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Developmental Child Welfare
H-index 6

Developmental Child Welfare

2516-1032

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/dcw

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 982 12 18 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 12
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.398
Impact Factor: N/A

Top Publications

  • Virtual parent-child visitation in support of family reunification in the time of COVID-19

    Jacqueline Singer;David Brodzinsky

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • The impact of COVID-19 on child welfare-involved families: Implications for parent–child reunification and child welfare professionals

    Abbie E. Goldberg;Brodzinsky, David, Singer, Jacqueline, Crozier, Patience

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Autism and attachment disorder symptoms in the general population: Prevalence, overlap, and burden

    Helen Minnis;Claudia-Martina Messow;Alex McConnachie;Paul Bradshaw

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • The interplay between maternal childhood maltreatment, parental coping strategies as well as endangered parenting behavior during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

    Franziska Köhler-Dauner;Vera Clemens;Katherina Hildebrand;Ute Ziegenhain

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Impact of COVID-19 on resource families: Unique challenges and strengths

    Audra K. Langley;Matthew A. Ruderman;Jill Waterman;Todd Franke

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Can reactive attachment disorder persist in nurturing placements? A systematic review and clinical case series:

    Rebecca Nelson;Guy Chadwick;Molly Bruce;Genevieve Young-Southward

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Cognitive flexibility moderates the association between maltreatment and emotion regulation in residential care children of the middle childhood period

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • The attachment video-feedback intervention (AVI) combined to the trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) for sexually abused preschoolers and their parents: A pilot study examining pre- to post-test changes:

    Justine Caouette;Martine Hébert;Chantal Cyr;Laetitia Mélissande Amédée

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Caregiver-specific factors and orphanage-context factors contributing to maltreatment of children in institutional care: A multi-level analysis of 24 orphanages in Tanzania

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Indiscriminate friendliness in foster children: Associations with attachment security, foster parents’ sensitivity, and child inhibitory control:

    N.K. Schoemaker;H.J. Vermeer;F. Juffer;R. Spies

    (2020)
    4 Citations

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