OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Happiness Studies is 24. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Post-Traumatic Growth and Stress-Related Responses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a National Representative Sample: The Role of Positive Core Beliefs About the World and Others	90
Loneliness and Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Associations with Personality and Emotion Regulation	83
Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Studies	83
Emotional Well-Being Under Conditions of Lockdown: An Experience Sampling Study in Austria During the COVID-19 Pandemic	63
Do Psychological Needs Play a Role in Times of Uncertainty? Associations with Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis	52
How Does Trait Gratitude Relate to Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents? The Mediating Role of Resilience and Social Support	49
The Different Roles of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities in Predicting Functioning and Well-Being Experiences	44
The Impact of Income Inequality on Subjective Well-Being: The Case of China	44
Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Asia: A Systematic Review	40
Financial Well-Being and Its Relationship with Subjective and Psychological Well-Being Among Emerging Adults: Testing the Moderating Effect of Individual Differences	37
Lonely Me, Lonely You: Loneliness and the Longitudinal Course of Relationship Satisfaction	37
Sport Participation and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Mediating Role of Social Capital	35
Does Volunteering Make Us Happier, or Are Happier People More Likely to Volunteer? Addressing the Problem of Reverse Causality When Estimating the Wellbeing Impacts of Volunteering	35
Does Mobile Internet Use Affect the Subjective Well-being of Older Chinese Adults? An Instrumental Variable Quantile Analysis	34
“Andrà tutto bene”: Associations Between Character Strengths, Psychological Distress and Self-efficacy During Covid-19 Lockdown	34
How and Why Social Media Affect Subjective Well-Being: Multi-Site Use and Social Comparison as Predictors of Change Across Time	34
Longitudinal Evidence for Reciprocal Effects Between Life Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction	31
Why Do People with High Dispositional Gratitude Tend to Experience High Life Satisfaction? A Broaden-and-Build Theory Perspective	31
Promoting Gratitude as a Resource for Sustainable Mental Health: Results of a 3-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial up to 6 Months Follow-up	29
Need Satisfaction and Optimal Functioning at Leisure and Work: A Longitudinal Validation Study of the DRAMMA Model	27
Age and Gender Differences in Eudaimonic, Hedonic, and Extrinsic Motivations	27
Is Grittiness Next to Happiness? Examining the Association of Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions with Well-Being Outcomes	27
Study Burnout and Engagement During COVID-19 Among University Students: The Role of Demands, Resources, and Psychological Needs	27
Are the Lower Class Really Unhappy? Social Class and Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents: Moderating Role of Sense of Control and Mediating Role of Self-Esteem	25
How Adverse Childhood Experiences Relate to Subjective Wellbeing in College Students: The Role of Resilience and Depression	24

Minimal Social Interactions with Strangers Predict Greater Subjective Well-Being	24
How Communication Technology Fosters Individual and Social Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Support For a Digital Interaction Model	24
Education Fever in China: Children’s Academic Performance and Parents’ Life Satisfaction	24