OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infant Mental Health Journal is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
ISSUE INFORMATION	34
Holding up the mirror: The role of teacher educators and syllabi in perpetuating or disrupting inequity	32
Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study	29
Effects of integrated programs for substance‐involved mothers on infant and child development outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	29
The infant's lived experience of bonding and connection with their parents in a neonatal intensive care	22
Research practices that promote cultural equity and sensitivity from PI to participant: Learned lessons from reexamining the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) with Black mothers	19
Low paternal postpartum depression buffers the association between maternal prenatal depression and preschoolers' internalizing and externalizing symptoms	18
Disrupted maternal communication and disorganized attachment in the Arab society in Israel	17
Father involvement in pregnancy and attachment to their baby: Depression and partner relationships in a sample of Black fathers	17
Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: Adaptive functioning in the second year of life	17
Infant and early childhood mental health Endorsement: Participant reports and perceptions	17
Evaluation of the Pregnancy to Parenthood program: A dyadic intervention for mothers with perinatal mental disorders and their infants	16
Household chaos and parenting: The effect of household chaos does not depend on sensory‐processing sensitivity and self‐regulation	14
Mothers' responses to relational savoring as a function of attachment: A qualitative study	14
ABC's active ingredients: Parent coaches’ in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low‐income predominantly Latina mothers	13
Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers	13
What is the youngest possible age for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? A systematic literature review	12
Parenting stress and competence among mothers of young children with substance use disorders: The roles of trauma and reflective functioning	12
Patient navigation models for mental health of parents expecting or caring for an infant or young child: A systematic review	12
Testing reliability and validity of practitioner‐rated parental sensitivity: A novel tool for practice	12
ISSUE INFORMATION	12
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Introduction to special section doing the “right” thing: Ethical issues in infant and early childhood mental health	11
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From infant separation distress to preschool behavior problems: The mediating roles of maternal self‐efficacy and positive parenting	10

Validating the parental reflective functioning questionnaire ‐ infant version using a rasch model	10
Engaging Indigenous communities in research to inform practice: The multisite implementation evaluation of Tribal home visiting	9
Impacts of COVID‐19 on early childhood mental health	9
Family socioeconomic status and problem behaviors among Chinese migrant preschool children: The serial mediating roles of mindful parenting and resilience	9
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ISSUE INFORMATION	9
Latin American Attachment studies: A narrative review	9
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Parent and child gender effects in the relationship between attachment and both internalizing and externalizing problems of children between 2 and 5 years old: A dyadic perspective	8
Cultural relevance of fine motor domain of the ASQ in Guatemala	8
Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health	8
Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and early achievement of developmental milestones in infants and young children: A meta‐analysis	8
ISSUE INFORMATION	8
Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Exploring the infant's experience of the infant‐clinician relationship in the neonatal intensive care unit: A phenomenological study	7
Reflective functioning, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and maternal response to infant crying: A follow‐up study	7
Exploring resting frontal EEG and reflective functioning in maternal substance use	7
Effects of a virtual supportive program on the knowledge of mothers of preterm infants and their bonding	7
Reframing caring for parents who struggle with substance‐use disorders	7
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	7
Childhood maltreatment history and trauma‐specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers	7
The HEADS‐ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children	6
Presence and respect: Childrearing in an intercultural Chilean city	6
What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect	6
Newborn behavioral observations system in rural Pakistan: A feasibility and acceptability study	6
Issue Information	6
Further validation of Leerkes’ cry questionnaire battery in an independent sample: Useful tools for infant mental health practitioners and scholars	6
Infant negative affect, maternal intrusiveness, and child outcomes: The moderating role of maternal mind‐mindedness in shaping psychopathology risk or resilience	5
Preventing early harsh parenting and toddler behavior problems: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy among low‐income Latine families	5
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Decolonizing infant mental health: Black maternal mental health decision‐making	5
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Resilience in the early postpartum period: Buffering the impact of maternal ACEs on infant socioemotional development	5
Fetal programming of infant temperament: An examination of prenatal maternal stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up	5
Mind the Gap(s): Reflective supervision/consultation as a mechanism for addressing implicit bias and reducing our knowledge gaps	5
Bridging attachment theory and interpersonal acceptance‐rejection theory in the strange situation procedure in a low‐risk sample in Egypt	5
Family protective service involvement and reduced infant cortical grey matter volume	4
Offline and online parental mentalizing in mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression: Examining the association between self‐reported parental reflective functioning and interactional mind‐minded	4
Japanese infants’ attachment insecurity and externalizing/internalizing problems: Using strange situation and attachment Q‐sort methods	4
Beyond the clinic: Understanding parents' views on extended home visits by public health nurses	4
“When I hold my daughter, she quiets, no need [for]any verbal conversation”: A qualitative understanding of responsive caregiving in rural, Sindh Pakistan	4
Maternal self‐efficacy during infancy: Investigating the roles of depression and social support among mothers in rural Pakistan	4
The effects of parental marital quality on preschool children's social–emotional competence: The chain mediating model of parent–child and sibling relationships	4
Movement through motherhood: Exploring mood, wellbeing, and prenatal emotional availability (EA) through EA‐based dance intervention	4
One state's journey with a reflective supervision professional development series: Development, implementation, and adaptation	4
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of parental mentalization in fathers and mothers	4
ISSUE INFORMATION	4
Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions	4
Examining associations between Adult Attachment Interview responses and multiple indicators of parental mentalizing	4

ISSUE INFORMATION	4
Improved classroom and child outcomes through mental health consultation in New York City subsidized early care and education programs	4
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