OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Adult Development 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Resilience, Disillusionment, and Shifting Perspectives: Insights from Mothers After the COVID-19 Pandemic	56
A Qualitative Study of Parental Perspectives on Their Offspring’s Emerging Adulthood and Intergenerational Solidarity	31
Stepping Up and Stepping Down: The Dynamic Nature of Social Status Across the Lifespan	22
Perceived Overprotective Parenting and Identity Synthesis and Confusion in Georgian Emerging Adults: The Intervening Role of Goal Engagement and Disengagement	14
Older Adults’ Future Perspectives and Attitudes Amid Uncertainty: Shifts Across 2 Years of COVID-19	14
Regulatory Focus, Family–-Work Interface, and Adult Life Success	14
Age-Related Variations in Using Solitude as a Resource During the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
When the Lights Went Out at Adult Day Centers: Perceived Change in Caregiver Well-Being During the COVID-19 Shutdowns	12
Adult Children’s Monitoring Their Older Parents’ Lives	11
Intrinsic Motivation During Adulthood: A Further Evaluation of the Integrative Theory of Intrinsic Motivation	10
Developmental Themes in the Narrative of Adults with Early International Experiences	10
Histories of Child Maltreatment and Their Sequential Associations with Intimate Partner Violence, Psychological Distress, and Romantic Satisfaction in Middle-Aged Mothers	9
How to Age More Positively? Analyzing Determinants that Shape Attitudes Towards Aging	9
Balancing Personal Needs and Future Generations’ Well-Being: A Qualitative Pilot Study on Generative Experiences of Emerging Adults with Congenital Heart Disease	9
Development of a New Measure of Intergenerational Contact	9
Psychological Obsolescence and Subjective Remaining Life Expectancy are Predictors of Generativity in a Six-Year Longitudinal Study	8
Social Rejection and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adults: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model	8
Validation of the Generative Motives Scale to Measure Generativity Among Midlife Grandparent Caregivers in Urban China	7
The Role of Parent-Grandparent Coparenting Relationship in the Association Between Ambivalent Sexism and Parenting Stress	7
Predicting Satisfaction with Money Management and Life Satisfaction in Parents of Emerging Adult Students	7
Aging Anxiety Among Women in Mid-Adulthood: Self-Compassion Effects via Appearance-Contingent Self-Worth and Appearance Satisfaction	6
Early Interparental Conflict, Couple Relationships, and Depression Among Rural Older Adults in China: A Latent Growth Model	6
What Does My Best Friend Think of My Relationship? Links with Psychological Well-being in Established Adulthood	6
Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: Do Parenting And Parents’ Own Emotion Regulation Matter?	6
Evaluating the Connection Between the Neighborhood Context with Daily Negative and Positive Events and Well-Being	5

The Relationship Between Emotional Availability of Parents and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Meta-emotion and Mood	5
Interpersonal Relationships and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: A Qualitative Study with Older Adults	5
Retrospective Adolescent Parental Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance as Predictors of Current Young Adult Mental Health	5
Parenting in Overdrive: A Meta-analysis of Helicopter Parenting Across Multiple Indices of Emerging Adult Functioning	5
Covid-19 Lockdown Loneliness and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Basic Need Satisfaction Across Different Age Groups	5
A Typology of U.S. Emerging Adults’ Online and Offline Connectedness with Extended Family	5
Childhood Abuse and Depression in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Subjective Social Status	5
Helicopter Parenting and Chinese University Students’ Adjustment: The Mediation of Autonomy and Moderation of the Sense of Entitlement	4
Interparental Conflict and Young Adults’ Romantic Relationship Quality: Mediating Pathways Through Parental and Romantic Attachment and Gender Differences	4
Effect of Perceived Ostracism on Self-compassion Among Chinese College Students: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model	4
Age-Related Declines in Theory of Mind: Associations with Cognitive Complexity, Reasoning Abilities and Social Activity	3
From Adversity to Purpose: How Self-compassion and Age Influence Meaning in Life Among Adults with Adverse Childhood Experiences	3
Toward a New Theory of Established Adulthood	3
Integrating Intersectionality and Life Course Approaches: Three Women’s Lives	3
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Flourishing Among Emerging Adult College Students: Religious Beliefs/Spirituality and Social Support as Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-Informed Mechanisms	3
Starting University at the Time of COVID-19: Psychoemotional Adjustment of a Group of Italian Students	3
Positive Relationships have Shades of Gray: Age is Associated with More Complex Perceptions of Relationship Quality During the COVID-19 Lockdown	3
Recollections of Adolescence: How Parent and Teacher Relationships, Educational Support, and School Engagement During Adolescence Shape Emerging Adults’ Mental Health and Wellbeing	3
The Mentoring Relationship with the Closest Grandparent and Identity Processes Among Emerging Adult Grandchildren in Poland: The Role of Perceived Grandparents’ Perspective Taking	3
Self-Acceptance in Mid to Late Life: Lingering Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Positive Contributions of Warm and Supportive Relationships	3
Is There Truth in Pictures? The Impact of Images on Older Adults’ Information Judgement and the Role of Metacognitive Reflection	3
The Influence of Insecure Romantic Attachment on Generativity	3
Living with Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy—TTR-FAP: Generativity, Satisfaction with Life and Health Perception in Older Affected Individuals	3
Psychosocial Differences Between Young and Middle Adulthood: A Multimethod Assessment of Object Relations	3
TickTock! The Pendulum Swings from Adolescence to Adulthood: An Exploratory Analysis of Quarter-Life Crisis Contents on TikTok	2
A Comparison of Attitudes and Knowledge Towards Autism Based on Adult Sibling Experiences	2
From Parent to Partner: The Mediating Role of Self-Perceived Mate Value in Parenting and Mate Preferences	2
The Relationship Between Resilience and Adaptation Among Freshmen: Evidence from an AwC Growth Model and a Growth Mixture Model	2
Facing a Fast-Paced, Digital World: Gen Z’s Perception of Social (Media) Groups	2
Value-Based Decision-Making and Its Relation to Cognition and Processing Noise in Young and Older Adults	2
Learning and Developmental Pathways in Early Coparenting Among Finnish First-Time Parental Couples’	2
Self-aging Attitudes and Social Isolation Among Chinese Older Adults: The Mediating Roles of Internet Self-efficacy and Active Social Media Use	2
Seeing Death with More Equanimity: The Indirect Effect of Generativity on Death Acceptance Through Ego-Integrity	1
Adult Childrens’ College Completion Timing and Their Aging Mothers’ Self-Rated Health: The Role of Mothers’ Educational Attainment	1
Psychological Distress and Identity Distress Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among College Students	1
Age Difference in the Effect of Relationship Closeness on Interpersonal Escalating Commitment	1
Perceptions of Adulthood: What Does it Mean to be Grown-Up?	1
The Independent Associations of Attachment Representations to Parents and Depressive Symptoms with Friendships and Romantic Relationships in Young Adults	1
Empowered to Stay Active: Psychological Empowerment, Retirement Timing, and Later Life Work	1
The Role of Personality Risk and Protective Factors in Living with Covid-19: A Longitudinal Study	1
How Grandparents Inform Our Lives: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Intergenerational Influence on Young Adults	1
Hofstede’s Cultural Values and Birth Rate and Longevity: A National-Level Analysis	1
Mother–Child Versus Father–Child Conflict and Emerging Adults’ Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Trust in Parents and Maladaptive Emotion Regulation	1
Helicopter Parenting and Resilience Among Malaysian Chinese University Students: The Mediating Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation	1
Relations Among Parental Psychological Control, Perceived Legitimate Authority, and Self-Worth in Asian-American and European-American Emerging Adults	1
The Role of Friendship Experiences in Subjective Well-Being Among Perceived Adults and Perceived Emerging Adults	1
Dysfunctional Parental Care and Emotional Dysregulation: A Pilot Study on the Mediating Role of Attachment Styles and Alexithymia in a Sample of Young Women	1
Generativity Over the Life Course: A Study of Ethnoculturally Diverse Older Adult Volunteers	1
Capitalizing Social Networks in Midlife: Longitudinal Pathways Linking Bonding Social Capital, Social Support, Sense of Control, and Mental Well-Being	1
Age-Differential Effects of Proactive Control in Dual Tasking: The Moderating Effect of Task Difficulty	1

Predicting Wellbeing in Retirees During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Meaning in Life and Goal Setting	1
The Relation Between College Education and Beliefs about Parent Discipline	1
Adolescent Family Characteristics Partially Explain Differences in Emerging Adulthood Subjective Well-Being After the Experience of Major Life Events: Results from the German KiGGS Cohort Study	1