OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of British Journal of Clinical Psychology 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
Effects of social anxiety and self‐schemas on the impact and meaningfulness of positive versus negative social autobiographical memories	683
Treatment experiences of male and female youths with eating disorders	95
Conflicted or close: Which relationships to the deceased are associated with loss‐related psychopathology?	56
COVID‐19 and mental health in the UK: Depression, anxiety and insomnia and their associations with persistent physical symptoms and risk and vulnerability factors	54
Sensitivity to being betrayed and betraying others in obsessive compulsive disorder and depression	47
Effect of compassion‐focused therapy on self‐criticism and self‐soothing: A meta‐analysis	45
A comprehensive group‐based cognitive behavioural treatment for blood‐injection‐injury phobia	30
Associations between symptoms of prolonged grief disorder and depression and suicidal ideation	26
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Self‐compassion as a mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and psychotic symptoms in clinical and non‐clinical groups	23
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Differences in the diagnosis and treatment decisions for children in care compared to their peers: An experimental study on post‐traumatic stress disorder	22
Are dysfunctional attitudes elevated and linked to mood in bipolar disorder? A systematic review and meta‐analysis	22
Engagement with services in Black African and Caribbean people with psychosis: The role of social networks, illness perceptions, internalized stigma, and perceived discrimination	21
Emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: A longitudinal study disentangling components of flexibility in psychosis‐proneness	20
Aversive well‐being comparisons in dysphoria and the role of brooding rumination	20
Validation of a transdiagnostic measure of fears of recurrence and progression about mental health conditions	18
Global prevalence of depression and elevated depressive symptoms among adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	18
A new network analysis model in anorexia nervosa patients based on self‐reported eating disorder symptoms, psychological distress, and cognitive flexibility	17
mHealth and technology innovations for anxiety and OC spectrum disorders	17
Editorial acknowledgement	17
Attachment styles moderate Theory of Mind differences between persons with schizophrenia, first‐degree relatives and controls	16
Heterogeneous experiences of people with bipolar disorder during euthymia: Profiles of global remission and personal recovery	16
Cumulative sociodemographic disadvantage partially mediates associations between childhood trauma and schizotypy	15
Screening for psychosis risk in primary mental health care services – Implementation, prevalence and recovery trajectories	15

More than Body Appearance! Improving body image in young women through a functionality‐focused intervention combined with psychoeducation: A randomized controlled trial	13
Mediators of negative content and voice‐related distress in a diverse sample of clinical and non‐clinical voice‐hearers	13
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A single‐session feedback training modifies interpretation bias in individuals with high social anxiety: A randomized controlled trial	12
Social anxiety and accumulation of status loss events: The role of adulthood experiences	12
The delayed, durable effect of expressive writing on depression, anxiety and stress: A meta‐analytic review of studies with long‐term follow‐ups	12
The relationship between health worry, work distress, and affective symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of hopelessness and helplessness	12
Aspirational leaders help us change: Ingroup prototypicality enables effective group psychotherapy leadership	12
Effectiveness of a transdiagnostic emotion regulation training in an at‐risk sample: a randomized‐controlled trial of group‐based training versus self‐help bibliotherapy	12
Perceived locus of control for clutter: Reported reasons for clutter in adults with and without hoarding symptoms	11
Editorial acknowledgement	11
‘School‐based screen‐and‐treat’: An effective blueprint for expediating access to care in children experiencing PTSD following disasters	10
The relationship between repetitive negative thinking, sleep disturbance, and subjective fatigue in women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder	10
Predictive modelling of stress, anxiety and depression: A network analysis and machine learning study	10
Generality or specificity? Examining the mechanism of the transdiagnostic associations between different aspects of emotion dysregulation and various anxiety‐related disorders	9
The antecedents and consequences of stereotype threat in Parkinson's disease	9
An investigation of the dual continua model of mental health in the context of eating disorder symptomatology using latent profile analysis	9
The enhancing effect of social reward on inhibitory control in smokers: Evidence from behaviour and ERP studies	9
Factorial invariance of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition, across the UK, US and Australia & New Zealand	9
Improving access to psychological therapies: Analysis of effects associated with remote provision during COVID‐19	9
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Predictors of dropout in self‐guided internet‐delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive‐compulsive disorder: An exploratory study	8
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A preliminary study of factors associated with accommodation of obsessive‐compulsive symptoms by romantic partners	8
Video feedback parent‐infant intervention for mothers experiencing enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships: A randomised controlled feasibility trial	7
Sex and intelligence quotient differences in age of diagnosis among youth with attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder	7
Emotion regulation and psychopathology: Investigating differential associations between emotion regulation skills and psychological symptoms using a network approach	7
The association between maternal perinatal mental health and perfectionism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
The roles of coalitional threat and safety in paranoia: A network approach	7
Improving access to psychological intervention in low‐middle income settings: Results from a waitlist‐controlled, proof‐of‐concept trial of the MemFlex intervention for trauma‐ex	7
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Fighting against self‐stigma in adults with self‐reported diagnosis of OCD: A single‐arm pilot study using a mobile app‐based intervention	7
Internet videoconferencing delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial	7
Home‐based video assessment of children's autism‐related behaviours: Psychometric analysis and linkages with parental responsiveness and context	7
Sleep dysfunction in social anxiety disorder	6
Affective and cognitive theory of mind in posttraumatic stress, major depressive, and somatic symptom disorders: Association with childhood trauma	6
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Associations between transient and chronic loneliness, and depression, in the understanding society study	6
Toward a causal link between attachment styles and mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
The influence of attachment style on support and feedback seeking and depression severity among mothers during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Access to best‐evidenced mental health support for care‐experienced young people: Learnings from the implementation of cognitive therapy for PTSD	6
Threat, safety, safeness and social safeness 30 years on: Fundamental dimensions and distinctions for mental health and well‐being	6
Components of emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: The association between psychosis‐proneness and context sensitivity	5
Examining the generality and specificity of gender moderation in obsessive compulsive beliefs: Stacked prediction by correspondence analysis	5
Psychological well‐being in persons with dementia: The role of caregiver expressed emotion	5
How etiological beliefs contribute to the structure of depression symptom networks	5
Is your pain my pain? A study exploring the relation between pain sensitivity, pain thresholds and empathy for somatic and psychological pain	5
Characterization and interrelationships of theory of mind, socially competitive emotions and affective empathy in bipolar disorder	5
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A preliminary investigation of the relationships between attachment insecurity, fear of compassion, and OCD severity	4
Feared self and morality in obsessive‐compulsive phenomena	4
Exploring the association between social behaviour, trust, and its neural correlates in first episode psychosis patients and in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis	4
Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors fr	4
Patient experiences of behavioural therapy for bipolar depression: A qualitative study	4
‘Not my mess’?: How do supporters of individuals with hoarding difficulties rate the quality of the support they offer?	4
Implementing therapist‐guided internet‐delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder in the UK’s IAPT programme: A pilot trial	3
Parenting and psychosis: An experience sampling methodology study investigating the inter‐relationship between stress from parenting and positive psychotic symptoms	3
Trauma in the courtroom: The role of prior trauma exposure and mental health on stress and emotional responses in jurors	3
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Interpersonal matching of autistic trait levels in typically developed individuals is associated with spontaneous gaze following and initiation during face‐to‐face social interaction	3
Specificity of cost and probability biases in social anxiety: Comparing status and belongingness threats	3
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Training emotion recognition in depression—An experimental study	3
Using machine learning to increase access to and engagement with trauma‐focused interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder	3
Trauma and social pathways to psychosis: Examining the role of attachment, social rank and dissociation in a clinical sample	3
How does insecure attachment lead to paranoia? A systematic critical review of cognitive, affective, and behavioural mechanisms	3
Negative interpretation bias and repetitive negative thinking as mechanisms in the association between insomnia and depression in young adults	3
A narrative review of factors affecting memory confidence in the context of compulsive checking: A search for evidence‐based potential therapeutic targets to improve memory confidence	3
A pilot study of a brief and scalable psychosocial intervention for children and adolescents following disasters	3
Acknowledging religion in cognitive behavioural therapy: The effect on alliance, treatment expectations and credibility in a video‐vignette study	3
Cognitive and social cognition deficits in Huntington’s disease differ between the prodromal and the manifest stages of the condition: A scoping review of recent evidence	2
Pathways from developmental vulnerabilities in early childhood to schizotypy in middle childhood	2
Developmental profiles of schizotypy in the general population: A record linkage study of Australian children aged 11–12 years	2
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The ‘revolving door’ of mental illness: A meta‐analysis and systematic review of current versus lifetime rates of psychological disorders	2
A case series study of compassion‐focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis	2
Hooked on a memory: How rumination about past positive events might contribute to grandiose ideas?	2
Epistemic injustice amongst clinical and non‐clinical voice‐hearers: A qualitative thematic analysis study	2
Fluctuations in proximity seeking and paranoia	2
Implicit associations with non‐suicidal self‐injury: Examination in a clinical sample by borderline personality symptomatology	2
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The impact of anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty on climate change distress, policy support, and pro‐environmental behaviour	2
Schematic beliefs, negative affect and paranoia in at‐risk youth	2
Reasons for seeking internet‐delivered treatment for individuals with obsessive‐compulsive disorder	2
Applying behaviour change theory to understand the barriers to implementing routine outcome monitoring	2
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Group CBT for men with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who have harmful sexual behaviour	2
Early intervention in post‐traumatic stress disorder without exposure to trauma memories using internet‐delivered cognitive therapy: A pilot case series	1
Emotion‐related impulsivity factors and intolerance of uncertainty are uniquely associated with interpersonal‐psychological risk factors for suicide	1
A replication and extension of bifactor modelling of perseverative thought in an at‐risk community sample: Exploring sex differences in the structure of PT	1
Child abuse and suicidality in the context of the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide: A network analysis	1
Situational, emotional, and individual dispositions to weight gain in people with hoarding problems	1
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Initial evaluation of a therapist‐supported online cognitive therapy self‐help for patients with taboo obsessions	1
Loneliness and mental health in children and adolescents with pre‐existing mental health problems: A rapid systematic review	1
Recognizing and coping with suicidal thoughts: A mixed‐methods investigation of digital safety plan content	1
Reappraisal, social support, and parental burnout	1
Experiences of imagery in obsessive‐compulsive disorder: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	1
Listening quality leads to greater working alliance and well‐being: Testing a social identity model of working alliance	1
Can attachment predict core and comorbid symptoms of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder beyond executive functions and emotion regulation?	1
A systematic review and meta‐ethnography to explore people's experiences of psychotherapy for self‐harm	1
‘Faking it’: Exploring adolescent perceptions of depression (in)authenticity and ‘attention seeking’	1
The key components of a clinical psychology formulation: A consensus study	1
Addressing anhedonia to increase depression treatment engagement	1
A longitudinal investigation of COVID‐19 pandemic experiences and mental health among university students	1
Applying the cultural adaption framework to the Early Youth Engagement (EYE‐2) approach to early intervention in psychosis	1
Bouldering psychotherapy is not inferior to cognitive behavioural therapy in the group treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial	1
The development and validation of the Death Anxiety Beliefs and Behaviours Scale	1
Psychometric properties of the Child Anxiety and Depression Life Interference Scale – Young Adult version	1
Childhood trauma in children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A longitudinal study. The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study – VIA 7 and VIA 11	1
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Acceptability of internet‐delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with symptoms of obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A meta‐analysis	1
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Predicting optimal treatment allocation for cognitive analytic‐guided self‐help versus cognitive behavioural‐guided self‐help	1
Evaluation of an adapted version of the International Trauma Questionnaire for use by people with intellectual disabilities	1
Imagining Futures: Evaluation of a blended programme of dialectical behaviour therapy and the creative arts for young women with a history of self‐harm	1
Exploring the roles of compassion and post‐traumatic stress disorder on global distress after sexual trauma	1
Post‐traumatic stress disorder and major depression among frontline healthcare staff working during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Relating behaviours and therapeutic actions during AVATAR therapy dialogue: An observational study	1