OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Positive Psychology is 5. 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
Meaning through fantasy? Fantasy proneness positively predicts meaning for people high in depression	207
The benefits of positive affect? Dysregulated positive activation in the workplace as a function of emotional intelligence	59
Positive psychology is better served by a bivariate rather than bipolar conceptualization of mental health and mental illness: a commentary on Zhao & Tay (2022)	54
Cash & care: when monetary gifts elicit gratitude	37
Enjoying the moment of joy: Culture and self during emotional experience	35
Methods of gratitude expression and their effects upon well-being: Texting may be just as rewarding as and less risky than face-to-face	34
Online self-compassion training vs. expressive writing: a randomized controlled trial	28
Appreciative inquiry and strengths development in the workplace: a dual comparative study	28
Predicting individual response to a web-based positive psychology intervention: a machine learning approach	23
Marty, me, and early positive psychology	22
Overconfident and unaware: Intellectual humility and the calibration of metacognition	21
Web of well-being: re-examining PERMA and subjective well-being through networks	19
Meaning in life as a mechanism between perceived posttraumatic growth and subsequent mental health in OEF/OIF/OND military veterans	19
Personal narrative and stream of consciousness: an AI approach	18
How a grateful leader trait can cultivate creative employees: A dual-level leadership process model	18
Being grateful every day will pay off: a daily diary investigation on relationships between gratitude and well-being in Chinese young adults	17
How does money make life meaningful? Socioeconomic status, financial self-efficacy, and meaning in life	15
Transcendent accountability: construct and measurement of a virtue that connects religion, spirituality, and positive psychology	15
Why does a grateful mind prevent an aggressive hand? Perspective taking mediated the relation between gratitude and two types of aggression among individuals in the general population and prisoners	13
Wisdom predicts emotional intelligence and wise reasoning	13
A virtues approach to children’s kindness schemas	13
Accountability: Construct definition and measurement of a virtue vital to flourishing	13
Emotional intelligence predicts wise reasoning	12
What makes a teddy bear comforting? A participatory study reveals the prevalence of sensory characteristics and emotional bonds in the perception of comforting teddy bears	12
Looking at life through rose-colored glasses: Dispositional positive affect is related to the intensity of aesthetic experiences	12

Primal world beliefs correlate strongly but differentially with character strengths	11
Inspired by awe: Awe promotes inspiration via self-transcendence	11
The evidence-base for positive psychology interventions: a mega-analysis of meta-analyses	11
Temporal associations between character strengths and civic action: A daily diary study	10
Considering purpose through the lens of prospection	10
Stranger than we can imagine: the possibility and potential significance of non-human forms of consciousness and wellbeing	10
Happiness comes from trying to make others feel good, rather than oneself	10
What are character strengths good for? A daily diary study on character strengths enactment	10
The value of social media language for the assessment of wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Servant leadership, meaningfulness and flow: an upward spiral	10
No type of forgiveness is an island: divine forgiveness, self-forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness	10
Is intellectual humility ‘good’ for people?	10
Differential effects of psychological resources on well-being and psychological distress: a one-year longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Parents think—incorrectly—that teaching their children that the world is a bad place is likely best for them	9
Clinical applications of the VIA Inventory of Strengths with Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities	9
Pathways to peace: Character strengths for personal, relational, intragroup, and intergroup peace	9
Notice of duplicate publication: Claiming the role of positive psychology in the fight against prejudice	8
Does positive climate moderate the relationship of strengths use and knowledge with flow at work? A three year study	8
The playful mediator, moderator, or outcome? An integrative review of the roles of play and playfulness in adult-centered psychological interventions for mental health	8
Correction	8
Intellectual humility in applied sociocultural contexts: a reply to Ballantyne	8
Dealing with uncertain situations	8
Increasing support for loved ones with depression using moral elevation: a cross-cultural exploration of different elevation inductions	8
When humility heals: state humility weakens the relationship between objectification and aggression	7
Intellectual humility and religious convictions: when does virtue become vice?	7
Claiming the role of positive psychology in the fight against prejudice	7
Gratitude and future time perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic: effects of age and virus worry	7
Only the lonely: learning, use of skills, and sense of meaning buffer the costs of reduced social connection for life satisfaction	7
Anti-cyberbullying interventions at school: comparing the effectiveness of gratitude and psychoeducational programmes	7
On intrinsic motivation, flow, and absorption: a new theoretical perspective	7
Childhood emotional maltreatment predicts social well-being beyond individual well-being: a daily diary study	7
A little appreciation goes a long way: gratitude reduces objectification	7
Investigating the effects of Psycho-Behavioral interventions on healthy adolescents’ subjective well-being: a three-level meta-analysis	7
Advantages of distinguishing perceived and veridical growth: recommendations for future research on both constructs	7
From ill-being to well-being: Bipolar or bivariate?	7
Collective wellbeing and posttraumatic growth during COVID-19: how positive psychology can help families, schools, workplaces and marginalized communities	6
General gratitude and gratitude to God: associations with personality and well-being	6
Relational spirituality profiles and flourishing among emerging religious leaders	6
Find, remind, blind? Support as a context for the adaptive nature of gratitude	6
Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health	6
Conclusion to the special issue on the interdisciplinary study of intellectual humility: unifying themes from divergent theories and research programs	6
The interdisciplinary study of intellectual humility: an introduction to the special issue	6
Is intellectual humility related to more accuracy and less overconfidence?	6
Beyond the ivory tower to the silver screen: promoting positive development in children and adolescents through outreach to content creators	6
Minimalism, voluntary simplicity, and well-being: A systematic review of the empirical literature	6
Kindness interventions for early-stage breast cancer survivors: An online, pilot randomized controlled trial	6
Give a dog a bone: Spending money on pets promotes happiness	6
Tele-drama therapy for community dwelling older adults with constricted life-space mobility: a randomized controlled trial	6
Experiencing work as decent, meaningful, neither, or both: a latent profile analysis	6
A tale of self-transcendence: awe fosters optimism	5

Linguistic and thematic differences in written letters of gratitude to God and gratitude toward others	5
Viewing challenging art lends meaning to life by stimulating integrative complexity	5
Can my life get better? Examining lay theories for life satisfaction among younger and older adults	5
A critical examination of the effectiveness of gratitude intervention on well-Being Outcomes: A within-person experimental daily diary approach	5
Healing through helping: an experimental investigation of kindness, social activities, and reappraisal as well-being interventions	5
Unique cognitive and emotional profiles of interpersonal gratitude and spiritual gratitude	5
Awe experience triggered by fighting against COVID-19 promotes prosociality through increased feeling of connectedness and empathy	5
Happiness is associated with successful living across cultures	5
Purposeful change: the positive effects of a course-based intervention on character	5
Motivation and well-being across the lifespan: A cross-sectional examination	5
Gratitude, indebtedness, and God: gratitude and indebtedness to God are more strongly correlated to each other than gratitude and indebtedness to a person or an object	5
Beyond the conventional view of bipolarity: methodological considerations for examining the relationship between well-being and ill-being	5
‘If you’re uncomfortable, go outside your comfort zone’: A novel behavioral ‘stretch’ intervention supports the well-being of unhappy people	5