	5
Family risk and early attachment development: The differential role of parental sensitivity	5
Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup	5
Measuring mothers' representations of their infants: Psychometric properties of the clinical scales of the working model of the child interview in a low‐ to moderate‐risk sample	5
Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self‐compassion as predictors of mother–infant emotional availability in a cross‐sectional study	5
An explanatory model of parental sensitivity in the mother–father–infant triad	5
Developmental and medical factors associated with parenting stress in mothers of toddlers born very preterm in a neonatal follow‐up clinic	4
Early childhood mental health consultation: Care providers’ experiences of the consultative relationship	4
Mothers’ psychopathology symptoms and mindful parenting in the postpartum period: The role of parental reflective functioning	4
The associations between insecure attachment, rooming‐in, and postpartum depression: A 2 months’ longitudinal study	4
Building reflective capacity and improving well‐being of early childhood professionals through an embedded cross‐system model of infant early childhood mental health consultation	4
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low‐income South African cohort	4
Maternal lack of sleep in the first two years after childbirth: Perceived impacts and help‐seeking behaviors	4
Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning	4
Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self‐efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India	4
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample: Maternal sensitivity as a moderator	3
The risk of low risk: First time motherhood, prematurity and dyadic well‐being	3
Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning	3
The impact of a mother–infant intervention on parenting and infant response to challenge: A pilot randomized controlled trial with adolescent mothers in El Salvador	3
Short‐term psychodynamic infant–parent interventions at Child health centers: Outcomes on parental depression and infant social–emotional functioning	3
Development and validation of the Attachment Relationship Inventory—Caregiver Perception 2–5 years (ARI‐CP 2–5): Psychometric structure, external validity, and norms	3
The impact of COVID‐19 on experiences of pregnancy and/or early parenting in Chile	3
Adapting Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up for infants and young children with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations from local stakeh	3
From the voices of supervisees: A theoretical model of reflective supervision (Part II)	3
Dyadic parent–infant interaction patterns at 12 months: Exploring dyadic parent–infant gender compositions	3
Associations between parenting representations and behavior among young mothers and mothers with opioid use disorder	3
The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy	3
The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full‐term infants	3
The role of temperament and parenting on anxiety problems among toddlers: Moderating role of parenting and mediating role of attachment	3
In‐the‐moment ratings on the Early Relational Health Screen: A pilot study of application in home visiting and primary care	3
Maternal mental health and early childhood development: Exploring critical periods and unique sources of support	3
Introduction of Special Section of Infant Mental Health Journal: Meeting the needs of vulnerable infants and families during COVID‐19: Moving to a telehealth approach for home visiting implementation	3
Longitudinal changes in attachment patterns of preterm infants born in a non‐Western country	3
Validation of parental stress scale in a Greek sample of mothers with infants from 0 to 12 months	3
Maternal self‐efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth	3
An exploration of parenting styles, cultural values, and infant development in a sample of Latin American immigrants in Canada	3
Community perspectives on developmental screening of American Indian and Alaska Native children	3
Perceptions of Portuguese parents about the acceptability of a multicomponent intervention targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood	3
Maternal parentification history impacts evaluative cognitions about self, parenting, and child	3
Suspension and expulsion in Colorado early care and education settings: Child, program, and community‐level predictors	2
Understanding links between maternal perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms and infant socioemotional and physical health	2
What is typical: Atypical in young children's attention regulation?: Characterizing the developmental spectrum with the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles—Attention Regulation Infant‐Toddler (MAPS‐A	2
Coaching home visitors: A thematic review with an emphasis on research and practice needs	2
Finding focus in a difficult landscape: Therapists’ experiences with challenging video guidance processes for parent–infant dyads	2
The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health	2
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders	2
Adaptation of infant mental health services to preterm infants and their families receiving neonatal intensive care unit services during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2
Sparking collaboration and instilling core competencies through training a statewide workforce in Infant Mental Health: Report from the field	2
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health	2
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period	2
Our way of being: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health workforce development in Tennessee	2
Maternal‐fetal attachment, parenting stress during infancy, and child outcomes at age 3 years	2
Parent–Child Relationship Scale (P‐CRS): A valid and clinically sensitive tool for assessing the parent‐child relationship	2
At the feet of storytellers: Implications for practicing early relational health conversations	2
The Crying Clinic: Increasing accessibility to Infant Mental Health services for immigrant parents at risk for peripartum depression	2
The impact of the “Attachment and Biobehavioural Catch‐Up” program on attachment related parent behavior—A systematic review	2
Early relational health – A promising approach for equitable systems change in pediatrics: A commentary	2
The emotional tone of child descriptions during pregnancy is associated with later parenting	2
Professional quality of life in home visitors: Core components of the reflective supervisory relationship and IMH‐E® Endorsement® engagement	2
The impact of COVID‐19 on the continuum of integrated perinatal, infant, and early childhood behavioral health services	1
Evaluation of a collaborative group intervention for mothers with moderate to severe perinatal mental illness and their infants in Australia	1
From co‐regulation to self‐regulation: Maternal soothing strategies and self‐efficacy in relation to maternal reports of infant regulation at 3 and 7 months	1
The developmental cascade of early parenting, emergence of executive functioning, and emotional symptoms across childhood	1
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Clinical use and implementation of the diagnostic classification of mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood	1
Mental health and sleep quality of low‐income mothers of one‐year‐olds during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Art at the Start: A controlled trial and close observation of parent‐infant art therapy intervention	1
Using the candidacy framework to conceptualize systems and gaps when developing infant mental health (IMH) services: A qualitative study	1
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study	1
Development and validation of a goal attainment scale for families affected by maternal substance use	1
Will I love my second baby as much as my first? Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of maternal‐fetal relationship anxiety for second‐time mothers	1
Bringing a mentalizing framework to understanding mothers with addiction: The groundbreaking work of Nancy E. Suchman	1

Evaluation of the Danish version of the prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire in early pregnancy as a screening tool	1
What works for whom? Mother's psychological distress as a moderator of the effectiveness of a home visiting intervention	1
The ethics of infant and early childhood mental health practice	1
Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review	1
A mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals: An exploration of potential effectiveness	1
Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm: Understanding the roles of infant regulatory behavior, maternal sensitivity, and risk factors	1
Associations between mothers’ emotion regulation and real‐time experiences of negative emotion: The moderating role of caregiving context	1
DC: 0–5 system in clinical assessment with specialty pediatric populations	1
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
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Do toys get in the way? The duration of shared emotional experiences is longer when mothers engage their infants without toys	1
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation in a diverse metropolitan area	1
Hostile‐helpless states of mind: A scoping review of risk factors, correlates, and consequences	1
Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods	1
Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors	1
Serotonin transporter gene methylation and emotional regulation in preschool children born preterm: A longitudinal evaluation of the role of negative emotionality in infancy	1
Enhancing maternal sensitivity in contexts of urban extreme poverty in Sierra Leone: A pilot study	1
The prenatal maternal representations of mothers at risk of recurrent care proceedings in the Family Drug and Alcohol Court: A thematic analysis	1
“There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies	1
Behavioural, emotional and rhythm‐related disturbances in toddlers: Preliminary findings from a community‐based study in Kerala, India	1
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use	1