OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Japanese Psychological Research 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Announcement	19
Does a Cultural Psychology Course Foster Identity‐Conscious Ideologies?	13
Are Hong Kongese Still Bicultural? Six Preregistered Replications of the Cultural Priming Effect in Hong Kong	12
Does Mental Simulation Decrease the Empathy Gap in Help‐Seeking?	11
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System	10
Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network¹	7
Influence of Implicit Attitudes Toward Infants on the Perception of Infant Cuteness	7
Editorial: Culture and Health	7
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	7
Effective Learning Conditions for Teaching Case Markers to Chinese Children Acquiring Japanese as a Second Language	6
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	6
Moderating Effects of Attachment Orientations on Emotional Interdependence in Romantic Relationships: Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling	5
Issue Information	5
The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	5
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	4
Perceived Odor Intensity Ratings Based on Absolute Scales of Evaluators: Application of a 6‐Point Odor Intensity Scale Approximating the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	4
Perceptual Discrepancies of Body Sizes in Japanese Female College Students: Using a 3‐D Silhouette Scale	4
Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	4
Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	4
Psychometric Examination of the Japanese Version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire¹²³⁴	4
Good Children Do Not Always Do Good Behavior: Moral Licensing Effects in Preschoolers^{1, 2, 3}	4
Issue Information	4
Preliminary Findings for the Development of the Japanese Yale‐Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Olfactory Reference Disorder ( ORD ‐	3
Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	3
Awareness and Acceptance in Anxiety‐Provoking Social Situations and Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Validation of the Social Anxiety‐Awareness and Acceptance Scale^{1, 2}	3

Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	3
Assessing Alexithymia in Japanese Adults: Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire	3
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	3
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	3
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	3
Associations of the Level and Instability of Self‐Esteem with Help‐Seeking in Japanese Older Adults	3
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	3
Conformity‐Based Out‐Group Aggression: Does an In‐Group Audience Intensify Out‐Group Aggression as a Result of Conformity?	3
The Interdependence of Extraversion: Personality Differences in Utilizing Social Capital and Interdependent Happiness	3
Culture and Stress Coping: Cultural Variations in the Endorsement of Primary and Secondary Control Coping for Daily Stress Across European Canadians, East Asian Canadians, and the Japanese	3
Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale¹	3
What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	3
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
Qualitative Study of Causal Attribution for Difficulties Perceived by Social Workers in Supporting Single Middle‐Aged and Older Men	2
Development and Initial Validation of the Death Attitudes in Relationships Scale	2
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Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale	2
Stability of Assessment Using Creativity‐Related Indices	2
Longitudinal Study on the Relationships between Organizational Factors and Autonomous and Controlled Motivation among Older Japanese Bridge Employees¹	2
Relationship Between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior and Students' Motivation to Form and Maintain Relationships with Their Teachers	2
The Moderating Role of Inhibition on Irrelevant Emotional Information in the Relation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Affect Balance: Evidence from a Negative Affective Priming Task	2
Announcement	2
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	2
Relationship Between the Words of Prayer, Psychological Well‐being, and Sense of Coherence	2
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	2
Editorial: Studies of Face and Body	2
Pluralistic Ignorance did not Prevent Paternity Leave in Japan in December 2021: A Replication Study	2
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	2
Effects of Perception of the Drawing Process on Visual Realism in Young Children	2
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	2
Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Perceived Stress Among the Japanese Overseas Workers	2
Further Attempts to Obtain a Forward Blocking Effect on Running‐Based Taste Aversion Learning in Rats	2
Comfort Distance for Online and In‐Person Interactions: A Virtual Reality Study	1
Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan¹^,²	1
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Japanese Psychological Research	1
Homework and Teacher: Relationships Between Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs in Homework and Homework Assignments¹	1
Mental State Attribution Mediates Exogenous Orienting of Attention Triggered by Gaze Cues, but not Other Social Cues	1
Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening and Olfaction: How Blood Pressure Affects Emotional Responses to Odors	1
Issue Information	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
Issue Information	1
The Roles of Okurigana and Lexical Context in Reading Kanji Words with Kun‐Reading and Their Relationship to Reading Amount	1
Online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) in Japan	1
A Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐42) Study on the Mental Health Conditions of Japanese Employees	1
An Experimental Comparison of Two Emotion‐Induction Methods and the Role of Emotion in Applying Decision Rules	1
Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults¹^,²^,³	1
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	1
An Empirical Study of the Actual Conditions, Current Attitudes, and Psychological Outcomes of Tattooing Among Japanese People	1

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
Grateful Liars Gain Reliance in Reciprocal Relationships: Exploring the Potential Role of Gratitude in Mitigating the Impact of Lying	1
Relationship Between School Avoidance Motivation and Absentee Behavior in the Transition to Futoko	1
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Human Capital Sustainability Leadership Scale (HCSLS‐J)	1
Development of a Japanese Version of the Creative Mindset Scale (CMS) Using Item Response Theory	1
Behind the Mask: Analyzing the Dual Influence of Social Norms on Pandemic Behavior in Japan¹	1
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The Effect of Coaches' Interpersonal Style Profiles on Young Athletes' Motivation and Sport Commitment	1
Possible Futures for the Psychological Network Approach: Agenda for Clinical Scientists	1
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Announcement	1
Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Early Career Nurses in Japan¹	1
Young Children's Judgment of Helping and Harmful Behavior Toward a Prosocial Hero and an Antisocial Villain	1
Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters	1
Issue Information	1
The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression Intensity on Decoding Accuracy: High Intensity Does Not Yield High Accuracy	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	1
The Relationship Between Cognition of Lying and the Previous Day's Lies	1
Do Grateful People Protect Their Benefactors at the Expense of Other People? Implications From Loss‐Framed Welfare Tradeoff Ratios	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
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Effects of Mobile App‐Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well‐being	1
How Do Implicit Theories of Mind Wandering Relate to Mind Wandering as Experienced in Everyday Life?	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is Effective in Reducing Strong Opioid Use in a Patient with Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study	1
Examination of Cross‐National and Gender Differences in Rumination and Its Association with Depression: A Cross‐Sectional Comparison Between Residents of the United Kingdom and Japan	1
The Ebb and Flow of Morality: The Role of Purity in the Public Perceptions of Fukushima's Processed Water Release	1
Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1