OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australian Psychologist is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
A national study of the psychological theories and therapies covered within clinical psychology training programs in Australia	32
Psychosocial factors and quality of life in HIV	19
Psychologists’ perceptions of assessing and treating trauma-exposed clients	18
A brief self-compassionate reflective writing task can manage negative reactions following an eating transgression	16
Ethical dilemmas working with older adults: in-depth interviews with Australian psychologists	15
Sun safety in young Queensland adults: behaviours, knowledge, and responses to health-based and appearance-based text messages	14
Experience of and recommendations for creating new rural and remote psychology placements	14
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition, Greek Adaptation (WAIS-IV GR): confirmatory factor analysis and specific reference group normative data for Greek Australian older adults	14
Identity and belonging: refugee youth and their parents’ perception of being Australian	10
Supporting LGBTQA+ peoples’ recovery from sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts	9
Urgent call for research into imagery rescripting to reduce suicidal mental imagery: clinical research considerations	9
The role of emotion beliefs in depression, anxiety, and stress	9
Does participation in structured group supervision impact experiences of transition to the workforce?: A survey of psychology registrars	8
Feasibility and practicality of a simulated placement: an exploratory pilot of a novel training method for postgraduate psychology students in the wake of COVID-19	8
Mind the distance: experiences of non-face-to-face child and youth mental health services during COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in Western Australia	7
The role of metacognitive beliefs versus meta-emotion beliefs in disordered eating	7
Emerging adult wellbeing: associations with adverse childhood experiences, parenting practices and the parent-adolescent relationship	7
Goal motives in depression and anxiety: the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	7
Australian mental health practitioners’ reported practice, beliefs, and barriers to the prescription of dietary change for mental health conditions	7
What psychologists need to know about men and suicide	7
Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
She is like me: a qualitative exploration of body image ideals and the young woman psychologist working with eating disorders	7
BEST-Foundations: a mixed methods exploration of the feasibility of a novel intervention treating internalising symptoms in children	5
Wellbeing programs for culturally and linguistically diverse population in Australia: barriers and improvements	5
People Needs Country: the symbiotic effects of landcare and wellbeing for Aboriginal peoples and their countries	5

Lessons from COVID-19 and the practice of school psychology: opportunity for a changed landscape	5
Evaluating emotion regulation ability across negative and positive emotions: psychometric properties of the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI) in American adults and Iranian adults	5
Cognitive processing of HIV stigma and its association with posttraumatic growth: a reflexive thematic analysis	5
Perceptions of mental health and illness amongst Australian Ismaili Muslim youth	5
Tracking trainee development: preliminary validation of a tool designed to evaluate clinical psychology competencies over time	5
The mediating role of behavioural automaticity and intention on past to future bootcamp attendance	5
Trait empathy and the treatment of asylum seekers in Australia	4
Reflexivity: a model for teaching and learning cultural responsiveness in mental health	4
Lose yourself: feared self, emotion regulation, and obsessive-compulsive and eating disorder symptomatology	4
A longitudinal evaluation of a biopsychosocial model predicting BMI and disordered eating among young adults	4
Fluctuations in mental health in students accessing a university-wide online mental health promotion intervention before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Practice learnings from the Psychologist Integration into Primary Health Care Pilot Program on the Tiwi Islands, Northern territory	4
A longitudinal study of trainee psychologists’ tolerance of uncertainty, state anxiety and confidence in case formulation	4
Aversion to happiness mediates effects of meaning in life, perfectionism, and self-esteem on psychological distress in Turkish adults	4
Outcomes from a pilot study to evaluate Phase 1 of a two-phase approach to treat women with complex trauma histories	4
The role of psychologists in managing mental health comorbidities in adults with neurological disorders	4
Alexithymia in autism spectrum disorder	4
Undergraduate psychology and dental students’ perceptions of interprofessional learning when using motivational interviewing to encourage health behaviour change: a mixed methods study	3
Characteristics of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder consecutively referred to an Australian private psychiatric clinic	3
A systematic review of the thoughts and feelings that are associated with suicidal behaviours in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peoples	3
Performance and symptom validity testing in neuropsychological assessments in Australia: a survey of practises and beliefs	3
Contraception decision making by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Australian youth: an exploratory study	3
What counts? A Delphi consensus-based approach to interpreting accreditation standards for Direct Client Activities in clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology programs	3
Factor structure for the Food Cravings Inventory in an Australian sample	3
Does polyculturalism explain the relationship between personality, thinking style, and prejudice in Australia?	3
A psychometric validation of the Dysmorphic Concerns Questionnaire (DCQ) in adolescents and young adults	3
“This wasn’t in the manual”: a qualitative exploration of tolerance of uncertainty in the practicing psychology context	3
Building resilience in transcultural adults: investigating the effect of a strength-based programme	3