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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information ‐ PI	15
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System	12
Exploring the Narrative of an Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher from the Perspective of Polyphonic Time¹	11
Announcement	10
Editorial: Culture and Health	10
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	10
Influence of Implicit Attitudes Toward Infants on the Perception of Infant Cuteness	9
Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network¹	8
Effects of Pathogen‐Avoidance Tendency on Infection‐Prevention Behaviors and Exclusionary Attitudes toward Foreigners: A Longitudinal Study of the COVID‐19 Outbreak in Japan¹	8
How Do People Disclose Their Mild‐To‐Moderate Hearing Loss?¹^,²	6
Does Mental Simulation Decrease the Empathy Gap in Help‐Seeking?	6
Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	5
Issue Information	5
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	5
Dohsa‐hou Relaxation Enhances Cardiac Parasympathetic Activity Assessed by Analysis of Heart Rate Variability	5
The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	5
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Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	4
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	4
Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	4
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	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
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
Conformity‐Based Out‐Group Aggression: Does an In‐Group Audience Intensify Out‐Group Aggression as a Result of Conformity?	3

What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	3
Japanese Psychological Research	3
Issue Information	3
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	3
Perceptual Discrepancies of Body Sizes in Japanese Female College Students: Using a 3‐D Silhouette Scale	3
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	2
Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	2
The Interdependence of Extraversion: Personality Differences in Utilizing Social Capital and Interdependent Happiness	2
Relationship Between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior and Students' Motivation to Form and Maintain Relationships with Their Teachers	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale	2
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Perceived Stress Among the Japanese Overseas Workers	2
Development and Initial Validation of the Death Attitudes in Relationships Scale	2
Mothers' Influence on the Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Behaviors of their Preschool‐ to Junior‐High‐School‐Level Daughters: The Case of Japan	2
Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	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
Stability of Assessment Using Creativity‐Related Indices	2
Narrative of “Here‐and‐Now”: Cancer Survivors in a Group Psychotherapy Using SCT® (Systems‐Centered Therapy)¹^,²	2
Announcement	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	2
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}	2
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale¹	2
Relationship Between the Words of Prayer, Psychological Well‐being, and Sense of Coherence	2
Pluralistic Ignorance did not Prevent Paternity Leave in Japan in December 2021: A Replication Study	2
A Case Study of a Consultation Using the Two‐Circles Method With a Junior High School Teacher¹	2
The Effects of Narcissism and Humor Coping on Anger Expression in Married Couples¹	1
Announcement	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
Issue Information	1
Possible Futures for the Psychological Network Approach: Agenda for Clinical Scientists	1
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Editorial: Studies of Face and Body	1
Construct Validity of the 29‐Item Sense of Coherence Scale: Exploratory Analysis of a Compatible Three‐Factor Model Using a Rasch Measurement Model¹	1
Japanese Psychological Research	1
An Experimental Comparison of Two Emotion‐Induction Methods and the Role of Emotion in Applying Decision Rules	1
Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan¹^,²	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Effects of Mobile App‐Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well‐being	1
Changes in Children's Episodic Narratives Through Long‐Term Repeated Recall: Longitudinal Case Studies¹	1
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Challenges Marriage‐Hunting People Face: Competition and Excessive Analysis¹	1
The Relationship Between Cognition of Lying and the Previous Day's Lies	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Behind the Mask: Analyzing the Dual Influence of Social Norms on Pandemic Behavior in Japan¹	1
Homework and Teacher: Relationships Between Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs in Homework and Homework Assignments¹	1
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	1
Individuality of Narratives Generated by Individuals: An Investigation Using Four‐Panel Comics	1
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An Empirical Study of the Actual Conditions, Current Attitudes, and Psychological Outcomes of Tattooing Among Japanese People	1

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The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression Intensity on Decoding Accuracy: High Intensity Does Not Yield High Accuracy	1
Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Early Career Nurses in Japan¹	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1
Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults¹^,²^,³	1
Issue Information	1
Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	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
Longitudinal Study on the Relationships between Organizational Factors and Autonomous and Controlled Motivation among Older Japanese Bridge Employees¹	1
Culture and Health: Recent Developments and Future Directions¹	1
The Effect of Coaches' Interpersonal Style Profiles on Young Athletes' Motivation and Sport Commitment	1
Development of a Japanese Version of the Creative Mindset Scale (CMS) Using Item Response Theory	1
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan¹	1
Mental State Attribution Mediates Exogenous Orienting of Attention Triggered by Gaze Cues, but not Other Social Cues	1
Japanese Version of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory: Translation and Validation¹	1
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	1
A Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐42) Study on the Mental Health Conditions of Japanese Employees	1
Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	1
Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters	1
Do Grateful People Protect Their Benefactors at the Expense of Other People? Implications From Loss‐Framed Welfare Tradeoff Ratios	1
Issue Information	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	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
Grateful Liars Gain Reliance in Reciprocal Relationships: Exploring the Potential Role of Gratitude in Mitigating the Impact of Lying	1