OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Graduate students’ perceptions of the career construction interview	34
Development of vocational gender stereotype attitudes scale (VGSA) for adolescents	25
Mindfulness, impulsivity and psychological distress: the mediation role of smartphone addiction	21
The mediating role of cultural intelligence and cognitive flexibility in the relation between effective counsellor characteristics and multicultural counselling competencies of counsellors in Turkey	20
Critical perspectives on agency and social justice in transitions and career development	17
A qualitative study of counselling students’ experience with premature termination	17
A framework for defining a guidance approach support: typology, concepts, and practice guidelines	15
Effects of mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP) among women undergraduates in enhancing positive mental health	14
Job-seeking self-efficacy: an Irish scale for assessing the guidance and coaching needs of job seekers	12
Using phenomenology in careers research: student experiences of unpaid work	11
A critical exploration of the “agile career”: a means of exposing the politics and economy of precarity via the lens of dromology	10
Institutional and psychological predictors of university students’ mental health help-seeking intentions	10
Introduction to issue 53 volume 2	10
Exploring calling to farming careers in the United Kingdom: a scoping review	9
On becoming a counsellor: a posthuman reconfiguring of identity formation for counsellors-in-training	9
Perception of online education during COVID-19: Online Photovoice (OPV) and ecological systems theory	8
Is dharma the same as calling? Considering religio-cultural context in cross-cultural calling research	8
University students’ feedback regarding effective measures to prevent bullying	8
On the professional competence of career guidance counsellors: expectations and experiences of graduating students in Sweden	8
Can decent work lead to greater life satisfaction? Exploring the mediating and moderating role of positivity in teachers	8
Functional modes and social well-being as a protector of mental health during COVID-19	8
Business school students’ motivations and intentions to pursue a project management career	7
Lessons learnt in distance sandtray therapy: perspectives and experiences from counsellors-in-training in Taiwan	7
Play-based parent training programme supporting Hong Kong kindergarten children in social competence development	7
Let me check my phone: smartphone addiction and its links to life satisfaction and psychological resilience	7

Fostering teachers’ career education competencies: test of a training programme	7
The reflections of COVID-19 pandemic to counselling: bibliometric analysis of online psychological counselling research	7
Co-agency: reconsidering agency in guidance practice	7
The exclusion experienced by adolescents plays a mediating role in the effect of their insecure attachments on their depressive experiences: a cross-sectional study among high school students in Turke	6
A profile analysis investigation of perfectionism, time perspective in relation to career decision making	6
The relationship between psychological flexibility and career adaptability as resources to promote well-being	6
Integrative Psychotherapy: A Mindfulness- and Compassion-Oriented Approach	6
Navigating school-to-work transitions during COVID-19 in Türkiye: a qualitative analysis of graduating students’ narratives	6
Exploring the future career autobiography with young Australian undergraduate students: autobiographical opportunities for career storytelling and narrative change	5
Stress and coping among parents of children with hearing impairment: a scoping review	5
“I’ve finally got my expression”: the anchoring role of identity in changing from an organisation-based career to a protean career path	5
Counselling and career guidance in Asia	4
A critical review of contemporary concepts of agency in the field of career guidance: life-design counselling and a systems theory framework	4
Rethinking work: essays on building a better workplace	4
Perceived social support, resilience and career adaptability among Malaysian university students: a structural equation model	4
Examining career transition narratives through the lens of social justice: a critical study of the British Press	4
Chinese and non-Chinese parents’ perceptions of school counselling in Hong Kong: a mixed-methods cross-cultural comparison	4
Cognitions or metacognitions?: the role of automatic thoughts and metacognitive beliefs about rumination in explaining depressive symptoms	4
Career development learning in childhood: a critical analysis	4
A tale of two widows: investigating meaning-making and identity development through writing in the face of grief	4
Career agency of immigrants participating in employment interventions in Norway	4
Screening in schools: the acceptability and feasibility of guidance counsellors using YouthCHAT	4
Counsellors’ position in the child–teacher-parent axis in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disorders	4
Evaluating the structure and quality of mixed method studies in Turkish counselling and guidance research	4
Preserving the planet and promoting well-being	3
Responding well to Spiritual Abuse: practice implications for counselling and psychotherapy	3
How to Think Like a … Behavior Analyst: Understanding the Science That Can Change Your Life (Second Edition)	3
Vocational interest measures across Africa: a scoping review	3
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural counselling integrated with psychoeducation for hypertensive patients: a pilot study	3
Career writing interventions for career learning: an integrative literature review	3
The role of careers work in addressing the awarding gap for Black students: reflecting on the experiences of students at one post-1992 university in England	3
Multicultural counselling supervision in Türkiye	3
Social connectedness and career and talent development self-efficacy: direct and mediating effects	3
Smartphone addiction and psychological wellbeing among adolescents: the multiple mediating roles of academic procrastination and school burnout	3
Reimagining the neuroscience concept of flow state to combat racism with U.S. born black clients	3
The effectiveness of self-healing intervention program on pain-related anxiety and the severity of perceived pain in patients with migraine	3
The place of culture in the training of career guidance educators	3
Evaluating the preliminary efficacy of a career counselling programme for youth transitioning out of a juvenile justice facility	3
Barriers and facilitators to delivery of a webchat mental health helpline service for young people: a qualitative study using the Behaviour Change Wheel	3
Cognitive information processing: synergizing theory, research and practice	2
Towards intersectional and anti-racist career guidance	2
Lessons for career guidance from return-on-investment analyses in complex education-related fields	2
The link between adolescents’ self-regulation skills and creativity: the mediation of critical thinking	2
The shortened version of the proactive career orientation scale and its mediated associations with career success. A multi-sample longitudinal examination	2
Telesupervision in counselling and psychotherapy: a systematic review of the literature	2
The role and relevance of the pedagogic contexts in training adult careers professionals	2
Measuring the ABC of life skills: life skills scale revision and standardisation for adult population	2
Therapists’ self-efficacy and experiences managing clinical risk in teletherapy: a mixed methods exploration	2
The mediating role of self-esteem in the correlation between perceived parenting style and subjective well-being of young adults in university	2
Development of the counsellor personal wellness and professional wellbeing assessment	2

The fear of sexual boundary violations and false allegations in male counselling practice	2
Professional needs of psychological counsellors in China: a comprehensive investigation utilising the ERG theory	2
Calling’s dimensions and career development among undergraduate students	2
Critical perspectives on childhood career development learning: expanding horizons	2
Mental health practitioners’ perceptions of online working: a literature review	2
Fast thinking, faster bias: intuitive decision style drives jumping to conclusions in career exploration	2
Career decision-making difficulties in adolescents: the role of parental perfectionism, irrational career beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty	2
Systemic case-study explorations of the career development of middle-aged male immigrants from New Zealand working in the Australian rideshare industry	2
Enhancing career adaptability among high school students: a systematic program approach	2
Multifaceted investigation of occupational wellbeing profiles among guidance counsellors	2
The effects of suppression of positive and negative emotions on loneliness in Turkish University-attending emerging adults: does gender make a difference?	2
Career counselling mid-career laid-off workers	2
Do insight and altruism lead to flourishing through providing self-compassion in mental health professional candidates?	2
Making sense of mental health: a qualitative study of student counsellors	2
Career counselling for cancer survivors	2
Understanding the link between financial wellbeing and life satisfaction for emerging adults: the moderator role of employment status	2
Self-reported childhood sexual abuse and attachment in early adulthood among university students	2
Vocational identity as a mediator in the relationship between mindfulness and career adaptability among graduates in the early career stage	2
Navigating the matrix: career development and the responsibilisation of employability in Australia	2
Intersectionality of rural community, geography and gender in the careers of young adults	2
The drama therapy decision tree – connecting drama therapy interventions to treatment	2
The adverse impacts of all-institutional mental health and wellbeing policies on university careers guidance	2
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Young Person’s Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)	2
Effectiveness of psychodynamic-oriented counselling intervention in reducing psychological distress in university students seeking help	2
Effectiveness of laughter therapies on students’ mental health: a meta-analytic review	1
A phenomenological analysis of the role and well-being challenges experienced by professional International School Counsellors	1
Mediating role of affective experiences in the link between intolerance of uncertainty and psychological adjustment problems and loneliness in emerging adults	1
Embedding wellbeing in career development practice: trialling a new structure for guidance conversations in Scotland and Wales	1
The impact of expressive writing on psychological well-being: exploring demographic and personal moderators in a quasi-experimental study	1
The complex role played by creativity and competitive attitude on career self-efficacy among adolescents	1
Applying Lacan’s four discourse model in career counselling at the postgraduate level	1
Tests and Assessments in Counseling A Case by Case Exploration, 1st Edition	1
Why choose a career in teaching? Exploring motivational factors that influence the decision to teach	1
Theorising agency for socially just career guidance and counselling scholarship and practice	1
The career difficulties of university students in the UK: a qualitative study of the perceptions of UK HE career practitioners	1
Adolescents who turn to service providers for guidance: the perspectives of informal sources of support	1
Gender moderates the relationships between childhood abuse experiences and mental disorders later in life: a cross-sectional study among university students in Turkey	1
Enhancing ethical codes with artificial intelligence governance – a growing necessity for the adoption of generative AI in counselling	1
From high school guidance to career contentment: assessing the impact of career intervention on subject choice and satisfaction	1
The mediator role of job stress in the relationship between the mental workload and burnout of school counsellors	1
What do we expect from career guidance in schools? A comparison of the intended results in national and school policy	1
“I am lost in that reality, and I'm just playing the game”: a qualitative study exploring gaming behaviour and its effect on young adults in India	1
The impact of cultural experiences on mental health, career readiness and decision making in late adolescence: an international school qualitative interview study	1
Counselling self-Efficacy beliefs among international counselling students	1
Understanding the associations between the five-factor model, harmful alcohol consumption and problematic internet use in university students	1
Should I stay or should I go? A pre-registered test of the bright and dark sides of calling across Italy and Japan	1
Better bored than burned-out? Cynicism as a mediator between boredom at work and exhaustion	1
Menopause and body image: the protective effect of self-compassion and mediating role of mental distress	1
Calling, careers, and career counselling	1
Using a Delphi technique to build a competency framework for full-time counselling teachers in Taiwan	1
Subjective well-being: self-forgiveness, coping self-efficacy, mindfulness, and the role of resilience?	1
The effectiveness of a five-session workshop on the distress of international students in Finland – a pilot study	1
Feasibility of online prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD among university students: a case-series design	1
Guidance practitioners’ approaches to building client relationships and solving institutional dilemmas in the Finnish public employment services	1
Social support and resilience mediate the relationship of stress with satisfaction with life and flourishing of youth	1
Curiosity, collaboration and co-creation: using Grand Challenges to develop employability and tackle 21st Century problems	1
Improving the professional ethics learning experiences of psychological counsellors in the personal and professional decision-making process	1
The sound of silence: deconstructing notions of inclusion in career guidance on exploring the experience of deaf people	1
The perceived usefulness of a degree as a function of discipline	1
Mind the gap! Cognitive-motivational determinants of career decision-making in postsecondary school transitions	1
A thematic analysis of psychotherapy supervisor confidence	1
A pilot study in narrative approach of an adolescent parenting program for enhancing parenting competency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong	1
Investigation of relationships between academic self-efficacy, life goals and subjective well-being of middle school students	1