OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Adolescent Research 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
“They Told Me What I Was Before I Could Tell Them What I Was”: Black Girls’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Development Within Multiple Worlds	27
Gender and Sexual Identity in Adolescence: A Mixed-Methods Study of Labeling in Diverse Community Settings	27
Using QuantCrit to Advance an Anti-Racist Developmental Science: Applications to Mixture Modeling	23
Autonomy, Social Inequality, and Support in Chinese Urban and Rural Adolescents’ Reasoning About the Chinese College Entrance Examination (Gaokao)	22
What Do Peers Think About Sexting? Adolescents’ Views of the Norms Guiding Sexting Behavior	21
“Oh, You’re Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl”: Black Adolescent Girls’ Identities and Resistance to Colorism	20
The Mental Health Effects of Student Activism: Persisting Despite Psychological Costs	18
Improving Mental Health Among Transgender Adolescents: Implementing Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens	17
On Being the First: The Role of Family in the Experiences of First-Generation College Students	15
How to Be an Antiracist: Youth of Color’s Critical Perspectives on Antiracism in a Youth Participatory Action Research Context	13
Anti-Racism Education and Training for Adult Mentors Who Work With BIPOC Adolescents	13
Acknowledging Bias and Pursuing Protections to Support Anti-Racist Developmental Science: Critical Contributions of Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory	13
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals: A Heuristic Phenomenological Inquiry	10
“Estaba bien chiquito” (I Was Very Young): The Transition to Adulthood and “Illegality” of the Mexican and Central American 1.25 Generation	10
Loneliness From the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations About Loneliness Between Adolescents and Childline Counselors	10
Doing Anti-Racist Scholarship With Adolescents: Empirical Examples and Lessons Learned	9
Youth-Led Antiracism Research: Making a Case for Participatory Methods and Creative Strategies in Developmental Science	9
Resistance Capital: Cultural Activism as a Gateway to College Persistence for Minority and First-Generation Students	7
Does Purpose Grow Here? Exploring 4-H as a Context for Cultivating Youth Purpose	7
Alternate Approaches to Coping in Latinx Adolescents From Immigrant Families	7
“It’s Better Saying I Look Fat Instead of Saying You Look Fat”: A Qualitative Study of U.K. Adolescents’ Understanding of Appearance-Related Interactions on Social Media	7
“That’s How Revolutions Happen”: Psychopolitical Resistance in Youth’s Online Civic Engagement	7
Parent Support of Mexican-Descent High School Adolescents’ Science Education: A Culturally Grounded Framework	7
Familial Interdependence, Socioeconomic Disadvantage, and the Formation of Familial Mentoring Relationships Within Black Families	7
“Whatever You Become, Just Be Proud of It.” Uncovering the Ways Families Influence Black and Latino Adolescent Boys’ Postsecondary Future Selves	6

“I Really Want to Do Something”: How Civic Education Activities Promote Thinking Toward Civic Purpose Among Early Adolescents	6
“People Are Demanding Justice”: Pandemics, Protests, and Remote Learning Through the Eyes of Immigrant Youth of Color	6
School Citizenship Education Through YPAR: What Works? A Mixed-Methods Study in Italy	6
“My Mentor Thinks That I can Be Someone Amazing”: Drawing Out Youths’ Passions and Purpose	6
“Will My Young Adult Years be Spent Socially Distancing?”: A Qualitative Exploration of Adolescents’ Experiences During the COVID-19 UK Lockdown	6
“A Little Bit Closer”: A Mixed Method Analysis of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of Adolescent Parents	6
How is Trait Self-Compassion Used During Appearance-Related Distress by Late Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Positive or Negative Body Image? A Qualitative Study	5
Challenges and Coping: Perspectives of Syrian and Iraqi Refugee Youth in Germany	5
Negotiating Emerging Adulthood With Master and Counter Narratives: Alcohol-Related Identity Trajectories Among Emerging Adults in Performance-Oriented Neoliberal Society	5
“I’ve seen my friend get chopped”: The Influence of Peer Networks on Exposure to Violence Among Homeless Young Adults	5
Engage, Ignore, Stand Up: Exploring How (and Why) Early Adolescents Respond to Sexual Harassment	5
“The Talk” Tells the Story: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents’ Racial Socialization Competency With Black Adolescents	5
The Development of Critical Consciousness in Adolescents of Color Attending “Opposing” Schooling Models	5
“Down Woodward”: A Case Study of Empowering Youth to See and Disrupt Segregation Using Photovoice Methods	5
The Long-Term Impact of Multisystemic Therapy: An Experiential Study of the Adolescent-Young Adult Life Transition	5
A Qualitative Exploration of How Transgender and Non-binary Adolescents Define and Identify Supports	4
Sociopolitical Development as Emotional Work: How Young Organizers Engage Emotions to Support Community Organizing for Transformative Racial Justice	4
“They See Sex as Something That’s Reproductive and Not as Something People Do for Fun”: Shortcomings in Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Socialization from Adults	4
“Why Don’t They Just Move Closer?”: Adolescent Critical Consciousness Development in YPAR About Food Security	4
Colombian Adolescents’ Perceptions of Autonomy and Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services: An Ethical Analysis	4
Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults’ Perception of Behaviors that are Supportive and Unsupportive of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities	4
“It’s like an elephant in the room with my family”: LGBTQ+ College Students’ Identity Expression During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
An Integrative Model for the Development of Anti-Racist Behavior in White Adolescents	4
Instrumental Mentoring for Young Adults: A Multi-Method Study	4
Experiences and Perceived Benefits of a Youth Skateboarding Program in South Africa: From the Physical to Emotional and Beyond	4
What and How We See Matters: Critical Theories for Anti-Racist Adolescent Research	4
A Clash of Sexual Gender Norms and Understandings: A Qualitative Study of Homosexual, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adolescents’ Experiences in Junior High Schools	4
“That’s Just a Part of Growing Up”: A Study of Non-formal Educators’ Lay Theories of Adolescence	4
“Smile!”: Emotion Performance as a Strategy for Belonging in Junior High School	4
Exploring the “Social” in Social Media: Adolescent Relatedness—Thwarted and Supported	4
Helping Teens Overcome Anxiety Episodes in Project Work: The Power of Reframing	4
Youth Experiences in Authoring Action: The Impact of an Arts-Based Youth Program on Youth Development	4