OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Adult Development 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining Identity and Generativity among Middle-aged Female Activists in Two Cultural Contexts	47
Does Overparenting Hurt Working Turkish Mother’s Well-being? The Influence of Family–Work Conflict and Perceived Stress in Established Adulthood	26
Stepping Up and Stepping Down: The Dynamic Nature of Social Status Across the Lifespan	20
Being Called “Elderly” Impacts Adult Development: A Critical Analysis of Enduring Ageism During COVID in NZ Online News Media	19
Resilience, Disillusionment, and Shifting Perspectives: Insights from Mothers After the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Perceived Overprotective Parenting and Identity Synthesis and Confusion in Georgian Emerging Adults: The Intervening Role of Goal Engagement and Disengagement	12
When the Lights Went Out at Adult Day Centers: Perceived Change in Caregiver Well-Being During the COVID-19 Shutdowns	12
Older Adults’ Future Perspectives and Attitudes Amid Uncertainty: Shifts Across 2 Years of COVID-19	12
Regulatory Focus, Family–-Work Interface, and Adult Life Success	11
Age-Related Variations in Using Solitude as a Resource During the COVID-19 Pandemic	11
Intrinsic Motivation During Adulthood: A Further Evaluation of the Integrative Theory of Intrinsic Motivation	10
Adult Children’s Monitoring Their Older Parents’ Lives	10
Developmental Themes in the Narrative of Adults with Early International Experiences	10
Religiosity and Mental Health Among Young-Adults in Generation X from Emerging to Established Adulthood	10
Development of a New Measure of Intergenerational Contact	9
Balancing Personal Needs and Future Generations’ Well-Being: A Qualitative Pilot Study on Generative Experiences of Emerging Adults with Congenital Heart Disease	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
What Does My Best Friend Think of My Relationship? Links with Psychological Well-being in Established Adulthood	8
How to Age More Positively? Analyzing Determinants that Shape Attitudes Towards Aging	8
Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: Do Parenting And Parents’ Own Emotion Regulation Matter?	8
Validation of the Generative Motives Scale to Measure Generativity Among Midlife Grandparent Caregivers in Urban China	8
Predicting Satisfaction with Money Management and Life Satisfaction in Parents of Emerging Adult Students	8
Equal But Different: Views on Gender Roles and Responsibilities Among Upper-Class Hindu Indians in Established Adulthood	8
The Relationship Between Emotional Availability of Parents and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Meta-emotion and Mood	7

Opening to Awe: Psychedelic-Assisted Self-Transcendence and Positive Adult Development	7
Covid-19 Lockdown Loneliness and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Basic Need Satisfaction Across Different Age Groups	7
Early Interparental Conflict, Couple Relationships, and Depression Among Rural Older Adults in China: A Latent Growth Model	7
Evaluating the Connection Between the Neighborhood Context with Daily Negative and Positive Events and Well-Being	7
Parenting in Overdrive: A Meta-analysis of Helicopter Parenting Across Multiple Indices of Emerging Adult Functioning	6
Retrospective Adolescent Parental Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance as Predictors of Current Young Adult Mental Health	6
A Typology of U.S. Emerging Adults’ Online and Offline Connectedness with Extended Family	6
Helicopter Parenting and Chinese University Students’ Adjustment: The Mediation of Autonomy and Moderation of the Sense of Entitlement	5
Financial Problems in Established Adulthood: Implications for Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Quality with Parents	5
The Mentoring Relationship with the Closest Grandparent and Identity Processes Among Emerging Adult Grandchildren in Poland: The Role of Perceived Grandparents’ Perspective Taking	5
Self-Acceptance in Mid to Late Life: Lingering Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Positive Contributions of Warm and Supportive Relationships	5
Interparental Conflict and Young Adults’ Romantic Relationship Quality: Mediating Pathways Through Parental and Romantic Attachment and Gender Differences	5
The Influence of Insecure Romantic Attachment on Generativity	5
Integrating Intersectionality and Life Course Approaches: Three Women’s Lives	5
Living with Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy—TTR-FAP: Generativity, Satisfaction with Life and Health Perception in Older Affected Individuals	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
Interpersonal Relationships and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: A Qualitative Study with Older Adults	5
Psychosocial Differences Between Young and Middle Adulthood: A Multimethod Assessment of Object Relations	5
An Exploration of Friendship and Well-Being in Established Adulthood and Midlife	5