OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Health Psychology is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Health behaviour changes during COVID-19 and the potential consequences: A mini-review	230
Human needs in COVID-19 isolation	228
The prevalence of psychological consequences of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	110
COVID-19 pandemic as a watershed moment: A call for systematic psychological health care for frontline medical staff	109
Post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress in Chinese youths following the COVID-19 emergency	91
How scientific reasoning correlates with health-related beliefs and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic?	55
A systematic review of the prevalence of anxiety symptoms during coronavirus epidemics	50
Psychological assistance during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China	49
Days of worry: Emotional intelligence and social support mediate worry in the COVID-19 pandemic	49
Psychological symptoms of the outbreak of the COVID-19 confinement in Spain	46
Acceptance and commitment therapy for family caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	45
Fear of COVID-19 scale: Assessing fear of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil	45
Is there a relationship between spirituality/religiosity and resilience? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	44
Family support as a protective factor for attitudes toward social distancing and in preserving positive mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	41
Social Prescribing as ‘Social Cure’: A longitudinal study of the health benefits of social connectedness within a Social Prescribing pathway	40
Exploring the impacts of media use and media trust on health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China	39
Vaccination policy reactance: Predictors, consequences, and countermeasures	39
The relationship between psychological capital and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: A longitudinal mediation model	37
Prevention for oneself or others? Psychological and social factors that explain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Men’s attitudes toward mask-wearing during COVID-19: Understanding the complexities of mask-ulinity	29
Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review	28
COVID-19 among Chinese high school graduates: Psychological distress, growth, meaning in life and resilience	28
The COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS): Development and validation in two samples from the United Kingdom	25
Childhood maltreatment and life satisfaction in adulthood: The mediating effect of emotional intelligence, positive affect and negative affect	24
Dishonesty during a pandemic: The concealment of COVID-19 information	24

“Everything feels risky now”: Perceived “risky” sexual behavior during COVID-19 pandemic	23
COVID-19 preventive behaviours in White British and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the UK	22
Relationships between sleep, exercise timing, and chronotype in young adults	22
Moral distress in medicine: An ethical analysis	22
Patient activation in adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review	22
Cumulative lifetime stress exposure predicts greater impulsivity and addictive behaviors	21
Cyberbullying victimization and problematic Internet use among Chinese adolescents: Longitudinal mediation through mindfulness and depression	20
Causal attributions and perceived stigma for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome	20
Associations between pornography exposure, body image and sexual body image: A systematic review	20
Childhood maltreatment on young adult depression: A moderated mediation model of negative automatic thoughts and self-compassion	19
Longitudinal analysis of subjective well-being in preadolescents: The role of emotional intelligence, self-esteem and perceived stress	18
Financial distress and suicidal behaviour during COVID-19: Family identification attenuates the negative relationship between COVID-related financial distress and mental Ill-health	18
Life on pause: An analysis of UK fertility patients’ coping mechanisms after the cancellation of fertility treatment due to COVID-19	17
Implicit theories of health, consideration of future consequences, and engagement in health protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China	17
Celebrity influence on body image and eating disorders: A review	17
Childhood abuse, pregnancy-related anxiety and the mediating role of resilience and social support	17
Coping self-efficacy influences health information avoidance	16
Psychological distress experienced by physicians and nurses at a tertiary care center in Lebanon during the COVID-19 outbreak	15
Why do selfies increase young women’s willingness to consider cosmetic surgery in China? The mediating roles of body surveillance and body shame	15
The roles of life stress and preventive health behaviors on parent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Long Covid at the crossroads: Comparisons and lessons from the treatment of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)	15
Psychological impact in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional population survey study during confinement	14
Finding the silver lining in the COVID-19 crisis	14
Acute impact of a national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing outcomes among individuals with chronic pain	14
A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy compared with diabetes education for diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain	13
Differential effects of traditional and social media use on COVID-19 preventive behaviors: The mediating role of risk and efficacy perceptions	13
A more comprehensive measure of vaccine hesitancy: Creation of the Multidimensional Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (MVHS)	13
The psychological burden of a two-stage exchange of infected total hip and knee arthroplasties	12
Coping strategies as mediators in the relation between perceived social support and job burnout among Chinese firefighters	12
#BetterHealth: A qualitative analysis of reactions to the UK government’s better health campaign	12
Depressive symptoms among patients with lung cancer: Elucidating the roles of shame, guilt, and self-compassion	12
Eating pathology and depressive symptoms as predictors of excessive weight gain during pregnancy	12
Post-traumatic growth among 5195 adolescents at 8.5 years after exposure to the Wenchuan earthquake: Roles of post-traumatic stress disorder and self-esteem	12
Religious affiliation and philosophical and moral beliefs about vaccines: A longitudinal study	11
The relationship between active coping and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning in life	11
Association between quality of life and risk behaviors in Brazilian adolescents: An exploratory study	11
How is obesity associated with happiness? Evidence from China	11
How do cystic fibrosis patients experience parenthood? A systematic review	11
A cross-sectional study of physical activity behaviour and associations with wellbeing during the UK coronavirus lockdown	11
Childhood trauma, depression, resilience and suicide risk in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease	11
Emotion regulation mediates relationships between perceived childhood invalidation, emotional reactivity, and emotional eating	11
Emotional distress among parent caregivers of adolescents with sickle cell disease: Association with patients and caregivers variables	11
Sharing clinical notes, and placebo and nocebo effects: Can documentation affect patient health?	10
The role of intuition in vaccination attitudes	10
The need for a standardized conceptual term to describe invalidation of patient symptoms	10
Relations between protective traits and psychological distress among women experiencing infertility	10
COVID-19 pandemic preventive behaviors and causal beliefs among Italian community dwelling adults	10
Risk perception of COVID-19: Susceptibility and severity perceived by the Brazilian population	10
The mediating role of vaccine hesitancy in the relations of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccination outcomes: Which dimensions matter?	10
Group singing improves both physical and psychological wellbeing in people with and without chronic health conditions: A narrative review	9

Do gender, anxiety, or sleep quality predict mindfulness-based stress reduction outcomes?	9
Self-compassion and sleep quality: Examining the mediating role of taking a proactive health focus and cognitive emotional regulation strategies	9
Predicting intentions to practice COVID-19 preventative behaviors in the United States: A test of the risk perception attitude framework and the theory of normative social behavior	9
Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of telemedicine-administered cognitive behavioral therapy for adherence and depression among African American women living with HIV in the rural Sout	9
Rates and prospective psychosocial correlates of pre-loss grief in cancer and dementia family members	9
Sense of purpose in life and motivation, barriers, and engagement in physical activity and sedentary behavior: Test of a mediational model	9
Evidence against risk as a motivating driver of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in the United States	9
A review of psychological symptoms and post-traumatic growth among adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer	9
The long arm of childhood: The prolonged influence of adverse childhood experiences on depression during middle and old age in China	9
The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England	9
Associations between specific physical activity domains and social isolation in 102,072 Brazilian adolescents: Data from the 2015 National School–Based Health Survey	9
Potential contributing roles of early affiliative memories, social safeness and body appreciation to adolescents’ well-being	9
The effects of social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on adults diagnosed with asthma: A qualitative study	8
The association of different interoceptive dimensions with functional gastrointestinal symptoms	8
“I’ll work out tomorrow”: The Procrastination in Exercise Scale	8
Skin tone, life satisfaction, and psychological distress among African Americans: The mediating effect of stigma consciousness	8
‘I’m getting the balls to say no’: Trajectories in long-term recovery from problem substance use	8
Experiences of weight stigma in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study	8
Pathways from emotional intelligence to well-being and health outcomes among unemployed: Mediation by health-promoting behaviours	8
How do you think about stress? A qualitative analysis of beliefs about stress	8
Relationship of economic development, family income and health status in China: The moderating role of environmental pollution perception	8
The effect of resilience on the relationship between perceived stress and change in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, Australia	8
Decreased COVID-related adaptive behavior and increased negative affect: A multivariate latent growth curve model	8
A longitudinal study of the influence of concerns about contagion on negative affect during the COVID-19 lockdown in adults: The moderating effect of gender and resilience	8
The role of COVID-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic	8
Relationships between resilience and quality of life in parents of children with cancer	8
Acceptability of transcranial direct current stimulation in children and adolescents with ADHD: The point of view of parents	8
Communicating and understanding pain: Limitations of pain scales for patients with sickle cell disorder and other painful conditions	7
A systematic review of the characteristics of interventions that promote physical activity in adults with asthma	7
Systematic Review: Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on wellbeing outcomes for adolescent or adult victim/survivors of recent rape or sexual assault	7
Understanding weight stigma in eating disorder treatment: Development and initial validation of a treatment-based stigma scale	7
When do people believe, check, and share health rumors on social media? Effects of evidence type, health literacy, and health knowledge	7
Enjoying nature, exercise, social interaction, and affect: A daily diary study	7
The draft updated NICE guidance for ME/CFS highlights the unreliability of subjective outcome measures in non-blinded trials	7
Maternal sensitivity and mother-infant attachment are associated with antibiotic uptake in infancy	7
Physical and psychological correlates of self and body compassion in women with polycystic ovary syndrome	7
Psychosocial interventions for adults with newly diagnosed chronic disease: A systematic review	7
Role of resilience and emotional control in relation to mental health in people with cancer	7
Perception of family sense of coherence during parental transition: A qualitative study	7
Identity cues influence sexual minorities’ anticipated treatment and disclosure intentions in healthcare settings: Exploring a multiple pathway model	7
Disordered eating in the postpartum period: Role of psychological distress, body dissatisfaction, dysfunctional maternal beliefs and self-compassion	7
Black (patients’) lives matter: Exploring the role of identity-safety cues in healthcare settings among Black Americans	7
Differential relationships of somatization, depression, and anxiety to severity of Crohn’s disease	7
Social support buffers the impacts of Diabetes distress on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients	7
Understanding the relationship between sleep and quality of life in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the literature	6
Discrimination, perceived control, and psychological health among African Americans with hypertension	6
Intuitive eating and body appreciation in type 2 diabetes	6
Does the attribution of responsibilities modify the relationship between coping styles and mental health? A survey of Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Relative deprivation and social anxiety among Chinese migrant children: Testing a moderated mediation model of perceived control and belief in a just world	6
Why tightness alone is not enough: The varying anti-pathogenic effects of rational values and cultural tightness at different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Research misconduct complaints and institutional logics: The case of Hans Eysenck and the British Psychological Society	6
Moral distress during COVID-19: The importance of perceived organizational support for hospital nurses	6
Bringing the laboratory into the home: A protocol for remote biobehavioral data collection in pregnant women with emotion dysregulation and their infants	6
Depression symptoms, HIV testing, linkage to ART, and viral suppression among women in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional household study	6
She “didn’t see my weight; she saw me, a mom who needed help breastfeeding”: Perceptions of perinatal weight stigma and its relationship with breastfeeding experiences	6
Do diagnostic criteria for ME matter to patient experience with services and interventions? Key results from an online RDS survey targeting fatigue patients in Norway	6
Mumbod? A comparison of body image and dietary restraint among women with younger, older, and no children	6
Approach bias modification training to increase physical activity: A pilot randomized controlled trial in healthy volunteers	6
The feasibility and preliminary effects of a pilot randomized controlled trial: Videoconferencing acceptance and commitment therapy in distressed family caregivers of people with dementia	6
A qualitative investigation of reasoning behind decisions to decline participation in a research intervention: A study-within-a-trial	6
Put MY mask on first: Mothers’ reactions to prioritizing health behaviours as a function of self-compassion and fear of self-compassion	6
Individual risky and protective factors influencing university new graduates’ career adaptability during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model	6
Psychology’s medicalization of male baldness	6
Health-related quality of life in endometriosis: The influence of endometriosis-related symptom presence and distress	6
Just a Flu? Self-perceived infection mediates the link between conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 health beliefs and behaviors	6