OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology & Health is 5. 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
Emotional well-being in COVID-19 mass quarantine: the role of personal response and life activity: a 14-day diary study in China	59
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale	56
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity	28
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Trajectories of fatigue in cancer patients during psychological care	25
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	23
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study	22
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence	22
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults	22
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children	21
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study	21
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations	20
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research	20
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma	19
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers	18
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator	18
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans	17
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.	16
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD	16
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length	16
A secondary analysis examining the performance of the State Optimism Measure (SOM) compared to the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) in measuring optimism over time	15
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-18	15
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention	14
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?	14
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model	13

The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs	13
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men	13
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options	13
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types	13
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report	12
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study	12
Risk factors for momentary loss of control and subsequent abandonment of self-devised dietary restraint plans in adults with weight-loss goals: a behaviour sequence analysis approach	11
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease	11
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment	11
The CENTS program: promoting healthy eating by addressing perceived barriers	11
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood	11
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis	11
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study	11
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives	11
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention	10
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease	10
Longitudinal comparison of health locus of control and subjective well-being in older women with breast cancer	10
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)	10
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies	10
Self-affirmation inductions to reduce defensive processing of threatening health risk information	10
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)	9
Effects of a 12-week HIIT + group mediated cognitive behavioural intervention on quality of life among inactive adults with coeliac disease: findings from the pilot MOVE-C study	9
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy	9
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	9
Development and validation of the treatmentself-regulation questionnaire assessing healthcare professionals’ motivation for flu vaccination (TSRQ-Flu)	9
Quantity and specificity of action-plans as predictors of weight loss: analysis of data from the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)	8
A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: highlighting the roles of enjoyment, emotion and social engagement	8
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study	8
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time	8
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives	8
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study	8
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt	8
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies: the example of the empCARE training to reduce burnout and distress symptoms in health care providers	8
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?	8
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV	8
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information	7
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population	7
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study	7
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US	7
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame	7
Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors: a differentiated perspective and associations with psychosocial functioning	7
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception	7
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing	7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems	7
Perceived barriers and facilitators to attendance for cervical cancer screening in EU member states: a systematic review and synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	7
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise	7
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?	7
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study	7
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age	6

A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial	6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect	6
Is there a combined effect of depression and cognitive reserve on cognitive function? Findings from a population-based study	6
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study	6
Evaluating the sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters, depression, quality of life, cognitive status, physical activity, and Mediterranean diet adherence of older adults in pre- and	6
Development process, clinical utility, and preliminary psychometric evidence of a new tool for screening psychological distress in renal care settings: the Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer (HD-DT)	6
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive	5
Self- and other-efficacy are related to current smoking during a quit attempt: a daily diary study in single-smoking couples	5
Health professionals interface with cultural conflict in the delivery of type 2 diabetes care	5
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls	5
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care	5
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants	5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices	5
Patient-driven decisions and perceptions of the ‘safest possible choice’: insights from patient-provider conversations about how some breast cancer patients choose contralateral prophylactic mastectom	5
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests	5
What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study	5
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China	5
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success	5
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity	5
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults	5
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour	5
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis	5
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being	5
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study	5
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance	5
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States	5
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers	5