OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Youth and Adolescence is 26. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Prosocial Video Game Content, Empathy and Cognitive Ability in a Large Sample of Youth	94
Sexual Minority Identity and Risky Alcohol Use: the Moderating Role of Aggressive Behavior	67
Nonlinear Moderation Effect of Vagal Regulation on the Link between Childhood Trauma and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms	53
Longitudinal Associations between Adolescents’ Character Attributes and Civic Actions	52
Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Parental Psychological Control and Depressive Symptoms: The Roles of Individual Self-esteem and Peer Clique Support Norms	51
Positive and Negative Leadership in Late Childhood: Similarities in Individual but Differences in Interpersonal Characteristics	50
Life Stress and Cyberbullying: Examining the Mediating Roles of Expressive Suppression and Online Disinhibition	48
Longitudinal Relationships Among Child School Engagement, Parental Monitoring, and Child Prosocial Behavior: A Child-Parent Synergistic Mechanism	44
Contextual Influence of School-Level Gender Role Attitudes and Sexual Prejudice on Allyship, Bullying, and Internalized Homonegativity	43
Perceived Teacher Discrimination and Depressive Feelings in Adolescents: The Role of National, Regional, and Heritage Identities in Flemish Schools	42
Parenting Behaviors and Family Conflict as Predictors of Adolescent Sleep and Bedtime Media Use	41
Longitudinal Relationships Between School Climate, Academic Achievement, and Gaming Disorder Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents	41
Callous-Unemotional Traits, Moral Disengagement, and Prosocial and Bullying Behaviors in Adolescence: Disentangling Between- and Within-Person Associations	38
Adolescents’ Frequency of Alcohol Use and Problems from Alcohol Abuse: Integrating Dating Partners with Parent and Peer Influences	36
How Perceptions of the Accuracy of Parental Praise and Criticism Link With Child Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism	35
Purpose Trajectories During Middle Adolescence: The Roles of Family, Teacher, and Peer Support	35
Anxiety, Sleep Problems, and Vigorous Physical Activity: Bidirectional Associations from Early Adolescence to Early Adulthood in Swedish Adolescents	33
Bullying Victimization and Comorbid Patterns of PTSD and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis	33
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: The Role of Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities and COVID-19-Related Stress	32
A Time of Great Change: How Parents, Friends, and Classmates Shape Adolescents’ Attitudes towards the Gender Division of Labor	29
Testing Reciprocal Associations between Parenting and Youth’s Motivational Resources of Career Decision-Making Agency during the Postsecondary Transition	28
Negative Affect, Sensation Seeking, and Adolescent Substance Use Development: The Moderating Role of Executive Function	28
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Parenting, and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms in Mexican-Origin Families: Moderating Role of Discrimination	28
Serial Cascade Effects of Relative Deprivation and Anger Rumination on the Development of Social Aggression Over 2.5 Years in Emerging Adults	28
The Comparative Roles of Mentor Self-Efficacy and Empathy in Fostering Relationship Quality with Youth	27

Developmental Trajectories of Friendship Homophily, Racial/Ethnic Identity Commitment, and Intergroup Bias Across Middle School	27
Perceived Parental Support and Psychological Control, DNA Methylation, and Loneliness: Longitudinal Associations Across Early Adolescence	26