OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Developmental Science is 3. 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
Growth of shared book reading in the first two years and its effects on children’s development	90
Typologies of Response to Adversities Questionnaire (TRAQ): A novel measure to capture the resilience process in young people	39
How does the family environment affect toddlerhood language and cognitive development? Evidence from peri-urban China	21
Educating teachers to enact the science of learning and development	21
Sentiment, salience, and context: Applying text methods to developmental research using puberty as a case example	14
Longitudinal associations between teacher-student relationships and school engagement in early elementary school years: Gender differences	14
Empathy in an ecosystem: A longitudinal study examining contributions of summer camp and school experiences to empathy during early adolescence	13
A multidimensional view of the home learning environment: How parents engage children across literacy, math, science, and executive function	13
Parental and contextual influences on religious transmission in adolescence	13
Validation of a youth social capital scale Informed by positive youth development	12
Paradox of aging: Differential effects of social network types on mental health in midlife and older adults	11
Do adults think talking to children about race is appropriate? Experimental evidence of the effects of race, age, and messaging	9
Reliability of a child self-regulation measure within intensive longitudinal designs: MCFA and DSEM approaches	9
Perceived discrimination and poor children’s executive function: the different roles of self-esteem and perceived social support	8
Does entering early childhood education as a toddler benefit language and social development until age seven? A propensity score analysis	8
An assessment of when moral stories promote children’s honesty	7
Delayed gratification predicts behavioral and academic outcomes: Examining the validity of the delay-of-gratification choice paradigm in Singaporean young children	7
Latino caregivers’ culture-specific reasons and enacted language practices for raising bilingual children	6
Parental cultural socialization and critical consciousness in two samples of BIPOC and White adolescents	6
The role of patience, religiosity, and spirituality in the search for purpose among young adults	6
Program quality instrument for youth (PQI-youth): validation of a brief, self-report measure	6
Promoting fourth-grade students’ autonomy, competence, and relatedness through service-learning	5
Purpose development in the context of higher education	5
The development and psychometric properties of a scalable digital measure of social and emotional wellbeing for middle childhood	5
Don’t sleep on identity: Longitudinal associations between identity and sleep quality in adolescents with different cultural backgrounds	5

Back to school: Teachers’ initial perceptions of students’ executive function behaviors are important for teacher–student relationships and executive function development	5
Social cognitive development and engagement in dance	5
Familismo , respeto , and caballerismo : Cultural values as buffers against links between psychological distress and U.	4
Heterogeneity in the development of differential reinforcement: examining predictive power of definitions and differential association from a social learning perspective	4
Electronic media exposure, parental language input, and child vocalizations in rural and peri-urban China	4
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Longitudinal associations among American adolescents’ civic engagement and family and school characteristics	4
A mixed methods study of natural mentoring relationships and loneliness in emerging adulthood	4
The importance of both individual differences and dyadic processes in children’s emotion expression	4
The role of play partners for preschoolers’ observed emotion Regulation in dyadic play situations	4
Social-emotional learning intervention effects: the role of universal versus indicated implementation settings	4
Effect of prosocial behavior on Chinese adolescents’ self-esteem: A longitudinal study	3
Rubbing off on each other: Applying a developmental science perspective to variance in primal world beliefs by family and culture	3
Protective effect of parental monitoring on early-to-mid adolescents displaying high-level and increasing aggressive behavior	3
Longitudinal associations between critical consciousness, school racial climate, and belonging in school	3
Profiles of youth’s values prior to postsecondary transitions: Associations with well-being and career decision-making	3
The 2020 racial justice movements and emerging adult college students’ trajectories of sociopolitical development	3
“The most important part of empathy is…being able to help”: Empathy definitions and teaching practices in middle school	3
A qualitative exploration of Latinx immigrant young adults’ experiences with anti-immigration policies and the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Direct and moderating impacts of the CARE mindfulness-based professional learning program for teachers on children’s academic and social-emotional outcomes	3
The multidimensional online civic engagement for youth (MOCE-Y) scale: development and validation	3
Assessing children and youth’s socio-emotional behavior in rural Côte d’Ivoire: Construct validity and links to caregiver mental health and stress	3
Children’s self-control as an antecedent of adolescent prosociality and adult civic engagement	3
Late-adult fathers’ experiences of parenting across the lifespan	3
Promoting youth social-emotional development through animal-assisted interventions: A qualitative analysis of special education students’ perspectives	3
From an asset-based approach: Prospective associations of strength-based parenting, gratitude, and adolescent friendship quality	3
COVID-19 lockdown and early vocabulary development: insights from Saudi households	3