OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Self and Identity is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage	13
Group identification and perceived self-group similarity: differentiating projection from introjection	11
Identity lost and found: Self-concept clarity in social network site contexts	9
Identity formation from a cross-cultural perspective: Identity statuses and profiles among German and Zambian adolescents	9
How narcissism relates to upward-status disagreement in virtual project design teams	8
“We are the 99%”: Exploring the impact of politicized wealth-based identity on the established middle-class	8
Detecting biracial identity strength: Perceived phenotypicality is inaccurate	7
Majority acceptance vs. rejection of ‘being both’ facilitates immigrants’ bicultural identity blendedness and positive affect	7
Adaptive self-concept: Identifying the basic dimensions of self-beliefs	7
Differences in the temporal extension of self-continuity over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Incorporating physical appearance into one’s sense of self: Self-concept clarity, thin-ideal internalization, and appearance-self integration	7
Envisioning positive future selves: Perceptions of the future self and psychological adaptation in recent migrants	6
The role of spirituality in identity after trauma: a scoping review of quantitative and qualitative evidence	6
Ideological identity: worldviews and values are self-defining	6
Colliding identities? The role of multiple identities among historically underrepresented students pursuing scientific research careers	6
Ruling out potential dating partners: the role of self-concept clarity in initial romantic partner evaluations	6
Making memorable choices: Cognitive control and the self-choice effect in memory	6
Individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation and mental health: relationships with self-esteem, dispositional optimism and coping	6
Self-compassion and suicidal behavior: Indirect effects of depression, anxiety, and hopelessness across increasingly vulnerable samples	6
Reflective rumination mediates the effects of neuroticism upon the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory	6
Self-compassion, social cognition, and self-affect in adolescence: A longitudinal study	5
Exploring the association between community service participation and identity development among middle adolescents: a study in Hong Kong	5
Assessing self-schema content: The relationship of psychological needs to early maladaptive schemas, rejection sensitivity, and personality traits	5
Self-monitoring, status, and balance of power in romantic relationships	5
Development and initial validation of a scale to measure momentary self-concept clarity	5

I am not the parent I should be: Cross-sectional and prospective associations between parental self-discrepancies and parental burnout	5
The challenge of finding noncontingent, universal worth for elite U.S. college students	4
To change, but not to preserve! Norm conformity following control threat only emerges for change norms but not for status quo norms	4
Cross-lagged associations between cognitive dispositions, identity processing styles, and identity commitments	4
The effects of conflict resolution styles on perceived relational self-concept change	4
Why is authenticity associated with being and acting extraverted? Exploring the mediating role of positive affect	4
The iii-rg: An individual difference measure of intersectional identities integration of race and gender identities	4
Dissecting Whiteness: consistencies and differences in the stereotypes of lower- and upper-class White US Americans	4
The cultural identity of first-generation adult immigrants: A meta-analysis	4
The content and application of the lay theory of self-esteem	3
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Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal	3
Building a social identity theory of stigmatized sexual practice: Exploring BDSM practitioner identity formation within interviews from an Israeli sample	3
Reducing prejudice by enhancing the other rather than the self	3
Self, identity, and negative youth adaptation: Introduction to the special issue	3
Trait self-control and beliefs about the utility of emotions and emotion regulation in self-control performance	3
Social Class Identity Integration and Success for First-Generation College Students: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Generalizability	3
Impressions of self-esteem influence impressions of close others and predictions for hypothetical events	3
“Mom always liked you best!”: Concern for parental regard in sibling comparisons	3
Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism	2
A leadership looking glass: How reflected appraisals of leadership shape individuals’ own perceived prototypicality and group identification	2
Development of self-concept clarity from ages 11 to 24: Latent growth models of Chinese adolescents	2
Rejection sensitivity and sexual minority men’s social anxiety disorder: The moderating role of sexual identity strength	2
Goal completion moderates the association between immoral behavior and self-perceived authenticity	2
Daily levels of perceived context of reception and self-esteem among U.S. Latine university students: The moderating role of normative identity styles	2
Life projects, motivational and volitional features, and field of possibilities: A theoretical model	2
Identity development across the transition from primary to secondary school: The role of personality and the social context	2
Describing autobiographical memories: Effects of shared reality and audience attitude valence on perceived authenticity and self-esteem	2
A Network Approach to Understanding Narcissistic Grandiosity via the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory	2
Playing to the gallery: investigating the normative explanation of ingroup favoritism by testing the impact of imagined audience	2
The relationships between multiple facets of self-concept clarity and depression	2
Under pressure: Locomotion and assessment in the COVID-19 pandemic	2
The moral identity picture scale (MIPS): Measuring the full scope of moral identity	2
The upside: How people make sense of difficulty matters during a crisis	2
Associations between the implicit needs for affiliation and power and identity development in a sample of Zambian adolescents	2
Exploring the interactive role of narcissism and self-esteem on self-presentation	1
“That’s a great question!” instructors’ positive responses to students’ questions improve STEM-related outcomes	1
The role of self-compassion in the effects of living alone and quarantine on mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	1
Multiple identities juggling game: types of identity integration and their outcomes	1
The role of psychopathology centrality in psychopathology stability and associations with life satisfaction in adolescence	1
Unveiling the relationships among adolescents’ persistent academic possible selves, academic self-concept, self-regulation, and achievement: A Longitudinal and Moderated Mediation Study	1
Balancing out bonding and bridging capital: Social network correlates of multicultural identity configurations among Russian migrants to Canada	1
Boundaries to the gateway effect: Perceived dual identity integration shapes the role of biculturals in inter-ethnic relations	1
The intersection of social networks and individual identity in adolescent problem behavior: Pathways and ethnic differences	1
Are basic psychological needs linked to collective narcissism and secure ingroup identity?	1
The effect of induced happiness versus sadness on three types of self-control tasks	1
Prospective associations among self-concept clarity, appearance comparisons, and thin-ideal internalization	1
The predominant effect of a mindfulness intervention on contingent over explicit self-esteem and the key role of self-compassion	1