Journal of Family Issues

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Family Issues is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Beyond the Economic-Need Hypothesis: A Life-Course Explanation of Women’s Extended Family Living Arrangements in Chile39
Parenting Immigrants: Understanding How Family Relationships Impact the Wellbeing of Older Chinese Immigrants Living on the Gold Coast, Australia35
Experiences of Autonomy in Marriage and Divorce Within the Chinese Traditional System29
Is it an Impossible Task? Exploring the Lived Experiences of Christian Parents With Young Children in the UK27
Feminist Mothering and Primary Prevention of Gendered Violence: Insights From Australian Mothers Raising Sons21
The Remarriage Belief Inventory: A Validation Study in the Remarried Portuguese Population20
The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Trajectories to Adulthood of Chinese Youth: A Retrospective Study18
The Impact of Physical Health, Race, and Financial Status on Relational Satisfaction17
Chinese Lesbian and Gay Adults’ Self-Reported Experiences of Negative Treatment and Violence From Family of Origin: Evidence From a Larger-Scale Study in China17
Attitudes Toward Heterosexual and Lesbian Stepmothers: An Experimental Test in the Italian Context16
Advice for New Stepparents From the Perspective of Stepchildren Who Experienced Stepfamily Formation During Adolescence16
Weathering the Storm: Longitudinal Evidence on Women’s Changing Family Relationships During COVID-1916
Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s Behavioral Difficulties and the Parent–Child Interaction During the COVID-19 Lockdown15
The Cost of “A Better Life”: Children Left Behind—Beyond Ambiguous Loss15
Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China15
Mental Health Across the Life Course for Men and Women in Married, Cohabiting, and Living Apart Together Relationships15
Infidelity and Anger within Incarcerated Couples: A Brief Report15
Measurement Invariance in the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire: Implications for Culturally Inclusive Parenting Research14
Mothers and Others: How Collective Strategies Reproduce Social Norms Around Motherhood14
Imbalanced Sex Ratios and Marital Transitions in Mexico13
Will Adults’ Happiness be Affected by Childhood Parental Divorce? Evidence From China13
How Parents Play: Play Style as a Function of Gender of Parent, Gender of Child, and Play Context13
Child–Parent Relationships and Older Adults’ Health: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between China and the United States13
Caregivers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Children’s Behavior13
Doing Gender with Class: Gender Division of Unpaid Work in Russian Middle-Class Dual Earner Heterosexual Households12
Children’s Contact With Fathers Who Never Co-Resided With Them and Father–Child Relationship Quality at age 912
Parental Alienating Behaviours Experienced by Alienated Grandparents12
Does Family Decision-Making Power Improve Women’s Happiness?12
Navigating Parenthood in the Pandemic: Revealing the Trade-offs of Childcare Choices Through Conjoint Analysis12
Academia and Motherhood: A Narrative Inquiry of Ontario Academic Mothers’ Experiences in University Graduate Programs12
Parents’ Perceptions of Education and Culture as a Context of Parental Stress: A Study of Parents of Preschool Children in Hong Kong12
Sibling Social Comparison in Mid- to Later Life: Links with Well-Being and Relationship Quality11
Preliminary Analysis of the Past and Planned Investments Measure in Turkish Dual-Career Married Individuals11
Early Life Family Care for and With Migrants: The Development of a Transcultural Transition Mentoring Competence Profile10
“Mature Enough to Handle it?”: Gendered Parental Interventions in and Adolescents’ Reactions to Technology Use During the Pandemic10
“I didn’t Even Realize I Agreed to Meet the Child so Rarely.” Negotiations and Parental Desires in LGBTQ Family Forming Processes10
The Trajectory of Subjective Well-Being: A Partial Explanation of the Marriage Advantage10
Socio-economic Correlates of Marital Status and Marriage Timing Among Adult Men in Nigeria10
Coparenting Quality During COVID-19: Exploring Gender Differences Using a Mixed Methods Approach9
The Inverse Association Between Number of Siblings and Divorce: New Evidence From China and Europe9
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women9
Attitudes and Feelings Among Married Mothers and Single Mothers by Choice During the Covid-19 Crisis9
Who You Live With Matters: Living Arrangements and Life Expectancy With the Evidence From Eighteen-Year Follow-Up Data9
Student Parents or Parent Students in Lockdown Pandemic? A Third Space approach9
The Racialization of Latino Families9
Gendered Housework Among Adolescents in India9
Sexual Identity in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning Emerging Adults: The Role of Parental Rejection, and Sexuality Specific Family Support9
A Hybrid Model for the Intergenerational Relationship Between Maternal Poverty and Their Young Adult Child’s Self-Esteem9
Family Communication and Psychological Distress in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Role of Coping9
Domains of Ongoing Communication Between Former Spouses: Associations With Parenting Stress and Children’s Post-Divorce Well-Being9
Portraits of Life After Loss: Understanding Parental Loss Within A Social Context9
“She Took Care of Us and She Went Through a Lot”: Emotional Availability, Emotional Support, and Millennials’ Gendered Understandings of Parenting8
Familial Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Use-Related Problems Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults8
Foster Caregiver Experiences: Implications for Retention and Satisfaction8
Symptoms of Anxiety in Mothers During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Structural Equation Model Approach8
Actual and Perceived Parental Knowledge and Child Delinquency: Does the Sex of the Parent, the Sex of the Child, and the Child’s Age Make a Difference?8
‘It’s Nothing Serious I Suppose’ Family Help-Seeking for Adolescent Social Anxiety8
Life Course Statuses and Sibling Relationship Quality during Emerging Adulthood7
Loneliness Among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Grandparenthood and Grandparental Childcare by Gender7
Parents’ Family Coping Strategies during the Pandemic: Effects on Parent and Child Well-Being7
“Once You Become a Parent, You are a Parent Forever”: An Examination of Memorable Messages About Having Children and Becoming a Parent7
Educational Challenges of School-Age Children in Skipped Generation Households in Nigeria7
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America7
‘We Call It the Square Au Pair’. Exploring Working Mothers’ Experiences of Using Digital Devices as ‘Babysitters’7
Ready for Parenthood? On Intensive Parenting Ideals and Fertility7
Supporting Children and Kinship Caregivers in the Context of Substance Use Disorder: Perspectives of Key Professionals7
Exploring Linkages Between Mother–Child and Sibling Relationship Quality and Prosocial Behavior Between School-Aged and Adolescent Siblings7
How to Find Mr/Miss Right? The Mechanism of Search Among Online Daters in Shanghai7
“I Would Like to, But My World Wouldn’t End If I Didn’t”: Marital Aspirations Among Sexual Minority Young Adults7
Physical Activity Among Parents of Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review7
Parental Stress Provoked by Short-Term School Closures During the Second COVID-19 Lockdown7
Quality and Quantity of Grandparent Contact: Associations with Late Adolescents’ Psychological Adjustment6
Exploring the Psychosocial Experiences of Within the Family Adoptees: An initiative for Mental Well-Being6
The Impact of Paternity Leave Compared to Unemployment on Child Care and Housework Distribution in Spain6
Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds6
Motherhood and Childfree Choice: Accounts of Indian Childfree Women6
The Long-Term Impact of Family Experiences in Adolescence on Mother–Child Relationships in Early Adulthood6
Men’s Marriage Trends in Asia: Changes and Continuities6
Search and Communication About Origins in Internationally Adopted Young Adults in Spain: A Phenomenological Perspective6
Women Caregivers Under the Spanish Autonomy and Dependence System: A New Social Underclass?6
Differences in Life Satisfaction and Emotions by Romantic Coupling and Sexual Orientation6
Family Dynamics in Cross-National Families With Young Children in Singapore6
The Heterogeneous Effect of Parental Investment on Old-Age Support: Only Children As the Main Caregivers in China6
Trends in the Prevalence of Childfree Women in the Philippines, 1993–20226
Joint Utility or Sub-optimal Outcomes? Household Income Development of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples Transitioning to Parenthood in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden6
Racial Disparity in Parenting Practice Among Parents With Young Children6
COVID-19 and Parental Burnout: Parents Locked Down but Not More Exhausted6
Vulnerability of Poverty between Male and Female Headed Household in Tanzania6
Lower-Income Nonresident Fathers’ Self-Perceptions About Their Parenting Quality and Relationships With Children6
A Sense of Connectedness in Reproductive Donation. Contrasting Policy With Donor and Donor Kin Lived Experience6
Macro-Level Correlates of Early Marriage in Asia6
Single Motherhood and Stress in a Kenyan Slum: The Importance of Paternal and Kin Support6
Interparental Conflict Across the Early Parenting Period: Evidence From Fathers Participating in an Australian Population-Based Study6
Are You Satisfied? Examining Positive Interaction and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships6
Patterns of Paternal Involvement of Korean Fathers: A Person-Centered Approach5
Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic5
Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes Internationally Generalizable? The Case of Sweden5
Filial Piety, Intimacy, and Inter-Generational Contract: Understanding the Family Support to Rural Empty-Nest Older Parents in China5
Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programming on Social Support, Coparenting, and Parenting Among Teen Parents: A Pilot Study5
‘It’s a Man’s Job’: Doing Gender and Male Gatekeeping in the Division of Household Labor5
Family Relationships and Young Italian Adults’ Well-Being: The Mediation Role of Mattering5
Families in Multi-Problem Situations in India: Exploration From the Fifth Round of the National Family Health Survey5
Relationship Beliefs and Communication Skills in Turkish Married Individuals: Examining the Mediating Role of Partner Accommodation Behavior and Emotional Dependency5
Grandchild Caring and Late-Life Depression: A Comparative Longitudinal Study in China and Europe5
Siblinghood Amongst Older Adults: What Being a Sibling or Having Siblings Means5
Coping With Parental Pressure to Get Married: Perspectives From Chinese “Leftover Women”5
“I Don’t Want to Be Bad Mommy, but I Also Don’t Want to Be the Bad Mom”: How Mothers Story Their Experiences Navigating Social Media with Their Children5
Exploring Civil Partnership From the Perspective of Those in Mixed-Sex Relationships: Embracing a Clean Slate of Equality5
Abdication of Responsibility for Father–Child Contact in a Group of Black South African Non-resident Father Families: A Systems Perspective5
How Important Is Early Paternal Engagement? Deriving Longitudinal Measures of Fathers’ Childcare Engagement and Exploring Structural Relationships With Prior Engagement and Employment Hours5
The Influence of Work–Family Conflict on Parental Burnout in China: Moderating Effect of Spousal Support and its Gender Differences5
Marital Beliefs and Decisions Among Young Chinese Medical Workers5
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Sindh, Pakistan: An Analysis of Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey5
Bullying Victimization Among Ukrainian College Students: The Role of Family Communication and Satisfaction, Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse5
Locking Down Gender Roles? A Time-Use Perspective on Gender Division of Household Labour during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Belgium5
Parenting Desire Among Childless Lesbian and Gay Individuals in China: The Influence of Traditional Family Values, Minority Stress, and Parenting Motivation5
Patterns of Stepsibling Relationship Development5
Parental Mediation of Cell Phone Use and Adolescent Autonomy5
Social Support and Quality of Life Among People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Ghana5
Longitudinal Psychological Family Studies in Austria: A Scoping Review5
How Does Law Prescribe Circulation of Children? Understanding Different Kinds of Movement Within the Adoption Law in India5
The Double-Edged Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Family Relationships5
Topics of Conflict Across Family Subsystems4
Facilitators and Barriers of Mother Engagement in a Home-based Parenting Program Following Concerns of Child Maltreatment4
Interpersonal Discrimination and Relationship Quality among Married Mid-Life and Older Black Adults4
Trajectories of Paternal Contact After Parental Separation: A Latent Class Growth Analysis4
A Deeper Understanding of the Relationship between Family of Origin and Young Adult Cyber Dating Abuse: A Mediation Model4
Bonding Family Social Capital and Agency Among Native-Born and Immigrant College Women With Low Parental Financial Support4
Remarriage After Divorce and Health in Later Life: Findings From CHARLS in China4
Marital Quality as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Abuse to Mental Health4
Help-Seeking Behaviors of Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya4
‘I Have to be the Mum and Dad for 4 Weeks Straight’. Exploring the Experiences and Support Needs of Australian Parents and Partners Engaged in Fly-In/Fly-Out Work Practices4
Gender Equality in the Division of Housework and Fertility Intentions in Canada: The Moderating Effect of Employment and Education4
Number of Siblings and Mental Health Among Adolescents: Evidence From the U.S. and China4
Association of Systemic Family Dynamics and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey4
Gender Role Ideology, Work–Family Conflict, Family–Work Conflict, and Marital Satisfaction Among Korean Dual-Earner Couples4
To Disclose or Conceal? Workplace Disability and Eldercare-Related Disclosure Decision-Making Strategies4
What Happens When Family is Forced Together: Conflict, Intimacy, and Distance in Queer and Trans Youth’s Family Relations During the Pandemic4
The Role of Family Communication in the Family Resilience of Deaf Children’s Families4
Financial Stress, Family, Marital, and Life Satisfaction of Turkish Families During Covid-19: What Did We Learn?4
How Do Employers Respond to a Policy Reform of Parental Leave? A Focus on Fathers and Companies From Economy Sectors With Traditionally Lower Take-Up Rates4
Home, but Left Alone: Time at Home and Child Abuse and Neglect During COVID-194
Singleness and the Pandemic Dating Recession4
Blessing or Burden: Transitions Into Eldercare and Caregiver Mental Health4
Difficulties Imposed on the Parent–Child Relationship Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic4
Marital Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Among Ghanaians4
Family Strength During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia4
Employment Resources and the Physical and Mental Health of Mothers of Young Children4
Ethnic-Racial Socialization of White Children by White Parents: A Systematic Review4
The Experience of Work–Family Conflict: Does Being the Only Child Matter?4
Coupling with COVID: The Role of Dyadic Coping in Relationship Satisfaction and Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic4
From Work-To-Family Conflict to Father-Infant Bonding: The Role of Marital Satisfaction4
“Those Are Typical Tell-Tale Signs of a Lesbian”: LGBQ Young Peoples’ Perceptions of Parental Messaging Surrounding Gender Non-Conforming Behavior4
All in the (Definition of) Family: Transnational Parent–Child Relationships, Rights to Family Life, and Canadian Immigration Law4
The Effects of Family Income and Parents’ Educational Status on Child Health Status: Examining the Mediation Effects of Material Deprivation and Parents’ Health4
“Going-With-The-Flow” or “Getting-Things-Done”: A Folk Model of Intensive Parenting Among Middle-Class Parents4
A Mixed Methods Study of Relationship Satisfaction in Parents of Children With Down Syndrome4
Parent/Caregiver Narratives of Challenges Related to Raising Transgender and/or Nonbinary Youth4
Non-Standard Employment and Partnership Dissolution: A Comparison of Nonmarital Cohabitations and Marriages4
Work-to-Family Conflict and Children’s Problems with School, Friends, and Health: Household Economic Conditions and Couple Relationship Quality as Contingencies3
Consistency and Transformation of Filial Responsibility Attitudes in China: Evidence from Panel Study of Family Dynamics of 2004 and 20173
Young Black Fathers’ Perceptions of Fatherhood: A Family Systems Account3
The Cyber Intimate Partner Violence: Prevalence, Context, and Relationship With In-Person Intimate Violence Victimization3
Foster Caregivers’ Parenting Stress as a Moderator of Change in Coparenting Following Relationship Education3
Navigating the Gap: Children’s Experiences of Home and School Life Following Maternal Death3
Parenting During a Pandemic: Predictors of Parental Burnout3
A Typology of Marital Quality among Javanese People3
Charting Work Arrangements and Family Configuration over Our Working Lives3
A Study on Moderating Role of Family-Friendly Policies in Work–Life Balance3
Could Personality and Parental Relations Be a Risk Factor for Self-Injurious Behavior?3
Development of the Culturally Affirming and Responsive Experiences (CARE) Measure: Observing Responsiveness and Ethnic-Racial Cultural Socialization in Mother–Child Interactions3
Psychosocial Consequences of Disclosing Misattributed Paternity: A Narrative Review3
Patterns and Predictors of Taiwanese Adult Children’s Intergenerational Exchanges Before and After Economic Stagnation3
Grandparents’ Retirement and Mother’s Employment Quality: The Mediating Role of Intergenerational Caregiving3
Changing Motherhood in the South African Middle-Class Context3
Toward a Better Understanding of the Associations Among Different Measures of Father Involvement and Parenting Alliance3
Relationship Between Mobile Penetration Rate and Divorce Rate in Iran During 1995–2019: A Time-Series Study3
Parents and Unwed Daughters as an Intergenerational Alliance? – Parental Matchmaking and China’s Single Women3
Age Gap Between Spouses in South and Southeast Asia3
Title: New Parents’ Idealistic Expectations of Parenthood: The Impact of Preconceived Ideas3
Relationship Status and Well-Being in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic3
Mothers’ Post-separation Experiences of Male Partner Abuse: An Exploratory Study3
Norwegian Biological Parents and Stepparents’ Attitudes Towards Family Obligations in Middle and Old Age3
How Does Religion Influence Parental Support of Young Adult Children?3
Divorce Narratives and Class Inequalities in Indonesia3
Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV) in Saudi Arabia3
Intergenerational Value Discordances and Affectual and Associational Solidarity Between Older Parents and Adult Children3
Korean Immigrant Fathers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Their Parenting Involvement3
The Well-Being of Parents in the Year After Childbirth3
Consequences of Work-to-Family Conflicts for Parental Self-Efficacy—The Impact of Gender and Cultural Background in Germany3
Promoting Social Support as a Protective Factor for Parental Stress and Child Behavior Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic3
Re-Examining the Link Between Premarital Sex and Divorce3
“We all have Regrets; it doesn’t Mean we are Failures”: Rejecting or Regretting Motherhood3
Who can refuse? Attitudes About the Fertility Decisions of Wives and Husbands3
Marital Beliefs and Concerns of Spanish Emerging Adults3
Cultural Orientation, Racial-Ethnic Socialization, and Youth Adjustment Outcomes: Test of a Path Model With Asian American Parents3
Out-of-Wedlock Adolescent Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya2
Families in Poverty and Noncitizenship: An Intersectional Perspective on Economic Exclusion2
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Intimate Partner Violence, and Communication Quality in a College-Aged Sample2
The Long Arm of Stress and Strength: Poverty, Religious Attendance, and Black Mothers’ Parent–Child Relationships Over Time2
Consensus on Constraints in Marital Satisfaction Among Married People in African Context2
Emotion Work and Gender Inequality in Transnational Family Life2
Ten Key Findings on Targeted Parents’ Experiences: Towards a Broader Definition of Parental Alienation2
We Are Family: Effects of a Relationship-Strengthening Prevention Intervention on Parenting Behaviors Among Black and Latino Adolescent Couples2
Socioeconomic Disadvantage as a Risk Factor for Attachment Insecurity: The Moderating Role of Gender2
Does Gender Difference Exist in Typologies of Intergenerational Relations? Adult Son-Parent and Daughter-Parent Relations in Hong Kong2
Couple Conflict Behavior: Disentangling Associations With Relationship Dissatisfaction and Intimate Partner Violence2
Connecting With Shosho: Assessing the Role of Grandmothers in a Low-Income Population in Nairobi, Kenya2
Network Financial Transfers and Psychological Distress Among Unmarried Mothers2
Employed Mothers’ Justifications for Using Child Home Care Allowance in Finland2
Work and Family Balance in Chilean Young People’s Life Plans2
Teaching Wife’s Language to the Children of International Marriage Couples in South Korea2
Postdivorce Coparenting Patterns and Relations With Adolescent Adjustment2
Remarriage in Thailand: A Study of Emerging Trends, Correlates, and Implications for Women's Well-Being2
Immigration and Intergenerational Co-Residency Among Working-Aged Adults in the United Kingdom2
Changes in Perceived Fairness of Division of Household Labor Across Parenthood Transitions: Whose Relationship Satisfaction Is Impacted?2
Transmission of and Views About Family Values in an Australian Convenience Sample: A Mixed Methods Study2
The Struggle to Balance Work and Family Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights Based on the Situations of Working Women in Delhi2
“When You Come Together and Do Everything, It’ll be Better for Everybody”: Exploring Gender Relations Among Two Southeastern Native American Tribes2
Patterns in Receiving Informal Help With Childcare Among U.S. Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic2
The Relationships of Divorced Grandparents with Their Grandchildren2
‘Hitting to Teach is One Thing, but to Hurt is a Different Thing, isn’t it?’: Understanding Cycles of Intergenerational Violence within Families2
Types of Family Leisure Activities in Families With Adolescents2
Relationship Between Family Functioning, Parents’ Psychosocial Factors, and Children’s Well-Being2
Partner–Child Relationship Satisfaction and Marital Satisfaction: Do Impressions Spill Over?2
Taking Care of Elderly Parents or Children: How Are They Related to the Decision to Hire Foreign Domestic Helpers?2
The Role of Dyadic Coping for the Individual and Relational Well-Being of Couples During the Transition to Parenthood2
Quality Time as Focused Time? The Role of Focused Parental Time on the Wellbeing of Adolescents2
Young Carers and Parentification–Between Support and Responsibility: Involving the Child in the Functioning of the Family2
Sources of Intergenerational Conflict in Chinese Immigrant Families in the United States2
From First-Union Separation to Stepfamily in Italian Context: Building a Stepcouple Identity2
Parents’ Wisdom and Adolescents’ Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Developmental Qualities2
“Sometimes, During Deployment, It Seems Like We Won’t Make It”: U.S. Military Deployment Transition Issues as a Precursor to Couples’ Reintegration Issues2
COVID-19 and Family Distancing Efforts: Contextual Demographic and Family Conflict Correlates2
Social Spheres of Protection and Threat: The Experiences of Black Men Married to White Women2
Determinants of Paternal Engagement: Investigating Low-Income Fathers’ Caregiving, Play, and Verbal Engagement With Infants2
Factors Influencing Employment Decisions Among Immigrants Caring for a Child With Special Health Care Needs2
Work–Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina: The Moderating Role of Personal, Family, and Job Resources2
Investigation of the Mediating Role of Sense of Coherence Between Family Harmony and Well-Being Among High School Students in Turkey2
The Revised Parent-Adolescent Conflict Issues Checklist: Development, Reliability, and Validity2
Families at Psychosocial Risk. Analysis of the Relation Between Parenting Competencies and Externalizing Problems in Children and Adolescents2
Modern Marriage in a Traditional Society: The Influence of College Education on Marriage in India2
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