OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is 6. 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
Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning	98
National Narcissism predicts the Belief in and the Dissemination of Conspiracy Theories During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From 56 Countries	72
Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	60
Can Conspiracy Beliefs Be Beneficial? Longitudinal Linkages Between Conspiracy Beliefs, Anxiety, Uncertainty Aversion, and Existential Threat	55
Stepping Outside the Echo Chamber: Is Intellectual Humility Associated With Less Political Myside Bias?	35
Is Touch in Romantic Relationships Universally Beneficial for Psychological Well-Being? The Role of Attachment Avoidance	34
Two Ways to Stay at the Top: Prestige and Dominance Are Both Viable Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Social Rank Over Time	29
Assumptions About Algorithms’ Capacity for Discrimination	27
The Language of Inequality: Evidence Economic Inequality Increases Wealth Category Salience	26
Does Cross-Race Contact Improve Cross-Race Face Perception? A Meta-Analysis of the Cross-Race Deficit and Contact	25
Happiness Singled Out: Bidirectional Associations Between Singlehood and Life Satisfaction	25
Low Self-Control: A Hidden Cause of Loneliness?	25
The Influence of Daily Events on Emotion Regulation and Well-Being in Daily Life	25
Perceived Partner Responsiveness Forecasts Behavioral Intimacy as Measured by Affectionate Touch	24
Accuracy in Facial Trustworthiness Impressions: Kernel of Truth or Modern Physiognomy? A Meta-Analysis	23
Beliefs About Self-Compassion: Implications for Coping and Self-Improvement	23
Do Grittier People Have Greater Subjective Well-Being? A Meta-Analysis	22
A Small Price to Pay: National Narcissism Predicts Readiness to Sacrifice In-Group Members to Defend the In-Group’s Image	22
Restless in an Unequal World: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status	22
Two-Sided Messages Promote Openness for Morally Based Attitudes	22
Desperately Seeking Status: How Desires for, and Perceived Attainment of, Status and Inclusion Relate to Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism	21
Eavesdropping on Missing Data: What Are University Students Doing When They Miss Experience Sampling Reports?	20
How Does Nostalgia Conduce to Global Self-Continuity? The Roles of Identity Narrative, Associative Links, and Stability	19
Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity	19
Within-Couple Associations Between Communication and Relationship Satisfaction Over Time	18

The Contribution of Peer Values to Children’s Values and Behavior	18
How Fair is Economic Inequality? Belief in a Just World and the Legitimation of Economic Disparities in 27 European Countries	18
Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance	17
Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood	17
Meaning in Life and Coping With Everyday Stressors	16
“I Think This News Is Accurate”: Endorsing Accuracy Decreases the Sharing of Fake News and Increases the Sharing of Real News	16
Leaving the Loners Alone: Dispositional Preference for Solitude Evokes Ostracism	16
The Reasons People Think About Staying and Leaving Their Romantic Relationships: A Mixed-Method Analysis	16
From Individual Anxiety to Collective Narcissism? Adult Attachment Styles and Different Types of National Commitment	16
Contrasting Effects of Finding Meaning and Searching for Meaning, and Political Orientation and Religiosity, on Feelings and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Helpful or Harmful? The Role of Personality Traits in Student Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis and School Closure	16
The Equality Paradox: Gender Equality Intensifies Male Advantages in Adolescent Subjective Well-Being	15
Educators’ Beliefs About Students’ Socioeconomic Backgrounds as a Pathway for Supporting Motivation	15
On the Disposition to Think Analytically: Four Distinct Intuitive-Analytic Thinking Styles	15
Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status	15
Cultural Differences in Rumination and Psychological Correlates: The Role of Attribution	14
Definitions of Solitude in Everyday Life	14
How Rice Fights Pandemics: Nature–Crop–Human Interactions Shaped COVID-19 Outcomes	14
A Polarized Discourse: Effects of Opinion Differentiation and Structural Differentiation on Communication	13
Connection Heals Wounds: Feeling Listened to Reduces Speakers’ Loneliness Following a Social Rejection Disclosure	13
Ostracism Disrupts Self-Continuity	13
Sacrificing Animals in the Name of Scientific Authority: The Relationship Between Pro-Scientific Mindset and the Lethal Use of Animals in Biomedical Experimentation	13
“Be a Man”: The Role of Social Pressure in Eliciting Men’s Aggressive Cognition	13
Is Your Accent Right for the Job? A Meta-Analysis on Accent Bias in Hiring Decisions	13
Beyond Aesthetic Judgment: Beauty Increases Moral Standing Through Perceptions of Purity	12
Ambivalent Effects of Positive Contact Between Women and Men on Collective Actions for Women’s Rights	12
The Measurement of Racial Colorblindness	12
Welcome to Be Like Us: Expectations of Outgroup Assimilation Shape Dominant Group Resistance to Diversity	12
A Diffusion Model Approach for Understanding the Impact of 17 Interventions on the Race Implicit Association Test	12
Enjoying Each Other’s Company: Gaining Other-Gender Friendships Promotes Positive Gender Attitudes Among Ethnically Diverse Children	12
Too Stressed to Help? The Effects of Stress on Noticing Partner Needs and Enacting Support	12
Political Ideology and Moral Dilemma Judgments: An Analysis Using the CNI Model	11
Science for Others or the Self? Presumed Motives for Science Shape Public Trust in Science	11
Cultural Differences in the Perception of Daily Stress Between European Canadian and Japanese Undergraduate Students	11
Curvilinear Sexism and Its Links to Men’s Perceived Mate Value	11
Dealing With Increasing Negativity Toward Refugees: A Latent Growth Curve Study of Positive and Negative Intergroup Contact and Approach-Avoidance Tendencies	11
Outside the Eye of the Storm: Can Moderate Hurricane Exposure Improve Social, Psychological, and Attachment Functioning?	11
Whose Words Hurt? Contextual Determinants of Offensive Speech	11
Mind Your Goals, Mind Your Emotions: Mechanisms Explaining the Relation Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Action Crises	11
Difference-Education Improves First-Generation Students’ Grades Throughout College and Increases Comfort With Social Group Difference	11
To Lead, or to Follow? How Self-Uncertainty and the Dark Triad of Personality Influence Leadership Motivation	11
Bodies and Minds: Heavier Weight Targets Are De-Mentalized as Lacking in Mental Agency	11
Rumors in Retweet: Ideological Asymmetry in the Failure to Correct Misinformation	11
Deontology and Utilitarianism in Real Life: A Set of Moral Dilemmas Based on Historic Events	10
The “Big Two” in Hiring Discrimination: Evidence From a Cross-National Field Experiment	10
Does Connectedness Need Satisfaction Diminish or Promote Social Goal Striving?	10
Evaluating Research in Personality and Social Psychology: Considerations of Statistical Power and Concerns About False Findings	10
The Drunk Utilitarian Revisited: Does Alcohol Really Increase Utilitarianism in Moral Judgment?	10
Subjective Identity Concealability and the Consequences of Fearing Identity-Based Judgment	10
The Empowering Function of the Belief in a Just World for the Self: Trait-Level and Experimental Tests of Its Association With Positive and Negative Affect	10

You and I Both: Self-Compassion Reduces Self–Other Differences in Evaluation of Showing Vulnerability	9
What Makes Touch Comfortable? An Examination of Touch Giving and Receiving in Two Cultures	9
Not Just About Faces in Context: Face–Context Relation Moderates the Impact of Contextual Threat on Facial Trustworthiness	9
Victim Number Effects in Charitable Giving: Joint Evaluations Promote Egalitarian Decisions	9
The Authentic Self Is the Self-Enhancing Self: A Self-Enhancement Framework of Authenticity	9
On Cultural Differences of Heroes: Evidence From Individualistic and Collectivistic Cultures	9
Do You Feel Better When You Behave More Extraverted Than You Are? The Relationship Between Cumulative Counterdispositional Extraversion and Positive Feelings	9
Psychological Distance to Science as a Predictor of Science Skepticism Across Domains	9
My Fight or Yours: Stereotypes of Activists From Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups	9
When Polarization Triggers Out-Group “Counter-Projection” Across the Political Divide	9
Fallibility Salience Increases Intellectual Humility: Implications for People’s Willingness to Investigate Political Misinformation	9
People See Political Opponents as More Stupid Than Evil	9
Loudness Perceptions Influence Feelings of Interpersonal Closeness and Protect Against Detrimental Psychological Effects of Social Exclusion	9
In a Class on Their Own: Investigating the Role of Social Integration in the Association Between Social Class and Mental Well-Being	9
Mixing Misery and Gin: The Effect of Alcohol Administration on Ostracism Response	8
Growing Together Through Our Cultural Differences: Self-Expansion in Intercultural Romantic Relationships	8
Cheating at the Top: Trait Dominance Explains Dishonesty More Consistently Than Social Power	8
Does Respect Foster Tolerance? (Re)analyzing and Synthesizing Data From a Large Research Project Using Meta-Analytic Techniques	8
Thanks, but No Thanks: Unpacking the Relationship Between Relative Power and Gratitude	8
How Long Has It Been? Self-Construal and Subjective Time Perception	8
Action and Inaction in Moral Judgments and Decisions: Meta-Analysis of Omission Bias Omission-Commission Asymmetries	8
How Attitudes Impact the Continued Influence Effect of Misinformation: The Mediating Role of Discomfort	8
Temporal Stability of Moral Dilemma Judgments: A Longitudinal Analysis Using the CNI Model	8
Trustworthiness and Ideological Similarity (But Not Ideology) Promote Empathy	8
System Justification or Social Dominance? A Multilevel Test of the Ideological Motivators of Perceived Discrimination	8
It’s About Time! Identifying and Explaining Unique Trajectories of Solidarity-Based Collective Action to Support People in Developing Countries	8
Is Seeing Believing? A Longitudinal Study of Vividness of the Future and Its Effects on Academic Self-Efficacy and Success in College	8
Body Image Projection Bias in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Investigation	7
Insecure Attachment Orientation in Adults and Children and Negative Attribution Bias: A Meta-Analysis	7
Moral Judgments of COVID-19 Social Distancing Violations: The Roles of Perceived Harm and Impurity	7
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Change in Close Relationships: Evidence From Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans	7
Halfway to My Request Is Not Halfway to My Heart: Underestimating Appreciation for Partial Help	7
Population Migration Damages the Natural Environment: A Multilevel Investigation of the Relationship Between Residential Mobility and Pro-Environmental Behaviors	7
Autonomous Motives Foster Sustained Commitment to Action: Integrating Self-Determination Theory and the Social Identity Approach	7
Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020	7
Attitude Moralization Within Polarized Contexts: An Emotional Value-Protective Response to Dyadic Harm Cues	7
“Proof Under Reasonable Doubt”: Ambiguity of the Norm Violation as Boundary Condition of Third-Party Punishment	7
Remembering Social Events: A Construal Level Approach	7
What Do We Hear in the Voice? An Open-Ended Judgment Study of Emotional Speech Prosody	7
The Relation Between Gender Identity and Well-Being	7
What Underlies the Opposition to Trans-Inclusive Policies? The Role of Concerns About Male Violence Versus Attitudes Toward Trans People	7
#NotAllWhites: Liberal-Leaning White Americans Racially Disidentify and Increase Support for Racial Equity	7
Proscriptive Injunctions Can Elicit Greater Reactance and Lower Legitimacy Perceptions Than Prescriptive Injunctions	7
Psychopathic Traits and Utilitarian Moral Judgment Revisited	7
Religious Identity and Morality: Evidence for Religious Residue and Decay in Moral Foundations	7
Spontaneous Trait Inferences From Behavior: A Systematic Meta-Analysis	7
Do Smarter People Have More Conservative Economic Attitudes? Assessing the Relationship Between Cognitive Ability and Economic Ideology	7
Is Difficulty Mostly About Impossibility? What Difficulty Implies May Be Culturally Variant	7
A Functional Coupling of Brain and Behavior During Social Categorization of Faces	7
Who Made This? Algorithms and Authorship Credit	7
Personality Traits Predict Social Network Size in Older Adults	6
Gratitude Is Morally Sensitive	6
Social Media Use Predicts Greater Liking in In-Person Initial Interactions	6
My Fair Lady? Inferring Organizational Trust From the Mere Presence of Women in Leadership Roles	6
Trajectory of Nostalgia in Emerging Adulthood	6
More Than a Momentary Blip in the Universe? Investigating the Link Between Religiousness and Perceived Meaning in Life	6
The Blame Intensity Inventory: Assessing the Propensity to Blame Harshly and Its Unique Capacity to Predict Malicious Satisfaction From Offender Victimization	6
The Progressive Values Scale: Assessing the Ideological Schism on the Left	6
Do Experimental Manipulations of Pathogen Avoidance Motivations Influence Conformity?	6
When race trumps political ideology: Black teachers who advocate for social responsibility are penalized by both liberals and conservatives	6
Authentic for Thee But Not for Me: Perceived Authenticity in Self-Control Conflicts	6
Mechanisms Linking Attachment Orientation to Sleep Quality in Married Couples	6
Attitudinal Effects of Stimulus Co-Occurrence and Stimulus Relations: Range and Limits of Intentional Control	6
Feeling Appreciated Predicts Prosocial Motivation in Avoidantly Attached Individuals	6
Individual Differences in Implicit Bias Can Be Measured Reliably by Administering the Same Implicit Association Test Multiple Times	6
Balancing Prosocial Effort Across Social Categories: Mental Accounting Heuristics in Helping Decisions	6
Stereotypes About Political Attitudes and Coalitions Among U.S. Racial Groups: Implications for Strategic Political Decision-Making	6
The Effects of Partner Extraversion and Agreeableness on Trust	6