OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use	30
Profiles of bullying, cyberbullying, and disinterest in reading among primary school learners in Spain	30
No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults	25
Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model	24
Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies	23
Reducing HIV public stigma through news information engagement on social media: A multi-method study of the role of state empathy	21
The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts	21
Identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups on mourning	19
Reducing transphobia with the narratives of transgender YouTubers	18
To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours	17
Adolescents’ ethnic hate speech exposure and ethnic bullying perpetration: The moderating role of tolerance towards diversity and gender	15
An initial investigation of the role of depressive and anxious syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in adolescence and young adults	15
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use	14
Childhood risks and problematic smartphone use: Dual processes of life history strategy and psychological distress	14
User experience of mixed reality applications for healthy ageing: A systematic review	14
Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use	14
The use of online social network sites during the COVID-19 pandemic as a protective or risk factor for well-being of university students	14
Attachment style and social media fatigue: The role of usage-related stressors, self-esteem, and self-concept clarity	14
Unveiling the depths of Tinder: Decoding the dark tetrad and sociosexuality in motives behind online dating	13
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions	12
Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study	12
(Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults	12
Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis	11
When feeling positive is being “in the zone”: How challenge optimality causes changes in positive affect and flow	11
Profiles of problematic social networking site use: A cross-cultural validation of a scale with Spanish and Mexican adolescents	11

What is the post-game depression? A narrative inquiry	10
How to shop online: The construct and measurement of consumer competency in online shopping	10
Online stress and offline stress: Uniqueness, differences, and cumulative effect on multiple well-being outcomes	10
The effect of neuroticism on problematic smartphone use: A mediation model of self-control for males and females	10
Understanding the relations between exposure to the positive self-portrayals of others on social media and emerging adults’ mental health during a COVID-19 imposed lockdown	10
Double blue ticks: Reframing ghosting as ostracism through an abductive study on affordances	10
“You want to know that you’re safe”: Experiences of risk, restriction and resilience online among people with an intellectual disability	10
Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality	10
The association of motives with problematic smartphone use: A systematic review	9
Can time flow differently if you are a virtual reality newcomer?	9
Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying	9
How it feels to be “left on read”: Social surveillance on Snapchat and young individuals’ mental health	8
Unraveling the positive and negative roles of positive body-focused social media interactions in adolescents’ body image	8
Is undergraduates’ adoption of the Internet of Things rational? The role of risk perception	8
The effect of emotion background on pathological internet users’ comments on online news: Evidence from online text analysis	8
Autonomy vs. control: Associations among parental mediation, perceived parenting styles, and U. S. adolescents’ risky online experiences	8
An exploratory study of selfie motivations and their relation to sociability and shyness among youth	7
Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning	7
Are you always ignoring attitude-challenging messages? Eye-tracking selective exposure on Chinese’ lowly involved news consumption	7
Acceptance and self-protection in government, commercial, and interpersonal surveillance contexts: An exploratory study	6
You teach me and I’ll teach you: The role of social interactions on positivity elicited from playing Pokémon GO	6
Celebrity appearance-shaming: Innocent bashing forms or reconfirming gender norms? A study into the explanations of adolescents’ celebrity appearance-shaming intentions	6
The socially poor get richer, the rich get poorer: The effect of online self-disclosure on social connectedness and well-being is conditional on social anxiety and audience size	6
The effects of age-morphing technology on older adult issue campaigns: The interplay of construal level, perceived probability, and message appeal	6
Internalizing personality traits and coping motivations for gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel mediation analysis	6
“Hang in there mama!” The role of online parenting forums in maternal mental health	6
Is that Insta worthy? Predicting content sharing behavior on social media through interpersonal goals	6
Problematic use of social media in adolescents or excessive social gratification? The mediating role of nomophobia	6
They shouldn’t be richer than me: How visual wealth exposure on social media increases relative deprivation	6
The longitudinal comorbidity of specific problematic internet use and psychological distress: A cross-lagged panel network analysis	6
Intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation mediate relations between fear of negative evaluation and problematic social media use severity	5
Trust in algorithmic decision-making systems in health: A comparison between ADA health and IBM Watson.	5
Behind the screens: Proposing a mentalization-based theoretical model of problematic Internet use	5
No secrets between the two of us: Privacy concerns over using AI agents.	5
Self-disclosure on social networks: More than a rational decision-making process	5
The psychological impacts of content moderation on content moderators: A qualitative study	5
The sense of responsibility and bystanders’ prosocial behavior in cyberbullying: The mediating role of compassion and the moderating roles of moral outrage and moral disgust	4
Relationship between passion for playing video games and behavioral school engagement: Mediation through time spent playing	4
Fit and fun: Content analysis investigating positive body image dimensions of adolescents’ Facebook images	4
Peer cyber-victimization and addictive phone use: Indirect effects of depression and anxiety among college students	4
Meme-ingful connections: Unleashing the power of memes, GIFs, and emojis in relationship-oriented online communication	4
The temporality and accessibility of message types (TAMT) model: Examining social media message types and the associations between exposure to alcohol and binge drinking	4
Latent profiles of problematic smartphone use severity are associated with social and generalized anxiety, and fear of missing out, among Chinese high school students	4
Social media use does not increase individual-based relative deprivation: Evidence from a five-year RI-CLPM	4
Exploring the dimensionality of Fear of Missing Out: Associations with related constructs	4
You can’t judge me! Virtual observers do not influence moral judgments in virtual environments	4
Dysfunctional risks of the internet and their overlap in the different stages of adolescence	4
Drivers and social effects of the decision to turn on one’s camera during videoconferencing in groups	3
Willingness to self-disclose cyber victimization to friends or parents: Gender differences in cyber victimization a year later	3
Investigating the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship of X and LINE use with online relationship and life satisfaction: A 4-Year cohort study among Japanese adults	3

The use of artificial intelligence in mental health services in Turkey: What do mental health professionals think?	3
Problematic TikTok use severity, self-control, and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study	3
Association between social network sites use and mental illness: A meta-analysis	3
Until the shaken snowglobe settles: Feeling unsettled when using social media during COVID-19	3
Does the mere presence of smartphones impact cognition in the high school classroom?	3
Online dating apps and the association with emotional reactions: A survey on the motivations, compulsive use, and subjective online success of Chinese young adults in online dating	3
Servant by default? How humans perceive their relationship with conversational AI	3
“It's just more complicated!”: Experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities when navigating digital sexual fields	3
Big Five personality dimensions and disintegration as antecedents of vertical and horizontal internet privacy concerns	3
Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents	3
Working conditions and cybersecurity: Time pressure, autonomy and threat appraisal shaping employees’ security behavior	3
Motives for using social networks and social network addiction in a time of pandemic	3
Why do we trust in online reviews? Integrative literature review and future research directions	2
Active and passive selfie-related behaviors: Implications for body image, self-esteem and mental health	2
Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation	2
Facebook, social comparison and happiness: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	2
Understanding the intention to donate online in the Chinese context: The influence of norms and trust	2
Longitudinal relationships between ideal body short-form video exposure, self-objectification, and preference for muscularity in a partner among Chinese young women	2
Moral disengagement mechanisms predict cyber aggression among emerging adults	2
Family communication patterns and internet addiction among Iranian female high school students: The mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction	2
Can mediated communication moderate the relationship between being in isolation and quarantine for COVID-19 and loneliness?	2
Bystanders’ perceptions on online hate speech: Investigating the effects of perpetrators’ justifications and the bystander’s role on bystanders’ attitude and prosocial intervention intentions	2
Exploring the effects of personal and situational factors on cyber aggression	2
Effects of social comparison direction, comparison distance, and message framing on health behavioral intention in online support groups	2
Not so ephemeral after all: Longitudinal associations between emerging adults' engagement with ephemeral social media features, production stress, and social capital	2
Instant messaging and relationship satisfaction across different ages and cultures	2
From restrictions to awareness: Examining the varied relationship between mediation strategies and parental awareness of adolescents online sexual experiences across age groups	2
Understanding how best to host livestream shopping shows: The perspectives of persuasion and parasocial phenomena	2
The impact of nomophobia and smartphone presence on fluid intelligence and attention	2
Impressions matter more than privacy: The moderating roles of affordances in the relation between social anxiety and online safety-seeking behaviors	2