OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology & Sexuality 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Workplace harassment as a moderator of sexual minority employees’ minority stress and psychological distress	53
Understanding the distribution of recent deliberate self-harm among young LGBTQ+ australians	34
Developing and piloting an online articulated thoughts in simulated situations (ATSS) paradigm to explore drinking to cope among sexual minorities	22
A consequence of tradition: the influence of heteronormativity on the lived realities of gay and bisexual men in Kenya	21
Asexual individuals report high preferences for femininity in male and female faces	19
Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults	15
Compassion and gender diversity: evaluation of an online compassion-focused therapy group in a gender service	13
Self-compassion as a mediator of the relationship between social support and identity affirmation in sexual minority adults	13
The virility-fertility tradeoff: effects of fatherhood on (precarious) masculinity, sexual esteem, and sexual depression	12
Self-injury in young bisexual people: a micro-longitudinal investigation (SIBL) of rumination and binegativity on non-suicidal self-injury	12
“When men were men”: the effects of Gender Nostalgia on bias against trans men and women	11
‘You would be able to relate to me if you let me talk. I promise, I’m not so different’ . An interpretative phenomenological analysis of lesbian women’s experiences of talki	11
A sexual empowerment process predicting heterosexual women’s sexual pleasure	10
Sexual-specific disgust sensitivity mechanisms in homonegativity and transnegativity; the mediating role of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)	10
Measuring sexual self-concept: a methodological review	10
Identity and belonging of LGBTQ+ SWANA young adults in Australia: a qualitative study	9
Behavioural responses to SOGIE-based harassment among university students: a qualitative study on bystander intervention in the Philippines	8
‘You’re straight until proven gay’ – a qualitative exploration of identity development among gay men who have ‘come-out’ as ‘late bloomers’	8
Parameters of masturbation: effects of gender and sexual orientation	8
Associations between subcategories of disgust sensitivity and homonegativity: examining intergroup contact as a moderator	8
Ideological beliefs and gender essentialism: relations to individual and normative opposition to same-sex parent families	8
Exploring the prevalence and characteristics of self-labelled identity, coping, and mental health among BDSM-practicing adults in the United States	6
Systematic review of queer and minority identities in romantic relationships research	6
A “social cure” for minority stress? Individual and collective identity strategies on the mental health outcomes of lesbian and gay people	6
What the hell are you doing? A PRISMA systematic review of psychosocial precursors of slut-shaming in adolescents and young adults	5

The investment model of commitment: examining asexual and aromantic populations using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis	5
Closeness and distance: relationships and sexuality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	5
For sex, ulterior motives or relief: a latent profile analysis of individuals who sext their relationship partner(s)	5
Prejudice against gender and sexual diversity among soldiers of the Brazilian army	5
Pain characteristics, sexual script flexibility, and penetration control cognitions in those experiencing anodyspareunia	5
The impact of transgender minority stress and emotion regulation on suicidality and self-harm	5
Is the sexual sensation seeking scale a reliable instrument? addressing multiple factor structures in a Colombian sample	5
A qualitative double perspective investigation of the psychosocial implications of discrimination and coping strategies of gay men in Tunisia	4
Ambiguity tolerance and desire to practice or actual involvement in various types of consensual non-monogamy	4
Development and validation of a measure of attitudes towards sex doll ownership	4
Why men don’t say no: sexual compliance and gender socialization in heterosexual men	4
Motives for security and sexual activity among single individuals at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic	4
The moderating role of ambivalent sexism in the relationship between multidimensional heterosexism and attitudes towards same-sex parenting: an exploratory analysis with clinical implications	4
The integration of queer-related curriculum in psychology training in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a survey with programme directors	4
Examining the orgasm gap in a diverse sample with mixed methods	4
Kinky volunteers: unpacking dungeon monitor motivations, roles, and social dynamics in semi-public BDSM venues in the United States	4
Collective resistance as a means to healing. A narrative participatory study with sexual minority refugee & asylum-seeking people	4
Narrative processing of anti-LGBTQ+ victimisation: exploring themes of redemption and meaning	4
“You know, they’re the safe space to go home to” : exploring psychological mechanisms underlying companionships between animals and LGBTQA+ Australians	4
Fat fuckers and fat fucking: a feminine ethic of care in sex therapy	3
‘The short answer is just that they’re fun’: recreational fear and queer joy in haunted attractions	3
Is it easier to explore one’s identity as a minority? Determinants of neurodivergence and queerness acceptance	3
Associations with LGBTQ+ mental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Transgender and gender expansive emerging adults: the moderating role of thwarted belongingness on mental health	3
Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men’s anal fisting	3
Lay theories of decreasing homophobia in the UK among an older heterosexual cohort	3
‘An impossible dream’? Non-binary people’s perceptions of legal gender status and reform in the UK	3
To feel safe inside and out: The effect of self-compassion and social safeness underlie the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline features in sexual minority adults	3
Different impacts of traditional bullying and cyberbullying in Chinese LGB adolescents and young adults: a moderated mediation analysis	3
Fear of being single moderates the link between relationship status and psychological or sexual well-being	3
Sexual consent attitudes mediate gender differences in responsibility attributions for a heterosexual date rape scenario	3