OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Perceptions of motherhood in mothers of children with disabilities in Turkey: a qualitative study	38
Fetal heart rate variability and infant self-regulation: the impact of mother’s prenatal depressive symptoms	23
The perinatal health secondary to pandemic: association between women’s delivery concerns and infant’s behavioral problems	19
Does rejection sensitivity predict impaired mother-infant bonding? A longitudinal study	16
Midwifery care for pregnant women who live with obesity	14
The course of women’s emotions from early pregnancy to the postpartum period	13
Pandemic-related stress in pregnant women during the first COVID-19 lockdown and neonatal development	13
Social support, temperament and previous prenatal loss interact to predict depression and anxiety during pregnancy	13
Factors related to a positive childbirth experience – a cross-sectional study	12
Assessing mother-infant bonding: reliability of the recorded interaction task	12
Birth trauma: the elephant in the nursery	12
Expectant parents’ perceptions of healthcare and support during COVID-19 in the UK: a thematic analysis	12
From pregnancy to 3 months after birth:the beginning of mother-infant relationship from a maternal perspective	12
Postpartum Mental Health Status & Role Transition to Mother in Primigravid Women: A Cross-Sectional Study	12
The interplay between emotional and breastfeeding difficulties in first-time mothers	11
Sleep quality, perceived stress and associated factors in women undergoing IVF treatment: short-term longitudinal study	11
COVID-19: what about pregnant women during first lockdown in Italy?	10
Perinatal meaning-making and meaning-focused coping in the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Longitudinal reproductive healthcare pathways of transmasculine people	9
Parenting, dyadic coping, and child emotion regulation in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parent families through assisted reproduction	9
Anxiety trajectories from pregnancy to one-year postpartum and their contributors during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
A NICU stay during the pandemic: Bridging collective and subjective loss	8
Primary mental health prevention in partners of mothers with a major mental illness: SMS4Dads	8
Effects of a residential psychoeducational parenting program on maternal anxiety and fatigue symptoms	8
The effect of counseling on women’s coping with unplanned pregnancy	8

Men, mindsets and birth: results of a prospective longitudinal study	8
Psychologists’ experiences of working with fear of childbirth: implications and advice for care providers	7
Relationship between social support and post-discharge mental health symptoms in mothers of preterm infants	7
Anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life in mainland Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study	7
Does Antenatal Education Affect Level Of Empathy And Attachment Of Fathers?	6
Predictors for desire, intention, and likelihood for more children among LGB parents through assisted reproduction	6
Paternal bonding is influenced by prenatal paternal depression and trait-anxiety	6
A longitudinal study on the association between trait mindfulness and maternal bonding across the perinatal period	6
Emotional and relational protective factors during pregnancy and psychological well-being and personal growth after childbirth	6
Mothers’ personal growth in the first year: the role of perceived childbirth experience and support	6
How do women cope with couples’ infertility? Using language to explore elaborative processes	6
Defining infertility: a qualitative interview study of patients and physicians	6
Sperm donor relations among adult offspring conceived via insemination by lesbian parents	6
‘Pregnant women voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey’	6
Spanish adaptation of the perinatal grief intensity scale	6
Psychological Well-being during Pregnancy: The Contribution of Stress Factors and Maternal-Fetal Bonding	6
Introduction to primary care behavioral pediatrics guide for behavior analysts	5
Associations between dyadic coping, marital satisfaction, and prenatal depression symptoms among couples with gestational diabetes mellitus	5
Perinatal experiences of Ukrainian women at the beginning of the war	5
Perceived stress, marital satisfaction, and prenatal depression among couples with gestational diabetes mellitus	5
Effects of maternal stress and/or anxiety interventions in the first 1000 days:Systematic review of reviews	5
A longitudinal examination of contributors to new parents’ perception of their infant	5
Psychological distress, optimism and emotion regulation among Israeli Jewish and Arab pregnant women during COVID-19	5
Monitored home-based with or without face-to-face exercise for maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
The role of perceived social support on pregnant women’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Exploring the impact of infant feeding patterns on the psychological well-being of adolescent mothers	5
Correlates of repetitive negative thinking in postnatal first time mothers	5
Effects of intermittent kangaroo care on maternal attachment, postpartum depression of mothers with preterm infants	4
Delayed care during pregnancy and postpartum linked to poor maternal mental health: evidence in the United States	4
Personal growth during early and advanced pregnancy according to women’s mode of conception	4
Personality traits, childbirth expectations, and childbirth experiences: a prospective study	4
Personal growth in early pregnancy: the role of perceived stress and emotion regulation	4
Decisional conflict, anxiety, and social support among Chinese pregnant women making further prenatal testing decisions	4
Psychometric properties of the difficulties in emotion regulation Scale in a perinatal sample	4
The prevalence and associated factors of fear of childbirth among Turkish pregnant women	4
Relationship between social support and perinatal depression during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Father-to-infant attachment and its associated factors during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	4
A scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement	3
Our origins: causal pathways and links across time	3
‘Would I risk it again?’ The long-term impacts of a traumatic birth, as experienced by fathers	3
Multidimensionality within the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale: application issues of specific structure	3
Memory and mood changes in pregnancy: a qualitative content analysis of women’s first-hand accounts	3
Stress level and general mental state in Polish pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic	3
Exploring parents’ experiences and holistic needs following late miscarriage: a narrative systematic review	3
Emotion regulation strategies and perceived stress during pregnancy in expectant mothers and fathers	3
Gestational and non-gestational parents: challenging assumptions	3
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychopathological symptoms in pregnant women in Spain	3
Heterogeneity of emotional distress in pregnancy during COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis	3
Perinatal loss: attachment, grief symptoms and women’s quality of life	3
Protocol for an intervention for new parents experiencing moderate psychosocial adversity: pilot feasibility randomised trial	3

Fear of childbirth and its relationship with anxiety and depression among Iranian fathers: a descriptive study	3
Reducing the stress of mothers in the postpartum period: psychological inflexibility or mother-infant bonding	3
Efficacy of in-person versus digital mental health interventions for postpartum depression: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	3
The role of motherhood schemas and life transitions in reproductive intention formation	3
Developing a new measure of retrospective body dissatisfaction: links to postnatal bonding and psychological well-being	3
The Effects of MBSR Programme on Prenatal Comfort and Fetal Health Anxiety in Pregnant Women	3
Fertility and fertility preservation knowledge in Portuguese women	3
Midwifery and sexuality	3
Childbirth experience, maternal functioning and mental health: how are they related?	3