OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is 3. 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
Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model	42
Phubbing and relational evaluation among college students: A longitudinal study	38
Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies	33
Profiles of bullying, cyberbullying, and disinterest in reading among primary school learners in Spain	24
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	18
Framing adolescent sexting: How media discourses influence parents’ attitudes and practices towards sexting	16
The role of nonverbal communication cues in reducing videoconference fatigue: A comparison of 2D and virtual reality videoconference platforms	16
Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use	16
Identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups on mourning	15
Reducing transphobia with the narratives of transgender YouTubers	15
Reducing HIV public stigma through news information engagement on social media: A multi-method study of the role of state empathy	15
The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts	15
An initial investigation of the role of depressive and anxious syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in adolescence and young adults	14
To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours	14
Adolescents’ ethnic hate speech exposure and ethnic bullying perpetration: The moderating role of tolerance towards diversity and gender	13
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions	12
Childhood risks and problematic smartphone use: Dual processes of life history strategy and psychological distress	12
Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use	11
Digital piracy through the lens of moral intensity and risk perception: A cross-cultural perspective	11
“What can I do as somebody who only knows her through the internet?”: An interview study on the role bystanders play when people make suicidal disclosures on social media	11
User experience of mixed reality applications for healthy ageing: A systematic review	10
Algorithm-mediated social learning and social appearance anxiety in China: Predictors, mediating mechanism, and contextual factors	10
Unveiling the depths of Tinder: Decoding the dark tetrad and sociosexuality in motives behind online dating	9
Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study	9
Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis	9

The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use	9
When feeling positive is being “in the zone”: How challenge optimality causes changes in positive affect and flow	9
(Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults	9
Profiles of problematic social networking site use: A cross-cultural validation of a scale with Spanish and Mexican adolescents	9
What is the post-game depression? A narrative inquiry	8
The effect of neuroticism on problematic smartphone use: A mediation model of self-control for males and females	8
Online stress and offline stress: Uniqueness, differences, and cumulative effect on multiple well-being outcomes	8
How to shop online: The construct and measurement of consumer competency in online shopping	8
Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality	8
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	8
Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying	7
Is undergraduates’ adoption of the Internet of Things rational? The role of risk perception	7
Unraveling the positive and negative roles of positive body-focused social media interactions in adolescents’ body image	7
Double blue ticks: Reframing ghosting as ostracism through an abductive study on affordances	7
How it feels to be “left on read”: Social surveillance on Snapchat and young individuals’ mental health	7
Instagram Passive Active Use Measure (iPAUM): Development, validation and relation to self-esteem	7
Intrinsic and extrinsic social comparisons in online and offline contexts: An ecological momentary assessment study of associations with wellbeing	7
Can time flow differently if you are a virtual reality newcomer?	7
Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning	7
The association of motives with problematic smartphone use: A systematic review	7
The effect of emotion background on pathological internet users’ comments on online news: Evidence from online text analysis	7
They shouldn’t be richer than me: How visual wealth exposure on social media increases relative deprivation	6
An exploratory study of selfie motivations and their relation to sociability and shyness among youth	6
Internalizing personality traits and coping motivations for gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel mediation analysis	6
Social media as sources of sexual health knowledge: A compensatory or complementary form of education?	6
You teach me and I’ll teach you: The role of social interactions on positivity elicited from playing Pokémon GO	6
Are you always ignoring attitude-challenging messages? Eye-tracking selective exposure on Chinese’ lowly involved news consumption	6
The dark triad and cyber aggression: Testing the longitudinal mediation of moral disengagement and toxic online disinhibition	6
Problematic use of social media in adolescents or excessive social gratification? The mediating role of nomophobia	6
Acceptance and self-protection in government, commercial, and interpersonal surveillance contexts: An exploratory study	6
Is that Insta worthy? Predicting content sharing behavior on social media through interpersonal goals	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
Celebrity appearance-shaming: Innocent bashing forms or reconfirming gender norms? A study into the explanations of adolescents’ celebrity appearance-shaming intentions	5
“Hang in there mama!” The role of online parenting forums in maternal mental health	5
Factors associated with connectedness to social media influencers among Italian and Dutch young adults	5
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	5
The longitudinal comorbidity of specific problematic internet use and psychological distress: A cross-lagged panel network analysis	5
Decoding user disclosure intentions in generative AI: Exploring the influence of system attributes on trust and privacy concerns within the extended technology acceptance model	5
A new look at the relationship between the gamer and the game character: An exploratory study of internal dialogical activity	5
Trust in algorithmic decision-making systems in health: A comparison between ADA health and IBM Watson.	5
Intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation mediate relations between fear of negative evaluation and problematic social media use severity	4
Caught in the daily scroll: How upward social comparison fuels daily anxiety during short video use among Chinese young adults	4
Dysfunctional risks of the internet and their overlap in the different stages of adolescence	4
The psychological impacts of content moderation on content moderators: A qualitative study	4
Peer cyber-victimization and addictive phone use: Indirect effects of depression and anxiety among college students	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
Self-disclosure on social networks: More than a rational decision-making process	4
Social media use does not increase individual-based relative deprivation: Evidence from a five-year RI-CLPM	4
Meme-ingful connections: Unleashing the power of memes, GIFs, and emojis in relationship-oriented online communication	4

Knowledge benefits through work-related social media use: A preregistered measurement burst study	3
Does the mere presence of smartphones impact cognition in the high school classroom?	3
Willingness to self-disclose cyber victimization to friends or parents: Gender differences in cyber victimization a year later	3
Until the shaken snowglobe settles: Feeling unsettled when using social media during COVID-19	3
The use of artificial intelligence in mental health services in Turkey: What do mental health professionals think?	3
Social network usage nature fosters youth sense of identity and life satisfaction: A moderated mediation model analysis	3
Working conditions and cybersecurity: Time pressure, autonomy and threat appraisal shaping employees’ security behavior	3
Fit and fun: Content analysis investigating positive body image dimensions of adolescents’ Facebook images	3
Latent profiles of problematic smartphone use severity are associated with social and generalized anxiety, and fear of missing out, among Chinese high school students	3
You can’t judge me! Virtual observers do not influence moral judgments in virtual environments	3
Big Five personality dimensions and disintegration as antecedents of vertical and horizontal internet privacy concerns	3
Drivers and social effects of the decision to turn on one’s camera during videoconferencing in groups	3
Problematic TikTok use severity, self-control, and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study	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
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	3
Exploring the dimensionality of Fear of Missing Out: Associations with related constructs	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
Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents	3