OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Psychology in Africa is 4. 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
Gratitude to nature and pro-environmental behaviour: A moderated mediated model	18
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana	18
Mental health literacy in black South African communities	13
Social anxiety and problematic social network site use: The sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity	12
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study	11
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective	11
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic	10
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective	10
Impact of workplace adversity on well-being of Ghanaian bankers: Do resilience and psychological safety matter?	9
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour	9
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control	9
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness	9
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability	8
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students	8
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow	8
The quality of care in correctional facilities in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of literature	8
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership	7
Prevalence and psychological correlates of anxiety symptoms in subthreshold depressive adolescents with a high level of rumination response style	7
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy	7
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation	7
Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa , Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards	7
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation	6
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review	6
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy	6

The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement	6
Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness	6
Validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index in the Arab context: Results and implications of a Moroccan study	6
Call centre support staff job crafting and employee engagement: Controlling the effects of sociodemographic characteristics	6
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents	6
The experience machine: How our minds predict and shape reality	6
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact	6
Cultural Models of Emotions	5
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use	5
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion	5
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model	5
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets	5
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity	5
Defender self-efficacy and defender behaviour in school bullying of primary school pupils: The role of perceived responsibility and sex	5
Cultural identity, cultural confidence, and folk activities: An empirical study of the folk culture of Moon-cake Gambling at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xiamen, China	5
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions	5
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model	4
Transition experiences of candidate attorneys in South African law firms	4
Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius	4
The psychological well-being of schoolteachers in South Africa: A critical review	4
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability	4
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model	4
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students	4
Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa	4
Areas of work–life and psychological reward satisfaction among new Chinese graduate nurses: The moderating role of psychological capital	4
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger	4
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity	4
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support	4
Sense of power and online trolling among college students: Mediating effects of self-esteem and moral disengagement	4
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students	4
Teaching and researching motivation	4
Physical exercise and aggressive behaviour among rural children: Cognitive flexibility mediation and peer relationship quality moderation	4
Validation of Learning Transfer Inventory System (LTIS) in Cameroon teachers: Measurement invariance and latent mean difference across sex	4
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation	4
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study	4
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa	4