OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Youth & Society is 4. 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
Sexual Minority Status and Academic Achievement During the Transition to Adolescence Among Youth With Childhood Conduct Problems	35
Exploring the Multidimensions of Wellbeing that Latinx Youth Experienced When they Engaged in Critical Action Toward Anti-Immigrant Politics	28
The Transition to In-Person Schooling Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Among Latinx Adolescents	25
Attachments or Affiliations? The Impact of Social Media on the Quality of Peer Relationships—A Qualitative Study Among Norwegian High School Students	19
Private Tutoring, Sleep Time, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Students in China	18
Mechanisms of Driving Adolescents’ Adjustment in Behavior: A Developmental Systems Approach	15
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Race/Ethnicity, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students	14
Latinx Adolescent Perspectives on the Effects of United States Immigration Policy on Wellbeing	13
Romantic Attachment Security, Emotional Management, and Family Bond in Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence	12
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
From “Learn to Return” to “Learn to Leave”: How Urbanization Shapes the Socialization Process of Chinese Rural Youth	11
Sexting Behavior Predictors Vary With Addressee and the Explicitness of the Sexts	11
From Context to Perception to Behavior: Predicting Delinquency With the Parental Support-Perceived Parental Competence Cross-Lag	10
Comparing the Depressive Health Profiles Among U.S. Adolescents Who Have Been School Disciplined and School Policed: A Person-Centered Approach	10
Childhood Housing Trajectories and Risk for Housing Insecurity in the Transition to Adulthood	10
Youth Mental Health Help-Seeking Information Needs and Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Posts	9
Academic Self-esteem as a Buffer Between Negative Youth Experiences and Academic Achievement in African American Adolescents	9
Disinterested and Disillusioned? Information and Political Engagement Practices of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds	9
“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	8
Relations Between Developmental Assets and Youth Gun Violence	8
“It Makes Them Want to Suffer in Silence Rather Than Risk Facing Ridicule”: Youth Perspectives on Mental Health Stigma	8
Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors	8
High School Extracurriculars and Altruistic Behavior in Crises: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Introduction to the Special Issue: European Rural NEETs: A Snapshot	7

Active Citizens and Passive Learning: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on Citizenship Education Across England and Wales	7
“I Feel Like You Don’t Need Dysphoria to be Trans.”: Emerging Understandings of Gender Dysphoria Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	7
Bidirectional Associations Between Perceived Social Support and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Lower Secondary School	7
Distal and Proximal Stressors Associated With Substance Use among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: The Influence of Race	7
Discrimination and Risky Health Behaviors: Examining the Association between Sources of Gender Discrimination and Tobacco Use Among Adolescent Girls	7
School-Based Discrimination and Social-Emotional Learning Among Latinx Youth: The Moderating Role of School Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	7
Mediation Analysis of Internalized Homophobia, Self-esteem and Mental Health in Adolescent Sexual Minority Men: A Repeated Measures Study	6
Contributions of Violence Exposure and Traumatic Stress Symptoms to Physical Health Outcomes in Incarcerated Adolescents	6
The Association Between Parenting by Lying on Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese Adolescents: The Perspective of Cognitive-Behavioral Model	6
A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout	6
Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context	6
From Adolescence to Adulthood: Examining Future Orientation Trajectories and Their Influencing Factors Among Serious Juvenile Offenders	6
Adolescent Perceptions of Teen Suicide: Implications from Focus Groups	5
A Sociological Approach to the Adolescent Pregnant in Low-Income Population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina	5
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emerging Adults’ Education and Employment	5
The Age of the Smartphone: An Analysis of Social Predictors of Children’s Age of Access and Potential Consequences Over Time	5
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence: Examining Math Interest, Science Interest, and STEM Identity at Informal Science Learning Sites	5
Fear of Missing Out and Sexting Among Adolescents: Risk Behaviors and Mental Health Outcomes	5
Cyberbullying and PIU Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Association With Adolescents Relationships	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	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
Rehabilitating Beyond Walls: The Role of Informal Spaces in Formal Programs among Young Rehabilitators	4
Fostering Youth-Enabling Environments: A Participatory Affordance-Capability Framework for the Development and Use of Youth-Engaged Environmental Assessments	4
Chinese Adolescents’ Belief in a Just World: Social Class and Age Disparities	4
Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal	4
From Nature to Nurture: How Does Environmental Education Link With Adolescent Problem Behaviors Through Nature Connectedness and Self-Control	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Wellbeing of Young Australian Sport and Physical Activity Participants	4
Cyber-Ostracism, Depression, and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	4
Do You Know What Fake News Is? An Exploration of and Intervention to Increase Youth’s Fake News Literacy	4
Civic Participation and Meaning in Life: Similarities and Differences Across Diverse Youth	4
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Adolescent Social Network Positions and Lifetime Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence	4
Navigating Intersectionality and Positionality Within Black and Latinx Youth Organizing Spaces	4
“They Slow Me Down”: Peer Relationships, School Fights, and the Criminalization of Black Adolescent Development Through School Discipline Policies	4
The Mediation of Family Context and Youth Depressive Symptoms by Adolescent Emotion Regulation	4
Self-Disclosure, Self-concept, and Friendship’s Perceived Functions among Aggressive and Popular Adolescents	4