OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Youth & Society 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Private Tutoring, Sleep Time, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Students in China	30
The Transition to In-Person Schooling Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Among Latinx Adolescents	25
Mechanisms of Driving Adolescents’ Adjustment in Behavior: A Developmental Systems Approach	16
Sexual Minority Status and Academic Achievement During the Transition to Adolescence Among Youth With Childhood Conduct Problems	16
Attachments or Affiliations? The Impact of Social Media on the Quality of Peer Relationships—A Qualitative Study Among Norwegian High School Students	14
Adolescents as Citizen Scientists: Insights Into Their Exposure to Social Media Influencers’ Socio-Political Content	13
Latinx Adolescent Perspectives on the Effects of United States Immigration Policy on Wellbeing	13
Exploring the Multidimensions of Wellbeing that Latinx Youth Experienced When they Engaged in Critical Action Toward Anti-Immigrant Politics	13
Sexting Behavior Predictors Vary With Addressee and the Explicitness of the Sexts	13
A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats: Gentrification, Racial Turnover, and Youth Educational Outcomes	12
TikTok Too Much? A Qualitative Investigation of Adolescent TikTok Use, Motivation, and Consequences	12
Romantic Attachment Security, Emotional Management, and Family Bond in Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence	12
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Race/Ethnicity, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students	11
Disinterested and Disillusioned? Information and Political Engagement Practices of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds	11
From “Learn to Return” to “Learn to Leave”: How Urbanization Shapes the Socialization Process of Chinese Rural Youth	10
Youth Mental Health Help-Seeking Information Needs and Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Posts	9
Childhood Housing Trajectories and Risk for Housing Insecurity in the Transition to Adulthood	9
Adolescents’ Value Orientations: A Person-Centered Latent Profile Analysis	9
Comparing the Depressive Health Profiles Among U.S. Adolescents Who Have Been School Disciplined and School Policed: A Person-Centered Approach	9
From Context to Perception to Behavior: Predicting Delinquency With the Parental Support-Perceived Parental Competence Cross-Lag	9
Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors	8
Distal and Proximal Stressors Associated With Substance Use among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: The Influence of Race	7
How I Make It Through: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Black High School Males in a Predominantly White Community	7
Active Citizens and Passive Learning: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on Citizenship Education Across England and Wales	7
Bidirectional Associations Between Perceived Social Support and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Lower Secondary School	7

Relations Between Developmental Assets and Youth Gun Violence	7
High School Extracurriculars and Altruistic Behavior in Crises: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
School-Based Discrimination and Social-Emotional Learning Among Latinx Youth: The Moderating Role of School Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	7
Settings Matter: Examining the Association Between Social Class Discrimination in and Out-of-School, Tobacco Use, and Nicotine Vaping Among Adolescents	7
“It Makes Them Want to Suffer in Silence Rather Than Risk Facing Ridicule”: Youth Perspectives on Mental Health Stigma	7
“I Feel Like You Don’t Need Dysphoria to be Trans.”: Emerging Understandings of Gender Dysphoria Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	7
Welcome to a New Chapter for Youth & Society	6
Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context	6
A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout	6
Discrimination and Risky Health Behaviors: Examining the Association between Sources of Gender Discrimination and Tobacco Use Among Adolescent Girls	6
Does the Student Human Rights Ordinance Make a Difference for Schools and Students? Evidence from South Korea	6
The Association Between Parenting by Lying on Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents: The Perspective of Cognitive-Behavioral Model	6
“It’s Like Getting Someone Who’s Been Hit by a Car to Run a Speed Awareness Course”: How Young Activists in the UK Make Sense of Personal, Collective and Institutional Agency	6
Mediation Analysis of Internalized Homophobia, Self-esteem and Mental Health in Adolescent Sexual Minority Men: A Repeated Measures Study	6
Different Motivations for Mobile Media Use Show Distinct Links to Adolescent Depression Through Academic Self-Concept and Prosocial Behavior	6
Digital Use, Adolescent Mental Health, and Gender: Associations and Pathways Between Digital Engagement and Youth Depressive Symptoms	5
The Age of the Smartphone: An Analysis of Social Predictors of Children’s Age of Access and Potential Consequences Over Time	5
The Effects of Body Image and Physical Fitness on Academic Performance of Chinese Adolescent: A Mediating Role of Mental Health	5
Intersectional Learning: How Black and Latinx Boys Learn About Power and Difference	5
Cyberbullying and PIU Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Association With Adolescents Relationships	5
Adolescent Perceptions of Teen Suicide: Implications from Focus Groups	5
What’s Past Is Prologue: Disciplinary History and Racial Disparities in School Suspension	5
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence: Examining Math Interest, Science Interest, and STEM Identity at Informal Science Learning Sites	5
Chinese Adolescents’ Belief in a Just World: Social Class and Age Disparities	5
Contributions of Violence Exposure and Traumatic Stress Symptoms to Physical Health Outcomes in Incarcerated Adolescents	5
From Adolescence to Adulthood: Examining Future Orientation Trajectories and Their Influencing Factors Among Serious Juvenile Offenders	5
Fear of Missing Out and Sexting Among Adolescents: Risk Behaviors and Mental Health Outcomes	5
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emerging Adults’ Education and Employment	5
Rehabilitating Beyond Walls: The Role of Informal Spaces in Formal Programs among Young Rehabilitators	4
“They Slow Me Down”: Peer Relationships, School Fights, and the Criminalization of Black Adolescent Development Through School Discipline Policies	4
Addressing Students’ Educational Aspirations Through Information Provision: Evidence From Ecuador	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Wellbeing of Young Australian Sport and Physical Activity Participants	4
Navigating Intersectionality and Positionality Within Black and Latinx Youth Organizing Spaces	4
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Adolescent Social Network Positions and Lifetime Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence	4
Pathways from School Belonging to Problematic Online Game Use among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Emotional Symptoms and the Moderating Role of Physical Exercise	4
Assessing Longitudinal Impacts of Mentor Role on Youth Outcomes	4
Cyber-Ostracism, Depression, and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	4
Adolescents’ Psychological Resilience in the Context of Self-Control and Psychological Needs: A Qualitative Study	4
A Sociological Approach to the Adolescent Pregnant in Low-Income Population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina	4
From Nature to Nurture: How Does Environmental Education Link With Adolescent Problem Behaviors Through Nature Connectedness and Self-Control	4
Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal	4
Fostering Youth-Enabling Environments: A Participatory Affordance-Capability Framework for the Development and Use of Youth-Engaged Environmental Assessments	4
The Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Problematic Social Media Use	4
Anime, Apps, and Hormones: Transgender Adolescents Navigating Identity in Contemporary China	4
Civic Participation and Meaning in Life: Similarities and Differences Across Diverse Youth	4
Do You Know What Fake News Is? An Exploration of and Intervention to Increase Youth’s Fake News Literacy	4
The Adolescent Self-System and Academic Achievement: Youth Predictors of College Enrollment	3
Shifting Culture and Minds: Immigrant-Origin Youth Building Critical Consciousness on Social Media	3
Exploring the Situational Contexts of Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Adolescent Suicidality: A Partial Test of Minority Stress Theory	3
Exploring Profiles of Adolescent Contributions: A Person-Centered Approach Within the 7C Model of Positive Youth Development	3

Does Gender Matter? The Mediating Role of Gender Attitudes on the Associations Between Grandparenting Styles and Adolescent Depression Among Skipped-Generation Families in Rural China	3
A Sense of Security and Cohesion: Exploring Social Support and Mental Health in Adolescence	3
Social Interaction Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Rural-Urban Adolescents in China: A Moderated Moderated-Mediation Model	3
An Examination of Ecological Factors Predicting Depressed Mood Among Adolescents	3
Promotive Factors Within Neighborhood, Family, and School Contexts for Adolescents Living in an Urban, High-Burden Community	3
Wealth and Health: On the Relationship Between Housing Prices and Children’s Mental Health	3
Latent Profile Analysis of Excessive Internet Use in Adolescents: Gender-Specific Pathways to Depression Through Loneliness	3
Frequency of Adequate Sleep and Different Forms of Delinquency Across Adolescence: Evidence From Nationally Representative Samples of Youth	3
What Helps Muslim American Youth to Thrive? The Role of Maternal Promotion of Volitional Functioning and Religiosity in their Civic Engagement	3
Moderated Mediating Effects of Earthquake Experiences of Adolescents in the Relationship between Hope, Meaning in Life and Gratitude	3
The Relationship Between Financial Hardships and the Development of Risk-Taking Behaviors: The Protective Role of Extracurricular Activities	3
Effect of Paternal Emotional Warmth on Attitudes Toward Political Symbols: A Serial Mediating Model	2
Initiating an Intrauterine Device: How Adolescent and Young Adult Women Exercise Autonomy in the Decision-Making Process	2
The Associations of Sociocultural Pressure, Emotional States, Self-control, and Emotional Eating in Adolescents	2
The Impact of Cyberbullying Victimization on Cyberbullying Among Chinese Junior High School Students: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model	2
Experiences and Perspectives of Kosova Youth Across Learning Contexts	2
“No One is Going to Listen to a Bunch of Kids”: Youth Requests for Radical Listening and Epistemic Justice	2
Smartphone Dependency, Happiness, and Social Class Awareness Among Middle School Students in South Korea	2
Parental Psychological Control and Adolescents’ Boredom: The Mediating Roles of Core Self-Evaluation and Achievement Motivation and the Moderating Role of Teacher Autonomy Support	2
The Problematization of Violence Against Trans and Gender-Diverse People: Gender-Bashing and its Structural Relations With Cis-Heteronormativity in Spanish Adolescents	2
Examining the Role of School and Neighborhood Disorder in Early Adolescents’ Future Orientation Development	2
Gendered Youth Time Use in Southeast Asia: A Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Cross-Cohort Comparison	2
Beyond Voice and Advocacy: Participatory Narrative Re-imagination Among Former Child Soldiers in Colombia	2
Popularity Goals and Bullying Behaviors Among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Roles of Popularity Status and Cognitive Empathy	2
Sticks and Stones May Break Bones, But Racism Breaks Spirits: Discrimination and BIPOC Adolescent Mental Health	2
Relationships Among Romantic Myths, Tolerant Attitudes Toward Abuse, and Teen Dating Violence Victimization: The Moderator Role of Gender	2
Analysis of Police Intake Data of First-Time and Repeat Runaway Youth	2
“Being Open About Struggle”: Youth Practices and Perspectives on Resilience	2
Poverty Stifles Ambition: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Fairness in the Future Orientation of Adolescents from Financially Disadvantaged Families	2
Association Between Bullying Victimization Experience and Self-Esteem of Multicultural Youth in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Social Support Profiles	2
The Multicultural Politics of Opportunity: A Comparative Analysis of the Occupational Aspirations of Immigrant Adolescents	2
From ACEs to Action: Optimism as a Mediator of Justice System Involvement in Late Adolescence	2
“It Goes under the Radar!”: In/Visibility of Anti-Asian Racism from a Canadian Youth Perspective	2
The Impacts of Firearm Violence Exposure on Youth in the U.S: Building the Evidence and the Solutions	2
A Latent Profile Analysis of the Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexting Experiences among Canadian Adolescents	1
School Burnout and Emotional and Psychological Well-Being in Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Resilience and Hope	1
Physical Disabilities in Adolescence and Educational Attainment in Adulthood: The Mediating Role of Expectations, Discipline, and School Relationships	1
Parental Autonomy Support Prevent Digital Addiction by Reducing Adolescents’ Negative Identity Perceptions? A Longitudinal Study	1
The Role of School Context Factors for Gender Role Attitudes: General and Differential Associations Between Female and Male Adolescents	1
The Role of Protective Factors in Moderating the Association Between Racism and Suicidal Ideation or Depression Among Rural Black Youth: A Scoping Review	1
Settling In: The Role of Immigrant Generation in School, Anxiety, and Peer-Related Acculturation Challenges for Seventh Grade Students	1
Network Brokerage and Self-Rated Popularity Among Lao School-Based Children: Findings From Primary Survey Data	1
Residential Racial Segregation and Youth Firearm Aggression: Neighborhood Disadvantage and Exposure to Violence as Mediators	1
Long-term Effects of Material Deprivation on Family Relationships Among Disadvantaged Young People	1
Longitudinal Relationships Between Financial Stress, Career Related Optimism, and Psychological Distress During Emerging Adulthood in Australia	1
Identifying Father Involvement Profiles Among Chinese Rural Children Using Latent Profile Analysis: The Relations to Depressive Symptoms and the Moderating Role of Parental Relationship	1
Parental Control, Peer Relationship Quality, Depression and Aggression: In Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Approach	1
“Powerless, But Not Helpless”: Exploring critical consciousness among adolescents in Germany	1
Happy or Unhappy? Mental Health Correlates of Receiving Sexts and Unsolicited Sexual Images	1
“You are the Father”: Investigating the Relationship Between Adolescent Fatherhood and Suicide Attempt	1
Self-Esteem Mediates the Effect of Yoga-Induced Mindfulness on Adolescents’ Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Pro-Social Behavior	1
Exploring Culturally Adaptive Definitions and Measurement of Positive Youth Development among Second-generation Chinese American Youth: A Qualitative Study	1
Understanding the Impact of Context on Ambition: Gender Role Conformity Negatively Influences Adolescent Boys’ Ambition Scores in an Educational Context	1
The Costs of Caring: Navigating Material Challenges When Adults Informally Host Youth Facing Homelessness	1
Patterns of Adolescent Peer Affiliation among Youth At-Risk of Maltreatment	1
Farewell Editorial	1
Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Adolescent Cannabis Use in Washington State	1
The Intervention Effect of Online Mindfulness Training in Alleviating Youths’ Test Anxiety	1
Young People’s Recommendations for Accessible, Engaging, and Relevant COVID-19 Research Communication in Australia	1
The Association of Substance Use Before Sex and Condomless Sex: The Moderating Effects of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Perceived Sex Approval, and HIV/STI Risk Perception Among Youth	1
The Link Between Bullying Victimization, Maladjustment, Self-Control, and Bullying: A Comparison of Traditional and Cyberbullying Perpetrator	1
Harsh Fathering Longitudinally Predicts Adolescents’ Internet Gaming Addiction via Unfulfilled Psychological Need	1
Examination of the Relationship Between Daily Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Marijuana Use Among Black Youth: Does the Location of the Perception Matters?	1
On Outness: Validity Evidence of the Outness Inventory for Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adolescents	1
Exploring Key Factors and Conceptualizations for Well-Being in Lower Secondary Education: Embracing Student Voices in the Well-Being Debate	1
Exploring Associations of Positive Relationships and Adolescent Well-Being Across Cultures	1
Pressure to Attend a Prestigious College: High School Students and Parents’ Differing Definitions of Success	1
Relations Between Violence Exposure and Gun Carriage: Identifying Protective Factors Among African American Youth Living in Low-Income Urban Communities	1
From Vision to Reality: A Descriptive Analysis of Adolescents’ and Perceived Mothers’ Aspirations for Higher Education	1
Social Interaction Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use: The Mediating Roles of Self-concept Clarity and Mood Regulation in Chinese Adolescents	1
Effects of the Internet Access Environment on Utilization of Tele-Rehabilitation for Adolescents With Visual or Hearing Disabilities	1
“We Know About Things Too”: Exploring the Labors of Love Involved in Cultivating Youth Voice in Online Youth Civic Engagement Programs With Youth of Color	1
Does Civic Education in Secondary School have an Impact on Political Interest of Grade 8 Students? Evidence from NEPS	1