OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Child & Youth Care Forum 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Eighteen Months of COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lenses of Self or Others: A Meta-Analysis on Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health	24
The Impact of Educator Anxiety and Anxiety Literacy on Primary Educators’ Responses to Anxious Children	23
Effects of an Online Play-Based Parenting Program on Child Development and the Quality of Caregiver-Child Interaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial	22
Symptoms and Psychological Factors Linked to Anxiety Impairment in Adolescents	21
Do Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Contribute to Risk for Restrictive Behavioral Interventions for Detained Youth?	21
Peer Dislike and Future School Adjustment in Early Adolescence: Recognizing Consequences for both Boys and Girls	20
Assessing Emotional Distress in Adolescents: Psychometrics of the Spanish Version of the Social Emotional Distress Scale-Secondary	19
A Network Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescent Affective Disorders	14
Differential Susceptibility in the Intergenerational Transmission of Secure Base Script Knowledge?	13
Teachers’ Perceptions of Quality in Head Start	13
Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being: The Unique Contribution of Fathers	12
The Role of Temperamental Characteristics in Growth Rates of Theory of Mind: A Turkish Care Types Study	12
Joint Physical Custody and Children’s Physical and Mental Health	12
Children’s Social Interaction in Pre-school Education and Childcare Settings: A Systematic Review	11
Correction to: Multiple Determinants of Interaction Quality among Childcare Providers	10
Lower Secondary Students’ Well-Being Profiles: Stability, Transitions, and Connections with Teacher–Student, and Student–Student Relationships	10
Family Strengthening to Prevent Family Separation and Entrance into Residential Care Institutions in Sierra Leone: A Quasi-experimental Study	10
The Relations Between Parents’ Beliefs, Parents’ Home Reading Practices, and Their Children’s Literacy Development in Kindergarten	10
“I’m Often Alone”: An Ethnographic Study of School Loneliness and Bullying in a Swedish Elementary School	10
Feeling Unsafe at School and Suicide: The Moderating Role of Parental Attachment	9
Seattle Public Schools’ Student Survey of School Climate and Social Emotional Learning: Psychometric Analyses in the Context of a Research-Practice Partnership	9
Autistic Adolescent Perspectives on Internet Threats: Findings from an Exploratory Pilot Study	9
Pragmatic Language Differences in Conversation Might Differentiate between Autism and Trauma-related Disorders	9
Does a Cash Transfer Program Change Caregiver Effects on Child Cognitive Development? Evidence from a Cluster Randomized Trial in Zambia	9
Identifying Latent Profiles of the Home-Rearing Environment and Their Associations with Young Children’s Gross Motor Development in Japan	8

Classroom and Behavior Management Training Needs and Perceptions: A Systematic Review of the Literature	8
Young People’s Perspectives on Parents Helping Young People Exposed to Trauma	8
Multilevel Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bioecological Systems Perspective of Parent and Child Experiences	8
Supporting Youth Mental Health Through a Health Coaching Intervention with a Mindfulness Component: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial During COVID-19	7
Child Temperament, Caregiving Representations, and Parental Reflective Functioning: Links with Callous-Unemotional Traits in Toddlers	7
Child Social Support Moderates the Association Between Maternal Psychopathology and Child School Engagement	7
The Relative Importance of Structural and Individual Factors for Child-care Professional's Interactive Skills in Early Childhood Education and Care	7
A Comparative Study of the Associations Between Social Determinants and Adolescent Mental Health Across Nine Countries	6
Depressive Symptoms Over the Course of Adolescence Among Latinx Children of Immigrants and Non-immigrants and White Youth From Small Towns in the United States	6
Bidirectional Effects and Interconnectivity of Risk and Protective Factors for Integration in Unaccompanied Migrant Children: A Systematic Review	6
Beyond Likes and Follows: Investigating the Longitudinal Associations between Social Media Rumination and Internalizing Symptoms in Middle School Students	6
Youth Development in the Pacific: A Decade in Review	6
Head-Toes for Neurodiverse Learners: Adapting an Existing Behavioral Self-regulation Assessment	6
Quality of Life of Parents Seeking Mental Health Services for Their Adolescent’s Social Anxiety: Psychometric Properties of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form	6
Pre-adoption Experiences and Attachment Disorders in Portuguese Adopted Children	5
Introduction of Technology to Support Young People’s Care and Mental Health—A Rapid Evidence Review	5
A National Look at Early Head Start Services Available to and Experienced by Families and Children	5
Having Someone to Talk: A Buffer Against Maladaptive Academic Behavior During Adolescence?	5
The Effectiveness of School-Based Skills-Training Programs Reducing Performance or Social Anxiety: Two Randomized Controlled Trials	5
The Roles of Therapeutic Alliance and Negative Cognitions in Parent-Led Treatment Versus Standard Care Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress	5
Early Cumulative Parent-Related Stressors and Growth Trajectories in Aggression and Delinquency During Early Adolescence: Testing the Family Stress Model Using a Latent Variable Growth Modeling Approa	4
Sleep Problems in Children in Foster Care. A Systematic Review	4
Peer and Supervisor Influence on School Mental Health Providers’ Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice	4
The SSIS SEL Brief Scales – Student Form: Examining the Structural Validity of a Portuguese Version	4
Enduring Outcomes of Family-focused Youth Care: A Systematic Review of Child, Parent and Family Functioning After Care and at Follow-up	4
Feeling Uprooted? Examining the Relevance of Homesickness and Fear of Missing Out for Adolescents in a Residential Program	4
Trajectories of Learning Attitude Profiles in Korean Middle School Students: Examining Developmental Patterns and the Influence of Parenting	4
Investigating Sex Differences in the Association Between Alexithymia and Adjustment Outcomes Among Detained Youth	4
Examining the Effectiveness of the Transdiagnostic Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders Delivered to Youth Following Hurricane Harvey	4
Age 4 Predictors of Age 5 Academic Achievement: A Multi-domain Model of Contextual, Parent, and Child Effects	4
Modelling Adolescent Loneliness via Empathy, Social Goals and Social Capital: A Self-Determination Theoretical Perspective	4
Measuring Character Strengths and Promoting Positive Youth Development in Zambia: Initial Findings from the GROW Hopes for Life Study	4
Peer Victimization and Risk for Specific Charges Among Detained Youth	4
Parent-Child Interactions During a Speech Preparation Task: A Comparison of OCD and Non-Clinical Control Families	4
A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based School Interventions on Social Emotional Outcomes with Adolescents	3
What Works in Home-Start According to Parents and Volunteers	3
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions for Children Affected by Armed Conflict in low-and middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review	3
Community-Based Treatment of Families with Adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1): Two Single Case Experimental Design Studies on the Effects of Multisystemic Therapy	3
The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD): External Correlates and Incremental Validity over Alternate Psychopathy Measures	3
The Forms of Self-Criticising & Self-Reassuring Scale - Short Form for Adolescents: Psychometric Properties in Clinical and Non-Clinical Portuguese Samples	3
Validation of the Perceptions of Racism in Children and Youth (PRaCY) Scale in Pittsburgh: Associations with Sexual Violence Experiences	3
Differential Trajectories of Social Withdrawal by Korean Parenting Profiles in the Transition from Childhood to Early Adolescence	3
Using Teacher Prompts to Increase Leadership Skills in Preschool Children	3
“Man, This Isn’t Easy”: Exploring the Manifestation of Parentification Among Young Carers of a Parent with Huntington’s Disease	3
Home-Visiting Programming in Kindergarten-Readiness Interventions: Retention and Loss of Families	3
Promoting anti-gang attitudes and beliefs in high school students: an evaluation of the End Gang Life program	3
The Relationship Between Cumulative Ecological Risk and Adolescent Suicidal Ideation: The Moderating Role of the Meaning in Life	3
Mindfulness Training in Swiss Elementary Schools: Effectiveness and Role of Implementation Quality in a Cluster-Randomized Trial	3
Students’ Perceptions of Factors Contributing to a Happy School Environment in Iran	2
The Development and Validation of the Adolescent Self-Criticism Scale (ASCS)	2

Psychosocial Recovery in Children and Adolescents with Suicide Attempts: A Population-Based Study in Latin American	2
The Mental Health of Young People Entering Custody: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2
Breaking the Link: Parental Attachment as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Cyber-Bullying	2
Early Childhood Teachers’ Work Environment, Perceived Personal Stress, and Professional Commitment in South Korea	2
Negative Rearing Behavior and Its Association with Maladaptive Metacognition in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder	2
Childcare Provider Self-Reported Practices During Naptime: A Qualitative Study	2
Help-Seeking for Bullying Victimization Among Adolescents in Germany	2
The Longitudinal Associations of Household Economic Pressure and Home Chaos with Children’s Executive Functioning, Word Reading, and School Readiness	2
The Inside Scoop: Facilitator Perspectives on an Afterschool Group Mentoring Program for Youth	2
Systematic Review of the Psychometric Evidence Supporting Use of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Short Form (DASS-21) with Youth	2
“How Do I Draw Something That Doesn’t Exist?” A Qualitative Exploration of (Pre)Adolescents’ Constructions and Negotiations of Personal and Ideal(Ized) Bodies Through Drawings	2
Youth-identified Considerations for Programming to Support Newcomers’ Healthy Development: A Group Concept Mapping Study	2
Trauma Informed Care for Girls in the Children and Young Person Secure Estate (CYPSE): A Co-produced Rapid Evidence Review	2
Friendship Quality and Mental Health of Youth in Residential Care: The Moderating Role of Individual and Contextual Variables	2
Integrating Youth Care in Special Education: Insights from a Qualitative Case Study in the Netherlands	2
Targeting Caregiver Psychopathology in Parent Management Training for Adolescents: A Scoping Review of Commercially Available Treatment Resources	2
Beyond Diagnosis: A Multiple Case Study of Responsive and Coordinated Care for Infants with Special Health Care Needs in Japanese Out-of-Home Care	2
Salutogenesis and the Wellbeing of Siblings of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Contribution of Involvement, Resistance Resources, and Loneliness	2
Physical Activity and Mental Health in Children and Youth: Clinician Perspectives and Practices	2
Unveiling the Developmental Dynamics of Labeling Theory: Within-Individual Effects of Perceived Informal Labeling on Deviant Self-Concept in the Korean Context	2
Ecological Factors of Telemental Healthcare Utilization Among Adolescents with Increased Substance Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Effect of Gender	2
What Purpose do Voices Serve If No One is Listening? A Systematic Review of Children and Young People’s Perspectives on Living in the Foster Care System	2
Risk and Protective Factors in Bullying Perpetration Committed by Bullied Children: An Application of the Multiple Disadvantage Model	2
A Pilot Open Trial of an Individualized Adaptation of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) in Children and Adolescents	2
The Experiences, Enablers and Barriers of Compassion According To Residential Youth Care Workers in the Netherlands	2
Adolescent Attachment, Affect, and Behavior as Related to Coping Responses to a Psychosocial Stressor	2
Examining Child Labour Activities in South Africa	2
School Violence and Student Psychological Distress: Understanding the Interplay of Victimization, Family Dynamics, and School Climate	2
Stigma of Suicide’s Effects on Gatekeeping Behaviors Among Families in Mexico	1
Prospective Relations of Temperament and Peer Victimization with Changes in Social Competence in Early Childhood: The Moderating Role of Executive Functioning	1
Exposure to COVID-19 Disruptions Moderates the Effect of Temperament on Anxiety in Preschool-Age Children	1
Start Earlier, Stay Healthier? An Earlier Start to Public Preschool May Improve Detection of Health Problems	1
Self-Efficacy and Prosocial Behavior Across Bullying Involvement Roles	1
Correction: Self-Efficacy and Prosocial Behavior Across Bullying Involvement Roles	1
Head Start’s impact on long-term School Success: assessing variation across latent classes of Family Risk	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Parental History and how they Relate to Subsequent Observed Parent–Child Interaction: A Systematic Review	1
Diminishing Delinquency: Social Support as a Moderator between Exposure to Community Violence and Delinquency in Adolescents	1
Identifying the Relationship Between Strength of School Social Support and Level of Hope in Children from Low-Income Families	1
Breakfast Club Conundrum: How Adolescent Peer Norms and Ecological Factors Relate with Achievement	1
Secondary Youth-Level Mechanisms of Change in Parent Training for Anxious Youth	1
Children’s Mental Health Distress and Barriers to Help-Seeking: Insights from the Tinkle Friend Chatline	1
Digital Interventions for Adolescents with Diabetes: A Systematic Review	1
Parenting Stress, Child Behavior Problems, and Household Chaos: Examining Parenting in Early Head Start Families	1
Book Babies Home Visiting Intervention: Evidence of Effect on Literacy-Promoting Practices and Children’s Early Language	1
Family Involvement in Child Mental Health: Exploring Policies and Practices from Community-Based Mental Health Centers	1
Who Declines and Who Improves in Wilderness Therapy?	1
Children’s Emotion Regulation and Subjective Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intergenerational Perspective Among Racially and Economically Minoritized Mother-Child Dyads in the United States	1
Psychological Distress and Peer Dynamics in Adolescent Summer Care Programs: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis	1
A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of Preschool Children’s Reactions to Interparental Conflict and Their Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Japan	1
How Psychosocial Factors Relate to Climate in a Racially Stratified Sample School	1
Teachers as Youth Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers: An Examination of Suicide Prevention Training and Exposure to Students at Risk of Suicide	1
Using Mindfulness Practices to Increase Self-Regulation in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten-Aged Children	1
The Effects of a Cyberbullying Intervention Programme Among Primary School Students	1
Relationship Between Korean Adolescents’ Dependence on Smartphones, Peer Relationships, and Life Satisfaction	1
Does Religiosity Matter? The Role of Subjective and Organizational Religiosity on Substance Use Among Adolescents	1
Family-Centered Attitudes and Actions in Youth Care and Special Education: Development and Evaluation of a New Measuring Instrument	1
Treating Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents: The Therapeutic Potential of Overnight Summer Camp	1
Parent, Teacher, and Youth Reports on Measures of Reactive and Proactive Aggression	1
The Brief Adolescent Depression Screen: A Brief Screening Tool for Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Inpatient Adolescents	1
Adolescents’ Psychoactive Substance Use During the First COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross Sectional Study in Italy	1
An Evaluation of Child and Parent Outcomes Following Community-Based Early Intervention with Randomised Parent-Mediated Intervention for Autistic Pre-Schoolers	1
Multiple Determinants of Interaction Quality among Childcare Providers	1
Transition to Preschool: Paving the Way for Preschool Teacher and Family Relationship-Building	1
Characteristics of Parents Who Spent Time Away from Home During Stay-at-Home Orders and Relation to Parenting Behaviors in Ohio	1
Early Childhood Temperament Factors and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschool and School Aged- Children: A Systematic Narrative Review	1