OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Solution-Focused Body-Mind-Spirit (SF-BMS) Group Therapy for Mental Health and Trauma Symptoms Among Asian American Youth: A Mixed Methods Pilot Evaluation	20
Social Work Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence	11
Paid Placements in Social Work: Addressing Inequity and Student Well-Being (Policy Brief)	11
Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Adults With Autism: Role of Caregiver Burden, Health, and Social Support of Compound and Noncompound Caregivers	10
Corrigendum to “That’s the Beauty of It”: Practitioners Describe the Affordances of Direct to Consumer Tele-Mental Health	10
Economic Hardship and Adolescent Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Parenting Among Non-Resident Father Families	10
Hidden Challenges Experienced by Families With Military-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	9
How Children Influence Weight-Related Behaviors of Women With Low Incomes: A Qualitative Study	9
Development of B.R.A.K.E. the Cycle: A Culturally Responsive Bystander Intervention for South Asian Immigrants in the United States	8
Parental Understanding of Cultural Difference: A Study of Transracially Adopting Couples	7
Preventing Homelessness Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Formative Evaluation Results of a Coach-Like Engagement Model	7
Rebuttal from Dr. Dettlaff	7
Supervised Visitation: State of the Research	7
Building a Primary Prevention Ecosystem in the United States: A Model for Transforming How Society Supports Children and Families	6
Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study of Male Victims’ Experiences With Their Natal and In-Law Families	6
The Impacts of Income, Region, and Reason for Placement on Reported Kinship Caregiver Challenges and Needs	6
Breaking the Chains: Understanding the Damaging Effects of Institutional Betrayal in Social Work	5
Relational Community-Based Individualized Support for Youth Who Have Experienced Homelessness: Removing Barriers to Independence	5
Navigating Acculturation: Overcoming Challenges and Creating Pathways to Well-Being for Central Asian Immigrants in the United States	5
Spiritual Practices Among American Adults: Prevalence and Spiritual/Religious Salience as Predictors of Specific Activities	5
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Frontline Homeless Services Workers in Texas	5
Public Library Patrons in Crisis: Interprofessional Perceptions and Responses	5
Moms & Babies Feeling Better Together: Outcomes of a Technology-Assisted, Entertaining, CBT-Based Depression Treatment for Low-Income Perinatal People Served by a Rural Michigan WIC Clinic	5
Restorative Justice in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: A Metasynthesis	5
Survivor Experiences Living in an Intimate Partner Violence Shelter in the United States in 2022: Implications for the COVID-19 Endemic and Beyond	5

Importance of Community Context in Understanding Substance Use Among Adolescents With Allegations of Maltreatment	5
Factors Contributed to Bully Victimization Among 6- to 13-Year-Old Children Cared by Parents or Relative/Nonrelative Caregivers: A Multiple Disadvantage Model	5
Barriers and Facilitators for Help-Seeking Behaviors in British South Asian Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Study	5
Family Separation Planning Among Undocumented Latina Immigrant Parents With U.S. Citizen Children	4
Learning From Parents: Implementation of a Parent-Mediated Positive Behavior Support Program Targeting Challenging Behavior in Children With Autism	4
Hope, Passion, and the Courage to Stay United in Divided Times	4
“I Learned to Bottle Up My Feelings From a Young Age”: A Narrative Analysis of Latina Young People’s Family Mental Health Socialization	4
The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment Timing on Adolescents’ Depression and Anxiety	4
Conspiracy Theory: The Demand for Social Work Interventions	4
Integrating Teacher Well-Being into Legislative Efforts to Curb Exclusionary Discipline in Early Care and Education Settings	4
Children’s Home Network’s Kinship Navigator Program: Connecting to Concrete Resources Through Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation Services	3
I Have Decided to Read Out Loud for the Rest of My Life! Cognitive Health and the StrongerMemory Program	3
Promoting Free Play in Families Using the Kindergarten PLAYBAG Intervention in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study	3
Household Challenges and Youth Flourishing: Mediating Effects of Parental Aggravation and Physical Health	3
Community-Based Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Central Texas	3
Parenting Styles, Savings Attitudes, and Propensity to Save Among Children in Singapore	3
Housing Plus Services in Public Housing: A Narrative Review of Approaches and Evidence	3
Understanding the Needs of Immigrant Families Who Are Involved in the Public Child Welfare System: A Case for Transformation	3
An Evaluation of the Competences and Attitudes of the Providers of an Evidence-Based Family Prevention Program	3
The Consequences of Childhood Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review and Content Analysis	3
Calling All Early Career Change Makers	3
Navigating Relationships With Birth Family After Aging Out of Foster Care: Experiences of Young People	3
Theoretical Considerations for Engaging Black Youth and Families in Child-Serving Systems: Strengths-Based Approaches, Intersectionality, and Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care	3
Parenting Through Polarization: Patterns and Possibilities of White Racial Socialization Directionality	3
The Importance of Sibling Relationships in Buffering Against Depressive Symptoms of Youth in Foster Care	3
A Critical Crossroads in Child Welfare: Reform or Abolish?	3
Addressing the “Broken” System of Child Welfare	3
“So as Not to Feel Alone”: Motivations and Barriers for Pregnancy Loss Support Among Displaced Syrian Refugee Families Living in Lebanon	3
State Supplemental Benefits for Informal Kinship Caregivers: A Comparative Policy Analysis	3
An Examination of Immigration Status and Its Implications for Transition-Age Youth in the Child Welfare System	3
Treating the Cycle of Social Isolation and Substance Misuse in Young Adults	3
Determinants of Family Support Among People Living With HIV Seeking Care in a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos State, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study	3
“My Hands Are Tied”: Social Services With Latinx Immigrants in Houston During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Instruments Measuring Father Involvement: A Scoping Review	3
Impact of COVID-19 on Referral Patterns and Service Delivery for an Integrated Behavioral Health Program	2
Associations Between Family Resilience, Child Flourishing, and School Engagement Among Children in Kinship Care	2
TANF Leavers and Debt: An Exploratory Study From Georgia	2
Building Healthy Relationships to End Violence: Introduction to the Special Issue	2
The Transition-Age Youth Special Interest Group: The Establishment and Activities of a U.S.-Based Network of Child Welfare Researchers	2
Initial Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of New Survey Measures to Evaluate Family Outcomes of Kinship and Adoption Navigator Programs	2
Experiences and Service Utilization of American Indian/Alaskan Native Kinship Caregivers in Kinship Navigator Programs Across Washington State	2
Pursuing a Deep Ecology of Rural Volunteerism: An Extended Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Social Service Delivery and Community Development	2
A Secondary Qualitative Analysis of U.S. Social Workers’ Perspectives on a Post-2020 Policing Era	2
Uprooting Polic ing : What Police Abolitionists Teach Us About Family Policing	2
“The Culture” Is Truly the Issue: A Preliminary Exploration of Active Duty Female Spouses’ Acculturation to Military Life	2
Social Justice Conversations: Using Critical Dialogue to Unpack Oppression	2
Lifespan Navigation-Building Framework for Children/Youth With Neurodisability and Their Families	2
The Future of Behavioral Health Services for Youth With Foster Care Experience	2
Space, Place, and Time: The Family Court Experiences of Child Welfare–Involved Parents	2
Untangling the Web: A Phenomenological Analysis of Social Workers’ Critical Reflections on Racism in Social Work and Antiracism Efforts in Contemporary Practice	2

Ethics Risk Management in Social Work: A Primer	2
Can Child Welfare Caseworkers’ Positive Attitudes Enhance Nonresident Father Engagement Practices?	2
The Power of Language to Transform Efforts to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Tensions in the Field and Pathways Forward	2
Reimagining Academic Productivity: Creating Space for Innovation and Impact in Social Work Research	2
Adherence to African-Centered Norms and Help Seeking for Emotional Distress Among Black Men	2
Engaging Hispanic Men in HIV Prevention and Care Through Father-Son Initiatives: A Pilot Study	2
Exploring Needed Resources and Supports for Parent Educators: Insights From Minnesota’s Early Childhood Family Education Program	2
How Older Parents Cope With Estrangement From Adult Children: A Qualitative Study	2
Enhancing Supports for Novice Workers in Child Welfare: A Study of Coaching for Child Welfare Interns	2
“A Better Me for My Children”: A Call for Systemic Relational Family Work in Child and Youth Mental Health	2
A Scoping Review of Acculturation Challenges of Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union in the United States From a Life Course Perspective	2
Parent Engagement and the Child Welfare System: Through a Self-Determination Theory Lens	2
Student Homelessness in High School: Prevalence, Individual Characteristics, and Profiles of Risk and Multidomain Functioning	2
Promoting Social Visibility for Single-Father Families Created by Surrogacy	2
Ambiguous Loss Experienced by Georgian Workers Living in Italy	2
Integrating SMART Recovery and Mental Health Services to Meet the Needs and Goals of LGBTQ Individuals Experiencing Substance Use–Related Problems	2
Beyond Reform in Youth Justice: Conceptualizing Carceral Seepage Across Youth-Serving Systems	2
Routine Outcome Monitoring With Feedback	2
Seeding Resilience-Building CROPs: Understanding the Impact of Connection and Relationship-Oriented Practices on Educator Intention to Leave	1
Multispecies Families: Pets, Community, and Social Action	1
Ethical Considerations in Global Mental Health Research: Lessons Learned From Binational U.S.–Mexico Collaborations	1
Processes, Relationships, and Generativity in Stepfamilies: Contributions of an Exploratory Systematic Review	1
Extinguishing the Fire at Both Ends: The Dual Family-Caregiving Stress of the Sandwich Generation of China’s “4-2-2” Families	1
Motivations to Adopt: Perspectives From Young Adult Adoptees and Adoptive Parents	1
Unmet Needs and Perceived Challenges in Early Intervention for Psychosis: A Qualitative Study of Three Groups of Stakeholders	1
Stumbling Toward Independent Living: Participatory Action Research With Young Adults With Developmental Language Disorder	1
Exploring the Role of Standardized Instruments and Consultation in Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Treatment for Behavioral Problems	1
Experiences of Parents and Caregivers With Transgender Children: A Critical Review	1
The Importance of Policy Advocacy in Social Work	1
Child Flourishing Index: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Between Youth of Color and White Youth in the United States	1
Parents Responding to TGNC Children: A Qualitative Metasummary	1
What Is the Impact of Custodial Grandchildren Receiving Mental Health Care on Grandparent Caregivers?	1
Comparing Caregiving Outcomes Among Male and Female Parents of Autistic Adults	1
Considerations for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the Child Welfare Reform Debate	1
Experiences of Amish and Old Order Mennonite Families in Providing Foster Care for Children	1
Deciding to Leave Care Is Not Dropout: The Emerging Adult Perspective	1
“We Were Just Like Rats”: Exploring Experiences of Jail Incarceration Among Persons With PTSD	1
Navigating Safety in Digital Spaces: Mobile Dating App Use Among MSM Communities	1
A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Family Inclusion in Assertive Community Treatment: Challenges and Possibilities	1
Economic Strain, Family Processes, Cultural Influence, and Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis	1
Exploring Associations Between Urban Youth’s Race and Ethnicity, Social–Emotional Well-Being, and Health-Promoting Behaviors	1
Environmental Shifts: The Significance of Space and Place	1
Exploring Applications of a Peer-Facilitated Cognitive-Behavioral Workbook for LGBTQ People: Results From an Acceptability and Preliminary Effectiveness Trial	1
The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act: A Critical Step Toward Addressing Male Infertility	1
Social Exclusion and Inclusion: A Social Work Perspective	1
Pursuing Equitable Implementation of State Paid Family Leave Policies: A Case Study From Washington State on the Role of Tribal Engagement and Sovereignty	1
Developing the Weaving Healthy Families Program to Promote Wellness and Prevent Substance Abuse and Violence: Approach, Adaptation, and Implementation	1
State-Sponsored Child Separation as Cultural Genocide: Implications for Children’s Rights and Child Adoption	1
Mastering Life Chances and Choices: A Metasynthesis of How Disadvantaged Young People Navigate Between Self-Identity and Stigma	1
Emotional Experience of Families With an Immigrant Background Throughout the Autism Service Trajectory in Early Childhood	1
Growing Stronger Together: Exploring Indigenous Caregivers’ Lived Experiences Through Poetic Inquiry	1
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Outcomes for Participants Enrolling During and After the Great Recession	1
Charting a Path: Sources of Information Among Mexican and Central American Migrants in the United States	1
Trends in Prenatal Polysubstance Exposure	1
Baby Stocks: How America’s Equities Could Heal Its Inequities	1
“I Was Being Used More as a Babysitter Than a Foster Parent”: Qualitative Findings From Foster Parent Surveys in Two States	1
Caregiving Challenges and Coping Strategies of Family Caregivers for Relatives Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder in Ethiopia	1
Effect of Racial Discrimination Activated at Teacher–Student Interaction Context on Academic Self-Efficacy: A Latent Transition Analysis	1
Using Simulation to Train Service Providers in Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Trauma	1
Forgiveness and Reconciliation Rituals Practiced in North and Central Gondar Zones of Ethiopia	1
System Failures and the Realities of “Reform”: A Practical Understanding of Decision-Making in Child Welfare	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Social Service Majors	1
Theories of Relational Health in Interpersonal Violence Research: A Scoping Review	1
“The Background You Create Is Really Part of the Experience”: Exploring the Practices of Trauma-Informed Therapy in Virtual Space, a Qualitative Study	1
Supporting Older Caregivers of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Perceived Effectiveness of Peer Mentors	1
From Invisible Workers to Pandemic Heroes but Still Struggling: Lower-Wage Hospital Workers’ Challenges Before, During, and After COVID-19	1
Adjusting Parenting Roles and Work Expectations Among Women With Children During COVID-19	1
Working With Immigrants Who Are Child Welfare Involved: Promoting Innovative Collaborations and Systems Involvement During a Public Health Crisis	1
“It’s A Revolving Door!”: A Qualitative Study of Family Members’ Perspectives on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment	1
Afghan Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Implications for Service Provision	1
Kinship Care and Building the Evidence of Effective Programs	1
Finding Strength Within—Spirituality and the Journey of Mothers in Raising Children With Physical Disabilities: A Qualitative Case Study of Service Recipients at Cheshire Ethiopia	1
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Coding for Competency-Based Skill Improvement: A Case Study of Motivational Interviewing Skill Development in Behavioral Health Providers-in-Training	1
Barriers to and Facilitators of Paternal Engagement for Black Fathers in Fulton County, Georgia	1
Maternal and Paternal Hostility and Adolescents’ Emotional Problems: The Moderated-Moderation Model by Gender and Age	1
Re-Examining the Association Between Parental Monitoring, Parental Rearing Behaviors, and Family Risk Factors in Influencing Juvenile Delinquency Among Boys and Girls	1
Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region	1
“It Only Reopens Old Wounds”: Lived Experiences of Amhara Genocide Survivors From the Miakadra Massacre in Ethiopia	1
Introducing the Paternal Prenatal Early Attachment Program: Enhancing the Role of Men in Support of Mom and Baby	1