Heather M Foran

Biographic Data

ID136327
NAMEHeather M Foran
GIVEN NAMESHeather M
FAMILY NAMEForan
SIGNATUREFORAN H M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Klagenfurt
ORCID0000-0001-6659-5500
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS29
WORKS AS AUTHOR29
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Measuring Children’s Exposure to Interparental Hostility

    Open AccessHugh Murphy, Antonio Piolanti et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2026

  • Psychosocial Interventions and Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Against Women

    Open AccessAntonio Piolanti, Heather M ForanARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2026

    Sexual violence against women is a global health concern, frequently perpetrated by intimate partners. However, meta-analytical evidence on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) remains limited. This study systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed randomized controlled trials evaluating such interventions. Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched ERIC, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, PubMed, and Web of…

  • Spillover mechanisms linking intimate partner violence and child maltreatment

    Open AccessAntonia Brühl, Franziska Waller et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    NCT03865485 registered in ClinicalTrials.gov on March 5, 2019

  • A Technology-Supported Psychoeducational Intervention for Older Adults and Their Families to Improve Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Intergenerational Connectedness—A Randomized Controlled Study

    Open AccessJanina Mueller, Janina Müller et al.ARTICLECyberpsychology Behavior and…2024

    Information and communication technologies (ICT) provide digital tools to support and facilitate social engagement. However, the extent to which new ICTs, such as instant messaging, and training on its use, enhance intergenerational family interactions and reduce social isolation and loneliness needs further exploration. In the present study, we developed a brief psychoeducational intervention to promote older adults and their family members ( N …

  • Factor structure of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale among caregivers in Southeastern Europe

    Open AccessHugh Murphy, Katharina Prandstetter et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2024

  • Linking child adjustment difficulties with mother's maladaptive parental behavior

    Open AccessIngrid Dănilă, Róbert Balázsi et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2024

    Child abuse is prevalent worldwide, with most of the burden in developing countries. To reduce and prevent child abuse occurrence, many efforts are directed toward reducing maladaptive parental behaviors (MPBs), a predictor of parents' risk of engaging in child abusive behaviors. MPBs have been associated with child (e.g., behavioral difficulties) and parent characteristics (e.g., parenting stress and parental cognitions), although little researc…

  • Screen use

    Open AccessFranziska Waller, Katharina Prandstetter et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2023

  • Emerging ideas. Filial piety, substance use, adverse childhood experiences, and parental support

    Open AccessXiang Zhao, Isabella Perle et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2023

  • Measuring dysfunctional parenting

    Open AccessKatharina Prandstetter, Franziska Waller et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2023

  • Parenting Culture(s)

    Open AccessGao-Xian Lin, Moïra Mikolajczak et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2023

    What is it to be “an ideal parent”? Does the answer differ across countries and social classes? To answer these questions in a way that minimizes bias and ethnocentrism, we used open-ended questions to explore ideal-parent beliefs among 8,357 mothers and 3,517 fathers from 37 countries. Leximancer Semantic Network Analysis was utilized to first determine parenting culture zones (i.e., countries with shared ideal-parent beliefs) and then extract t…

  • Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Mothers and Maltreatment of Their Children With Behavioral Problems in Eastern Europe

    Open AccessAntonia Brühl, Christopher L Ward et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2023References: 10

    This study investigates the co-occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against mothers and their risk of perpetrating child maltreatment (CM) in North Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, and Romania. Risk factors for IPV, CM, and their co-occurrence were identified. Two samples ( N 1 = 112, N 2 = 701) of mothers with children with behavioral problems were assessed. IPV was reported by 64% of mothers, CM by 96%, and their co-occurrence by 63…

  • Profiles of Parental Burnout Around the Globe

    Open AccessM Matias, Joyce Aguiar et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2023Cited by: 2References: 38

    Parental burnout (PB) is a pervasive phenomenon. Parenting is embedded in cultural values, and previous research has shown the role of individualism in PB. In this paper, we reanalyze previously collected data to identify profiles based on the four dimensions of PB, and explore whether these profiles vary across countries’ levels of collectivistic-individualistic (COL-IND) values. Our sample comprised 16,885 individuals from 36 countries (73% wom…

  • Preventing child mental health problems in southeastern Europe

    Open AccessElena Jansen, Inga Frantz et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2022

    The prevalence of child emotional and behavioral problems is an international problem but is higher in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) where there are often less mental health supports for families. Parenting programs can be an effective means of prevention, but must be low‐cost, scalable, and suitable for the local context. The RISE project aims to systematically adapt, implement, and evaluate a low‐cost parenting program for preventing/…

  • Gender Equality and Maternal Burnout

    Open AccessI Roskam, Laura Gallée et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2022

    In Western countries, recent decades have witnessed a revolution toward gender equality. Inequalities have been greatly reduced in areas such as education or employment. Because inequalities lead to distress, this development has largely benefited women. One notable exception is the realm of parenting, which has remained rife with inequalities even in the most egalitarian countries. We hypothesized that experiencing inequality in parenting when o…

  • The Influence of Interparental Conflict and Violence on Parenting and Parent–Child Relationships

    Open AccessOlena Kopystynska, Janina Mueller et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2022

    This conceptual review summarizes two decades of research on conflict management behaviors and their implications for family functioning. We review the accumulated research on the impact of three common conflict resolution strategies – destructive interparental conflict, constructive interparental conflict, and intimate partner violence – on parenting and parent–child relationships, including child abuse. Our review is based on published peer‐rev…

  • Parental Burnout Around the Globe

    Open AccessI Roskam, Joyce Aguiar et al.ARTICLEAffective Science2021

  • The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention

    Open AccessY Shenderovich, J M Lachman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Ending all violence against children by 2030 is a core part of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16. A number of promising violence reduction strategies have been identified in research studies. However, we lack an understanding of the implementation and impact of these programs in respect to their delivery at a large scale or within existing service systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We advocate for greater coll…

  • Interparental Relationship Adjustment, Parenting, and Offspring’s Cigarette Smoking at the 10‐Year Follow‐up

    Open AccessXiang Zhao, Katharina Prandstetter et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2021

    Familial influences on children’s cigarette smoking have been established, yet little is known about whether these influences in childhood relate to offspring’s smoking behavior in adolescence. Drawing on prior work showing that children’s emotional and behavioral problems (i.e., internalizing and externalizing behavior problems) are influenced by both interparental and parent–child relationships, we examined whether children’s emotional and beha…

  • Hunger in Vulnerable Families in Southeastern Europe

    Open AccessElena Jansen, J M Lachman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background: Hunger can influence healthy development of children and has been shown to be associated with other determinants of child health, such as violence within the family and maternal (mental) health problems. Whilst the majority of research has been conducted in high-income countries with vulnerable populations, less is known about the circumstances in low-and-middle-income countries. This study explored the experience of hunger in vulnera…

  • Impact of Relationship Status and Quality (Family Type) on the Mental Health of Mothers and Their Children

    Open AccessJasmin Hannighofer, Heather M Foran et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2017

    Mothers and children of single or unstable relationships have higher rates of mental health problems than those in stable two-parent families. Despite results that mothers and children of conflictual two-parent families also show impairments, most studies do not consider relationship quality. Therefore, the present study combines relationship status and relationship quality to a "family type." The present study compares German mothers and childre…

  • Child Mental Health Symptoms Following Parental Deployment

    Open AccessHeather M Foran, Rachel D Eckford et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2017Cited by: 1References: 47

    The current study examined the impact of active duty service members' symptoms following a combat deployment on child mental health symptoms. Soldiers from a brigade combat team ( N = 974) participated in the study 2 months following return from a 15-month combat deployment to Afghanistan, of which 169 soldiers (17.3%) reported having at least one child living at home. Results supported two research hypotheses examining the interrelationship betw…

  • Identifying unique and shared risk factors for physical intimate partner violence and clinically‐significant physical intimate partner violence

    Open AccessAmy M Smith Slep, Heather M Foran et al.ARTICLEAggressive Behavior2015References: 46

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health concern. To date, risk factor research has not differentiated physical violence that leads to injury and/or fear (i.e., clinically significant IPV; CS-IPV) from general physical IPV. Isolating risk relations is necessary to best inform prevention and treatment efforts. The current study used an ecological framework and evaluated relations of likely risk factors within individual, fami…

  • Dimensional Latent Structure of Relationship Quality

    Open AccessSören Kliem, Heather M Foran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2015Cited by: 2References: 31

    A fundamental question facing every latent construct (e.g., relationship quality) is whether the construct is categorical or dimensional in nature. The authors analyzed the latent status of relationship quality in 3 large general German population samples using the Partnership Questionnaire (PFB), the Quality of Relationship Inventory, and the short form of the PFB (PFB-K; N1 = 1,330, N2 = 1,494, N3 = 1,390). They applied 3 widely used taxometric…

  • Risk Factors for Men’s Intimate Physical Aggression in Spain

    Open AccessAnita Jose, K Daniel O’leary et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2014Cited by: 3References: 3

  • Community Needs Among Service Members After Return From Combat Deployment

    Open AccessKathleen M Wright, Heather M Foran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2014Cited by: 2References: 24

    To build on research concerning the development of postdeployment community‐based programs, we surveyed active duty soldiers from two Brigade Combat Teams (N = 693; N = 1,385) after return from a combat deployment. The Brigade Combat Teams were located on different installations in rural areas representing 2 large military communities. The survey included an assessment about a range of community services (social events, cultural integration oppor…