OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Does the Emotion Dysregulation Model Predict Symptoms Beyond the Metacognitive Model?	23
Irrational Romantic Relationship Beliefs and Self-silencing: Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation	23
The Irrational Food Beliefs Scale: Validation of the Italian Version in Patients with Obesity	23
The Influence of Core Self-Evaluation, Mindfulness, and Rumination on Emotional Distress	19
An Exploratory Analysis of Vengeful Episodes in Prisoners	19
The Role of Personality and Irrational Beliefs in the Development and Recurrence of Depression in Later Life	16
Problematic Internet use in Adults: The Role of Happiness, Psychological Resilience, Dispositional Hope, and Self-control and Self-management	16
The Psychological Impact of Competitive Sports Participation on Adolescent Athletes: an Analysis of Coping Mechanisms and Performance Outcomes	15
A Comparison Between Self-compassion and Unconditional Self-acceptance: Interventions on Self-blame, Empathy, Shame-, Guilt-Proneness, and Performance	14
Mapping Cognitive Patterns: A Network Analysis of Irrational Beliefs, Dysfunctional Attitudes, Automatic Thoughts, and Negative Cognitive Errors in Children	14
Examining the Effects Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) with Embedded Athlete Rational Resilience Credo (ARRC) on the Irrational Beliefs, Motivation Regulation, and Mental Health in Student-At	13
Dispositional Mindfulness, COVID-19 Burnout, and Life Satisfaction: Examining Longitudinal Mediation	13
Correction: An Emotional Skills Intervention for Elementary Children with Autism in China: A Pilot Study	12
Inferred Exposure and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy with Older Patients	12
REBT with Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	11
Financial Risk Tolerance and Financial Risk Attitudes of Commercial Bank Customers and the Role of REBT-Based Business Coaching: Implications for Accounting Research	11
Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescents Exhibiting Depression with Elevated Anxiety: Prevalence and Associated Factors	11
Rumination Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Traumas with Cognitive Defusion, Acceptance, and Emotion Regulation: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study	10
The Experience of Being Emotionally Maltreated and Self-regulatory Strategies in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Pathways to Depressive Symptoms	9
The Role of Affective States in CBT-I Effectiveness: Validation of the Italian Version of POMS in Insomnia Population	9
Do REBT Therapists Agree with Ellis’ Hypothesis on the Centrality of Demandingness?	9
Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Psychological Factors Among Students: A Meta-Analytic Study	8
The ABC Model of Positive Feelings: A Preliminary Test	8
Exploring the Relationship Between Other-Directedness Schema and Dysfunctional Anger Expression in Korean Adults: Mediating Roles of Rejection Sensitivity and Mentalizing	8
Mediating Effects of Resilience Between Mindfulness, Self-compassion, and Psychological Distress in a Longitudinal Study	7

Examining the Impact of CBT on Irrational Beliefs About Clothing Preferences and Self-expression Among Adolescents	7
Predictors of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Mental Health Professionals: Trauma History, Self-Compassion, Emotional Intelligence	7
The Role of Rumination in Anxiety Disorders	7
The Impact of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Resilience, Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Loneliness of Psychological Counseling Students: A Mixed Method Study	7
A Cross-Cultural Replication of Fear About Guilt as the Secondary Emotion Hypothesis Across with and without Clinical OCD Samples: The Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Fear of Guilt S	7
The Mediating Role of Social Media Burnout between Irrational Beliefs and Psychological Distress	6
What were you Thinking? A Comparison of Rater Coding and word Counts for Content Analysis of Thought Samples in Depression	6
Rethinking Leahy’s Emotional Schema Scale (LESS): Results from the Portuguese Adaptation of the LESS	6
The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty on Psychological Well-Being: A Serial Mediating Model of Doomscrolling and Rumination	6
Correction to: Preliminary Validation of the self-report Measure Assessing Experiences of Negative Independent and Dependent Event Frequency in Japanese University Students	6
Treating the Psychological Distress in Children with Adventitious Blindness	6
Group-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Enhancing Resilience and Preventing Depression and Anxiety in At-Risk Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Empirical Validation of the Negative Emotions Scale (NES): A Hierarchical Structural Equation Model	6
The 3D REThink Life Game, a Game-Based Intervention for Training Emotion Regulation Abilities	6
The Impact of Depression on the Meaning of Life of Police College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Negative Cognitive Processing Bias and Core Self-Evaluation	6
Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Academic Stress Among Rural Community Secondary School Economics Students: A Randomized Controlled Evaluation	6
Stress Management Among Science and Social Science Educators Within Open and Distance Learning Centers Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Implication for Curriculum and Educational Evaluators	5
Social Support and Flourishing Among Adolescents: The Multiple Mediating Roles of Self-Compassion and Sense of Coherence	5
COVID-19 Related Negative Life Events and Psychological Distress: The Role of Emotion and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies	5
How Do Cognition and Emotion Regulation Strategies and Intolerance of Uncertainty Predict the Severity of Fatigue and Daily Life Activities of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients?	5
Introducing Dialectical Core Schemas Theory through Mediation Models	5
Comparing Presence and Absence of Initial In-Person Contact and Written Feedback in RE&CBT E-Supervision	5
Procrastination as a Mediator Between Facebook Addiction and Mental Health	5
Early Maladaptive Schemas and Relational Aggression: A Network Analysis	5
Health-Related Cognitions and Metacognitions Indirectly Contribute to the Relationships Between Impulsivity, Fear of COVID-19, and Cyberchondria	5
How Is Self-efficacy Linked to Procrastination? The Mediating Role of Attentional Control	4
When the Dark Employee Takes an Irrational Turn: Exploring the Intersection of Dark Personality Traits and Work-Related Beliefs	4
The Impact of COVID-19 on Psychological Adjustment Problems: The Mediating Roles of Meaning in Life and Resilience	4
Investigation of the Turkish Psychometric Properties of Bedtime Procrastination and While-in-Bed Procrastination Scales for Adolescents	4
The Hidden Cost of Emotion Regulation Difficulties: Exploring the Correlation between Self-Silencing and Somatization in Women	4
The Relations of Alexithymia to Unacceptable Obsessional Thoughts and Suicidal Risk in OCD: The Roles of Experiential Avoidance, Emotional Suppression, Cognitive Reappraisal, and Depression	4
The Influence of Core Self-Evaluation, Rumination, and Forgiveness on the Experience and Expression of Anger	4
Effects of Exposure in Computer-Assisted Virtual Environments on Vocalists’ Performance Anxiety: A Quasi-Experimental Study	4
Characteristics of Patients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Who Have Difficulties in Emotion Regulation	4
Exploring Factor and Correlational Analysis of the Portuguese Version of the Unconditional Self-acceptance Questionnaire-Revised	4
Fear of Physical Sensations and Metacognitions About Health Anxiety Mediate the Relationship Between Negative Affect and Health Anxiety	4
Effect of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Community Dwelling Older Adults on their Mental Health and Quality of Life: Interventional Study	4