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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Minimizing Bias and Maximizing the Potential Strengths of Autoethnography as a Narrative Research	22
Effects of Pathogen‐Avoidance Tendency on Infection‐Prevention Behaviors and Exclusionary Attitudes toward Foreigners: A Longitudinal Study of the COVID‐19 Outbreak in Japan¹	15
Effects of Perceived Autonomy Support on Academic Achievement and Motivation Among Higher Education Students: A Meta‐Analysis	12
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	11
Culture and Health: Recent Developments and Future Directions¹	10
Development of a 3‐Day Intervention Program for Family Members of Hikikomori Sufferers¹	9
Test of the Serotonin Transporter Gene × Early Life Stress Interaction Effect on Subjective Well‐Being and Loneliness Among Japanese Young Adults	8
Why and Under What Conditions Does Loss Aversion Emerge?¹	7
Self‐Regulation, Co‐Regulation, and Socially Shared Regulation of Motivation for Collaborative Activity: Comparison Between University Students and Working Adults¹	7
Relationship Between Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Motivation in Japanese Adults: An Application of Self‐Determination Theory	7
Cultural Differences in Self‐Rated Health: The Role of Influence and Adjustment	7
Emotional Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ): A New Scale for Measuring Emotional Abuse and Psychological Maltreatment¹	7
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	6
How Single Older Men Reach Poverty and Its Relationship with Help‐Seeking Preferences¹	6
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	5
Seeing Things in Black‐and‐White: A Scoping Review on Dichotomous Thinking Style¹	5
Sharing and Non‐sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross‐Cultural Studies in the United States and Japan	5
The Vietnamese Version of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) and the Revised Short Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (S‐GRAT): Psychometric Properties Among Adolescents	5
The Cultural Variance Model of Organizational Shame and its Implications on Health and Well‐Being¹	5
Serotonin Receptor (HTR2A) Gene Polymorphism Modulates Social Sharing of Happiness in Both American and Japanese Adults	5
Japanese Clinical Psychologists' Consensus Beliefs about Mental Health: A Mixed‐Methods Approach	4
Japanese and British Children's Understanding of the Social Function of Pretend Crying	4
Examining the Relationship between Depression and the Progression of Burnout Among Japanese Athletes¹^,²	4
The Psychometric Properties of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the DSM‐5 in Korean Adults Exposed to Natural Disasters¹^,²	4
Shift‐and‐Persist Strategy: Tendencies and Effect on Japanese Parents and Children's Mental Health^1,2,3	4

Discovery and Revitalization of “Feeling of Hometown” from a Disaster Site Inhabitant's Continuous Engagement in Reconstruction Work: Ethnographic Interviews with a Radiation Decontamination Worker Ov	4
The Relative Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Gossip in Promoting Prosocial Giving: The Examination of the Valence of Gossip Content and Reputational Consequences	4
“They Love Me, They Love Me Not”: An IRT‐Based Investigation of the Child Parental Acceptance‐Rejection Questionnaire with a Japanese Sample¹	4
An International Comparison of Factors Related to Long Work Hours¹	3
Does Enthusiasm for Work Lead to Typical Burnout? A Three‐Wave Panel Study with Caregivers^{1, 2}	3
Influence of Social Anxiety on People's Preferences for Robots as Daily Life Communication Partners Among Young Japanese	3
The Dark Triad Traits, Humor Styles, and Schadenfreude: Others' Misery as the Devil's Laughing Stocks¹	3
Japanese Version of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory: Translation and Validation¹	3
Action Research on Meaning‐Making at Residents' Meetings for Local Disability Policy¹	3
How Does Gratitude Promote Prosocial Behavior? Developmental Differences in the Underlying Motivation¹	3
What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	3
Longitudinal Study of Mild Delinquency and In‐School Problem Behaviors During Junior High School¹	3
Own‐Race Advantage in Visual Working Memory for Faces Reflects Enhanced Storage Capacity and Quick Encoding¹	3
MA and Togetherness (Ittaikan) in the Narratives of Dancers and Spectators: Sharing an Uncertain Space	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
Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	3
Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	2
Developmental Process of Japanese Psychotherapists Based on Their Life Histories	2
Good Children Do Not Always Do Good Behavior: Moral Licensing Effects in Preschoolers^1, 2, 3	2
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	2
Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients and Their Caregivers: A Dyadic Analysis¹	2
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	2
Psychometric Validation of the Japanese Version of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) in Early Adolescents¹^,²	2
Precarious Lives Predict Culturally Deviant Psychologies: Extending the Psychology of Marginalization From Japan to the US	2
Changes in Children's Episodic Narratives Through Long‐Term Repeated Recall: Longitudinal Case Studies¹	2
Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	2
Meanings of Loss Among Japanese Suicide Bereaved: Content Analysis of Open‐Ended Responses¹	2
High Self‐Deceivers Internalize Self‐Presentation of Extraversion Through Biased Evaluation of Their Performance¹	2
Translation and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Trait and State Post‐Event Processing Inventory	2
Narrative of “Here‐and‐Now”: Cancer Survivors in a Group Psychotherapy Using SCT® (Systems‐Centered Therapy)¹^,²	2
The Association Between Social Exclusion and the Feeling of Hunger	2
How Can We Understand and Describe “Non‐Narrative” Narratives? A Qualitative Study of Workers with Recurring Sick Leave	2
The Similarity between Target and Nontarget Affects Different Processing Stages Depending on Stimulus Feature Dimensions: An ERP Study¹	2
Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	2
Priming with Horizontal Reading Influences the Deployment of Visual Attention During Word Processing¹	2
A Unique Variance in Future Motivation for Observed Active Behaviors on Positive Class Participation Beyond the Effect of Current Motivation	2
Expectation Regarding Benefit Does Not Determine Gratitude: Implications From an Anchoring Paradigm	2
The Validity of the Salivary Cortisol Analysis Method Using the Cube Reader in Japanese University Students	2
The Spill‐over Effect of Formal Bowing Motion on Subjective Facial Attractiveness¹	2
Evaluating the Effect of Listeners' Response on Speakers' Later Recollection and Impression of the Story	2
The Association of Health Status and Employment Status for each Occupation: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan¹	2
History of Psychological Testing from the Perspective of Test Developers in Japan¹	1
The Developmental Change of Print‐Tuned N170 in Highly Transparent Writing Systems¹	1
Hand to Face: A Phenomenological View of Body Image Development in Infants	1
Infant Faces Induce Behavioral Approach Tendencies: Evidence From a Manikin Task^1,2	1
Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	1
Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1
Facial Mimicry in Unstructured Dyadic Interactions: A Cross‐Cultural Study	1
Nursing Home Adaptation in Visually Impaired Older Adults Using a Narrative Approach¹^,²	1

Challenges Marriage‐Hunting People Face: Competition and Excessive Analysis¹	1
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	1
A Case Study of a Consultation Using the Two‐Circles Method With a Junior High School Teacher¹	1
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	1
Ageism Hinders Mental Attribution Toward Older Adults: Translation and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Mind Attribution Scale¹	1
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	1
Individuality of Narratives Generated by Individuals: An Investigation Using Four‐Panel Comics	1
The Effects of Narcissism and Humor Coping on Anger Expression in Married Couples¹	1
Effect of Emotion Regulation on Mental Health of Couples in Long‐Term Marriages: One‐Year Follow‐up Study	1
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	1
Editorial:Narrative‐BasedApproaches in Psychological Research and Practice	1
Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination in Stepping and Autistic‐Like Traits¹	1
Achievement Goal Impacts Students' Preferences for “Personalized Problems” in Computer‐Adaptive Tests	1
Cuing Effects by Biologically and Behaviorally Relevant Symbolic Cues	1
The Effects of Stressful Life Events and Negative Emotions in Relation to the Quality of Sleep: A Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Undergraduate Students and Chinese International Students	1
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	1
Approach–Avoidance Responses to Affective Facial Expressions and Bodily Posture¹^,²	1
Dohsa‐hou Relaxation Enhances Cardiac Parasympathetic Activity Assessed by Analysis of Heart Rate Variability	1
Mothers' Influence on the Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Behaviors of their Preschool‐ to Junior‐High‐School‐Level Daughters: The Case of Japan	1
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	1
Women's Psychological Experiences in a Narrative Therapy‐Based Group: An Analysis of Participants' Writings and Beck Depression Inventory–Second Edition	1
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	1
Seeking Harmony Rather Than Efficiency: The Effect of Self‐Construal on Social Compensation¹	1
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Langer Mindfulness Scale	1
How do Changes in One's Self‐Esteem Affect the Self‐Esteem of Others?	1
Conveying “Fun” Through Communicative Moves of Facial Expressions: Investigating the Theory of Affective Pragmatics	1
Cultural Differences in Interoceptive Accuracy: Comparison Between Japan and Europe¹	1
Structure of Disaster Preparedness Motivation and Its Relationship with Disaster Preparedness Behaviors	1
A Study of the Conceptual Structure of Growth Mindsets and Their Impact on Self‐Improvement Motivation	1
Inferred Social Expectations are Linked to Prosocial Effort in Teamwork in Japan but not in the United States¹	1
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	1
The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	1
Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Face Recognition in Non‐human Primates	1
How Do People Disclose Their Mild‐To‐Moderate Hearing Loss?¹^,²	1
The Effects of Internal Focus of Attention and Interoceptive Abilities on Golf Putting Performance	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	1
Creating Equality Through Dialogue in a Narrative‐Based Helping Relationship¹	1
Dispositional Associations Between Interoceptive Attention Tendencies and Effortful Control: Cross‐sectional Findings from an Online National Survey of Japanese Working Adults	1
Validity and Reliability of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms‐Japanese Version	1