OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Youth & Society is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Private Tutoring, Sleep Time, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Students in China	30
The Transition to In-Person Schooling Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Among Latinx Adolescents	25
Mechanisms of Driving Adolescents’ Adjustment in Behavior: A Developmental Systems Approach	16
Sexual Minority Status and Academic Achievement During the Transition to Adolescence Among Youth With Childhood Conduct Problems	16
Attachments or Affiliations? The Impact of Social Media on the Quality of Peer Relationships—A Qualitative Study Among Norwegian High School Students	14
Adolescents as Citizen Scientists: Insights Into Their Exposure to Social Media Influencers’ Socio-Political Content	13
Latinx Adolescent Perspectives on the Effects of United States Immigration Policy on Wellbeing	13
Exploring the Multidimensions of Wellbeing that Latinx Youth Experienced When they Engaged in Critical Action Toward Anti-Immigrant Politics	13
Sexting Behavior Predictors Vary With Addressee and the Explicitness of the Sexts	13
TikTok Too Much? A Qualitative Investigation of Adolescent TikTok Use, Motivation, and Consequences	12
Romantic Attachment Security, Emotional Management, and Family Bond in Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence	12
A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats: Gentrification, Racial Turnover, and Youth Educational Outcomes	12
Disinterested and Disillusioned? Information and Political Engagement Practices of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds	11
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Race/Ethnicity, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students	11
From “Learn to Return” to “Learn to Leave”: How Urbanization Shapes the Socialization Process of Chinese Rural Youth	10
Adolescents’ Value Orientations: A Person-Centered Latent Profile Analysis	9
Comparing the Depressive Health Profiles Among U.S. Adolescents Who Have Been School Disciplined and School Policed: A Person-Centered Approach	9
From Context to Perception to Behavior: Predicting Delinquency With the Parental Support-Perceived Parental Competence Cross-Lag	9
Youth Mental Health Help-Seeking Information Needs and Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Posts	9
Childhood Housing Trajectories and Risk for Housing Insecurity in the Transition to Adulthood	9
Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors	8
Relations Between Developmental Assets and Youth Gun Violence	7
High School Extracurriculars and Altruistic Behavior in Crises: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
School-Based Discrimination and Social-Emotional Learning Among Latinx Youth: The Moderating Role of School Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	7
Settings Matter: Examining the Association Between Social Class Discrimination in and Out-of-School, Tobacco Use, and Nicotine Vaping Among Adolescents	7

“It Makes Them Want to Suffer in Silence Rather Than Risk Facing Ridicule”: Youth Perspectives on Mental Health Stigma	7
“I Feel Like You Don’t Need Dysphoria to be Trans.”: Emerging Understandings of Gender Dysphoria Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	7
Distal and Proximal Stressors Associated With Substance Use among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: The Influence of Race	7
How I Make It Through: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Black High School Males in a Predominantly White Community	7
Active Citizens and Passive Learning: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on Citizenship Education Across England and Wales	7
Bidirectional Associations Between Perceived Social Support and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Lower Secondary School	7
Welcome to a New Chapter for Youth & Society	6
Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context	6
A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout	6
Discrimination and Risky Health Behaviors: Examining the Association between Sources of Gender Discrimination and Tobacco Use Among Adolescent Girls	6
Does the Student Human Rights Ordinance Make a Difference for Schools and Students? Evidence from South Korea	6
The Association Between Parenting by Lying on Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents: The Perspective of Cognitive-Behavioral Model	6
“It’s Like Getting Someone Who’s Been Hit by a Car to Run a Speed Awareness Course”: How Young Activists in the UK Make Sense of Personal, Collective and Institutional Agency	6
Mediation Analysis of Internalized Homophobia, Self-esteem and Mental Health in Adolescent Sexual Minority Men: A Repeated Measures Study	6
Different Motivations for Mobile Media Use Show Distinct Links to Adolescent Depression Through Academic Self-Concept and Prosocial Behavior	6
Cyberbullying and PIU Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Association With Adolescents Relationships	5
Adolescent Perceptions of Teen Suicide: Implications from Focus Groups	5
What’s Past Is Prologue: Disciplinary History and Racial Disparities in School Suspension	5
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence: Examining Math Interest, Science Interest, and STEM Identity at Informal Science Learning Sites	5
Chinese Adolescents’ Belief in a Just World: Social Class and Age Disparities	5
Contributions of Violence Exposure and Traumatic Stress Symptoms to Physical Health Outcomes in Incarcerated Adolescents	5
From Adolescence to Adulthood: Examining Future Orientation Trajectories and Their Influencing Factors Among Serious Juvenile Offenders	5
Fear of Missing Out and Sexting Among Adolescents: Risk Behaviors and Mental Health Outcomes	5
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emerging Adults’ Education and Employment	5
Digital Use, Adolescent Mental Health, and Gender: Associations and Pathways Between Digital Engagement and Youth Depressive Symptoms	5
The Age of the Smartphone: An Analysis of Social Predictors of Children’s Age of Access and Potential Consequences Over Time	5
The Effects of Body Image and Physical Fitness on Academic Performance of Chinese Adolescent: A Mediating Role of Mental Health	5
Intersectional Learning: How Black and Latinx Boys Learn About Power and Difference	5
Navigating Intersectionality and Positionality Within Black and Latinx Youth Organizing Spaces	4
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Adolescent Social Network Positions and Lifetime Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence	4
Pathways from School Belonging to Problematic Online Game Use among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Emotional Symptoms and the Moderating Role of Physical Exercise	4
Assessing Longitudinal Impacts of Mentor Role on Youth Outcomes	4
Cyber-Ostracism, Depression, and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	4
Adolescents’ Psychological Resilience in the Context of Self-Control and Psychological Needs: A Qualitative Study	4
A Sociological Approach to the Adolescent Pregnant in Low-Income Population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina	4
From Nature to Nurture: How Does Environmental Education Link With Adolescent Problem Behaviors Through Nature Connectedness and Self-Control	4
Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal	4
Fostering Youth-Enabling Environments: A Participatory Affordance-Capability Framework for the Development and Use of Youth-Engaged Environmental Assessments	4
The Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Problematic Social Media Use	4
Anime, Apps, and Hormones: Transgender Adolescents Navigating Identity in Contemporary China	4
Civic Participation and Meaning in Life: Similarities and Differences Across Diverse Youth	4
Do You Know What Fake News Is? An Exploration of and Intervention to Increase Youth’s Fake News Literacy	4
Rehabilitating Beyond Walls: The Role of Informal Spaces in Formal Programs among Young Rehabilitators	4
“They Slow Me Down”: Peer Relationships, School Fights, and the Criminalization of Black Adolescent Development Through School Discipline Policies	4
Addressing Students’ Educational Aspirations Through Information Provision: Evidence From Ecuador	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Wellbeing of Young Australian Sport and Physical Activity Participants	4