OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology & Health 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations	136
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity	30
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence	22
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	18
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study	18
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults	18
Nocebo education and the pursuit of side-effect information: results from three experiments	16
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma	15
Sleep quality among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 reopening period in China: the interplay of SARS-CoV-2 infection, mental distress, and physical activity	15
Psychological factors influencing life satisfaction in patients with chronic diseases	14
Addressing omission bias in the treatment of osteoporosis: evidence from a cross-sectional study and a randomized experiment	14
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD	13
Who is positive about precision health technologies? Demographic and psychological factors associated with science opposition	12
Daily associations of three types of social control with physical activity, reactance, and mood in romantic couples: a dyadic intensive longitudinal study	12
Young women’s somatic symptoms are more strongly predicted by psychosocial rather than physiological factors: longitudinal findings in a population-representative Australian sample	12
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	12
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers	11
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator	11
Health locus of control and fear of cancer recurrence: the moderating role of emotion regulation in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses	11
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report	11
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options	10
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs	10
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study	10
The role of childhood illness in shaping relationships through to young adulthood	10

What drives psychological well-being in early-stage multiple sclerosis?	10
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types	10
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men	9
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood	9
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis	9
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention	9
What factors from the Theoretical Domains Framework influence people with cardiovascular disease to seek help from healthcare services? A systematic review, behavioural analysis and conceptual ‘KASiE’	9
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?	9
Eating post-pleasure: a phenomenological exploration of loss, disgust and dislocation in the sensory worlds of individuals with persistent chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-19	9
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease	9
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?	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
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment	8
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy	8
The bidirectional dynamics of social support, role stress, and anxiety: a longitudinal study of Middle–aged women	8
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives	8
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies	8
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention	7
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt	7
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	7
The bidirectional association between body dysmorphic symptoms, body image inflexibility, and appearance-related safety behaviors in young Chinese women	7
The role of emotional eating on the longitudinal dynamics between habit strength and unhealthy snack consumption in Chilean adults	7
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives	7
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information	7
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study	7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems	7
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV	7
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time	7
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Affairs of the heart: couples coping with cardiac rehabilitation	7
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?	6
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study	6
Characterising symptom clusters: examining profiles of somatic symptoms and their psychosocial predictors among chinese youths using longitudinal data with a machine learning approach	6
Living with a multimorbidity. A qualitative study on the personal perspectives of individuals with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease	6
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise	6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect	6
The influence of individual characteristics and social factors on not drinking alcohol during ‘Dry January’: results from a prospective study	6
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age	6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study	6
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing	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
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
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity	5
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China	5
A group motivational intervention to support motivation for physical activity among adults in residential treatment for substance use disorders: a series of N-of-1 studies	5
The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients: direct and mediated pathways through illness representations	5
Examining the role of voluntary reciprocal altruism and collectivism interventions in enhancing intentions to donate blood among young non-donors: an experimental study	5
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers	5
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive	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

Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study	5
Using behavioural science to explore impact and implementation of obstetric anaesthesia training in Tanzania, Nepal and Bangladesh: a qualitative evaluation study with obstetric anaesthesia providers	5
Interpersonal psychological factors and asthma outcomes in romantic relationships: a systematic review	5
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)	5
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests	5
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance	5
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis	5
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study	5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial	5
A video-based intervention to overcome pregnancy smoking stigma among healthcare students: a randomised controlled trial	4
The experiences of partners of individuals with pre-symptomatic Huntington’s disease: a reflexive thematic analysis	4
Effective health communication depends on the interaction of message source and content: two experiments on adherence to COVID-19 measures in Türkiye	4
Effects of 12-week aerobic exercise with different frequencies on executive function in preschool children: a cluster randomized controlled trial	4
Acceptability and feasibility of a cognitive-behavioural intervention for pain management before total knee arthroplasty: a pilot trial	4
Three years on, COVID-19 is still relevant	4
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance	4
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension	4
Lifestyle change for daily life with immersive virtual reality: a systematic scoping review of interventions for people with chronic- or life-threatening somatic conditions	4
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema	4
Individuals’ top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey	4
How are relying on religion and on science to make sense of the world associated with health-related resources and behaviors and well-being?	4
Sex-specific psychological risk profiles of CVD in the HUNT study: the role of neuroticism and extraversion	4
Targeted communication and race: explicating perceived message relevance	4
Effectiveness of client-centred counselling on weight management among Black African women with overweight and obesity in high-income countries: a systematic review	4
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons	4
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up study	4
Preferences and responses for physical activity partnerships among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease: a digital, mixed methods approach	4
Predicting clusters of physical activity based on individual characteristics: an event-based ecological momentary assessment study	4
‘It has been the hardest decision of my life’: a mixed-methods study of pregnant women’s COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy	4
Psychosocial factors related to women’s persistent or recurrent vulvovaginal pain: a systematic review and suggestions for future research	4
Caregiving style and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease	4
Autobiographical memory specificity and objective sleep quality: the role of preschool stress	4
‘ You’re alive, but are you living? ’ Exploring long COVID (LC)’s impact on social and leisure well-being for individuals and caregivers	4