OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of School Mental Health is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Associations of Adolescent Mental Health First Aid Intentions and Help-Giving Behaviours: A School-Based Longitudinal Study	130
Black Youth Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Care and Academic Support Through E-Mentoring and a Black Church Partnership	111
Teacher Perceptions of Implementation Climate Related to Feasibility of Implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions	70
Multi-informant Assessment of Organizational Skills: Psychometric Characteristics of the Children’s Organizational Skills Scale (COSS)	43
Understanding Factors that Moderate the Relationship Between Student ADHD Behaviors and Teacher Stress	35
Tender Shoots: Effects of a Preschool Shared Book Reading Preventive Intervention on Parent–Child Reading and Parents’ Involvement in the First Year of School	33
Understanding Teachers’ Emotion Regulation Strategies and Related Teacher and Classroom Factors	33
Project SOLVE: Randomized, School-Based Trial of a Single-Session Digital Problem-Solving Intervention for Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms During the Coronavirus Era	31
Collaborative Design of an Inclusive Education Model for Students with Emotional Disabilities: A Research-Practice-Policy Partnership	25
Facilitators and Barriers of Implementation of Evidence-Based Parenting Support in Educational Settings	22
Associations Between School Mental Health Team Membership and Impact on Service Provision	22
Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Participant Role Scales in Bullying School	21
Brief Meditation on Test Anxiety of Eighth Grade Chinese Students: Chain-Mediating Roles of Mindfulness and Self-Efficacy	21
A Rose by any Other Name? Using Core Components to Categorize Social and Emotional Learning Provision	20
Suicide Attempt and Its Correlates Among School-Going Argentinian Adolescents with Suicidal Thoughts: Insights from a National Survey	20
Smartphone Addiction is Associated with Poor Sleep Quality, Increased Fatigue, Impaired Cognitive Functioning, and Lower Academic Achievement: Data from Tunisian Middle School Students	19
Supporting Innovative Scalable Approaches to School-Based Mental Health: Development and Innovation Research at the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES)	19
Forms of Peer Victimization and Their Association to the Functions of Aggression Among Preschoolers	18
What is Essential in School Social Work Practice	17
Children’s Reentry to School After Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Qualitative Study	17
Reducing the Impact of Bias-Based Bullying on Suicidal Thoughts Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Are Psychological Strengths Enough?	16
A Scoping Review of Validity Evidence for Technology-Mediated Assessments of Youth Mental Health	16
Educators Need More Than a Strong Belief in the Importance of Student Relationships	16
Feasibility, Fidelity, Satisfaction, and Preliminary Open Trial Student Outcomes of a Brief School-Based Intervention to Reduce Student Anxiety During the Transition to Middle School	16
The Feasibility and Acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) in a Rural Community Impacted by Environmental Trauma and Covid-19	16

Promoting Partnership and Impact through Implementation Science and Human-Centered Design: A Commentary on the Special Issue	15
Turn 2 Us: Supporting Mental Health Literacy of School Personnel in Majority Latinx, Urban Elementary Schools	14
Implementing Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) in a Low-Income School	13
“You’re Not Forced to Do Anything You Really Don’t Want To”: Comparing Flexible Learning Options and Mainstream Schooling Experiences in South Australia	13
School Principals’ Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to the Normalization of School-Based Mental Health Services: A Multimethod Investigation	13
#TEBWorks: Engaging Youth in a Community-Based Participatory Research and User-Centered Design Approach to Intervention Adaptation	13
Partnering with Educators to Iteratively Co-create Tools to Support Teachers’ Use of Equity-Focused Positive Behavioral Supports	13
Associations Between Belonging and Peer Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms Among Middle School-Age Youth	12
Grade Retention Impact on Academic Self-concept: A Longitudinal Perspective	11
Preteen Suicidal Ideation and Adolescent Academic Well-Being Among Child Welfare-involved Youth	11
Supporting Parents of Children with ADHD During COVID-19 School Closures: A Multiple-Baseline Trial of Behavioral Parent Training for Home Learning	11
Problematic Internet Use and Bullying Perpetration Among Chinese Adolescents: Moderating Roles of School Climate and Gender	11
Teachers’ Willingness to Seek Help for Violence: The Mediating Effect of School Climate	10
Adolescents with ADHD: Sleep as a Predictor of Academic and Organization Treatment Response	10
Sustaining BEST in CLASS: Teacher-Reported Evidence-Based Practice Use with Students at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Early Childhood Professionals’ Perspectives on Dealing with Trauma of Children	10
Burnout Among School Staff: A Longitudinal Analysis of Leadership, Connectedness, and Psychological Safety	9
School-Based Screening of Social Determinants of Health: A Scoping Review	9
An Evaluation of a Whole-School Trauma-Informed Professional Development for Staff in Autism-Specific Educational Settings	9
The Core Curricular Content of School-Based Mindfulness Programs	9
Variables Associated with Medication Use Among High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems	9
Assessing School Refusal: Arabic Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the School Refusal Evaluation (SCREEN) from Adolescents in Algeria	9
Heterogeneity Among Moderate Mental Health Students on the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)	9
Student-Identified Practices for Improving Belonging in Australian Secondary Schools: Moving Beyond COVID-19	9
Social–Emotional Learning for Whom? Implications of a Universal SEL Program and Teacher Well-being for Teachers’ Interactions with Students	9
Identifying Protective Factors for Bullying and Guiding School Mental Health Practitioners Around the World: A Tribute to Dr. Dan Olweus	9
Direct and Indirect Effects of Bullying Victimization on Academic Performance and Mental Health Among Secondary School Students	9
Dark Tetrad Personality Traits: An Analysis by Gender in Aggressors and Victims of School Bullying	8
Community Recommendations for Adapting an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention for Racially/Ethnically Diverse Schools: A Qualitative Study	8
Applying a School-Based Mindfulness and Compassion Program (“Escuelas Despiertas”) in Spanish Secondary Schools to Reduce Psychological Distress in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial	8
Building elementary students’ social and emotional skills: A randomized control trial to evaluate a teacher-led intervention	8
Author Correction: Selecting, Adapting and Implementing Classroom Kernels for Student Social and Emotional Development and Resilience in Local Elementary Schools: A Community–University Partnership Ap	8
Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Moroccan Version of the Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale (PSSM) Among Moroccan Students	8
The Composition of Implementation Drivers for Targeted and Intensive Behavioral Supports: An Exploratory Survey Study	8
Suicidal Behaviors in Early Adolescence: The Interaction Between School Connectedness and Mental Health	8
Academic Pressure or Emotional Detachment? The Complex Effect of Compulsory Boarding Due to the School Merger Policy	8
Do Externalizing Problems Impact Change in Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Youth in a School-Based Group Intervention?	7
Social Support, Self-Concept and Resilience as Protectors Against School Maladjustment During Adolescence	7
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Maryland Middle School Students	7
Promoting Youth Mental Health in Rural Communities	7
Moderating Role of Individual and Familial Characteristics in the Improvement of Organizational Skills Following ADHD Youths’ Participation in the TRANSITION Project	7
School-Based Mental Health Practitioners: A Resource Guide for Educational Leaders	7
The Effect of School-Based Mindfulness Interventions on Anxious and Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-analysis	6
A Research-Practice Partnership to Develop the R-CITY Multi-Component, Equity-Focused Social–Emotional Learning Intervention	6
Teacher Stress, Coping, Burnout, and Plans to Leave the Field: A Post-Pandemic Survey	6
Investigating the Effects of Motivational Interviewing Compared to Action Planning in Support of the Emotional and Academic Success of Ninth Grade Students in Advanced Placement Classes	6
Mental Health Help-Seeking Patterns Among Early Adolescents Across Indicators of Adversity	6
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Universal Classroom-Based Test Anxiety Intervention Program for Secondary School Students	6
Research-Practice Partnerships for the Development of School Mental Health Interventions: An Introduction to the Special Issue	6
Efforts to Improve and Expand Implementation of Trauma-Responsive Schools: Findings from a Randomized Pilot of the Trauma Education to Advance Community Healing (TEACH) Program	6

The Impact of Teachers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers on Their Perceptions of Students with Mental Disorders	6
Common Elements of Trauma-Informed Schools and Attention to Racial Equity: A Scoping Review	6
Social and Emotional Interventions for Refugee Students: A Systematic Review	6
Testing Pathways Linking Socioeconomic Status, Academic Performance, and Cyberbullying Victimization to Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms in South Korean Middle and High Schools	5
Exposure to Violence, Coping, and Academic Achievement in Latinx Adolescents	5
School-Based Bereavement Interventions for Children: A Scoping Review	5
Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and Depression: Roles of Academic Pressure and Hope	5
State Variation Regarding Other Health Impairment Eligibility Criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	5
A University-School District Partnership to Develop Well Connected©: An Integrated Student Wellness Approach in High Schools	5
Considering Equity of Evidence: Examining Teachers’ Justifications for Direct Behavior Rating Scale Scores	5
Inventory of School Supports-Youth Report (ISS-YR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Students	5
Centering School Leaders’ Expertise: Usability Evaluation of a Leadership-Focused Implementation Strategy to Support Tier 1 Programs in Schools	5
Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of a Dual-Factor Model: Mental Health Status and Academic Outcomes for High School Students in Academically Accelerated Curricula	5
Adolescent School Belonging and Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adulthood: Findings from a Multi-wave Prospective Cohort Study	5
Patterns of Distinct Forms of Peer and Dating Aggression Perpetration in Adolescence	5
Understanding Teachers' Attributions and Responses to Student Misbehavior: The Roles of Explanatory Rationale and Personal Beliefs	5
A Community-Partnered Research Process for Implementation Strategy Design: Developing Resources to Support Behavioral Classroom Interventions	5
Adolescents’ Covitality Patterns: Relations with Student Demographic Characteristics and Proximal Academic and Mental Health Outcomes	5
A Systematic Review of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in Teachers	5
Validation of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised (SRAS-R) in the General Adolescent Population in China	5
A 10-Week School-Based Mindfulness Intervention and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among School Children and Adolescents: A Controlled Study	5
How do Schools Respond to Biased-Based Bullying? A Qualitative Study of Management and Prevention Strategies in Schools	5
A Global Study of the Wellbeing of Adolescent Students During the COVID-19 2020 Lockdown	5
Longitudinal Effects of a Motivationally Focused Strategy to Increase the Yield of Training and Consultation on Teachers’ Adoption and Fidelity of a Universal Program	5
Teacher’s Classroom Management Self-Efficacy and Teacher–Child Conflict as a Function of Child Ordinal Behavior Ranking	5
Supporting Educators and Students: A University–Community Partnership to Implement Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools	5
Validation and Use of the Measure of Effective Attributes of Trainers in School-Based Implementation of Proactive Classroom Management Strategies	5
Peer Aggression and Conflictual Teacher-Student Relationships: A Meta-Analysis	5
Universal Primary School Interventions to Improve Child Social–Emotional and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations	5