OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Youth & Society 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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
Mechanisms of Driving Adolescents’ Adjustment in Behavior: A Developmental Systems Approach	21
The Transition to In-Person Schooling Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Among Latinx Adolescents	18
Attachments or Affiliations? The Impact of Social Media on the Quality of Peer Relationships—A Qualitative Study Among Norwegian High School Students	16
Private Tutoring, Sleep Time, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Students in China	15
Sexting Behavior Predictors Vary With Addressee and the Explicitness of the Sexts	13
Disinterested and Disillusioned? Information and Political Engagement Practices of Young People From Disadvantaged Backgrounds	12
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Race/Ethnicity, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students	12
TikTok Too Much? A Qualitative Investigation of Adolescent TikTok Use, Motivation, and Consequences	12
Latinx Adolescent Perspectives on the Effects of United States Immigration Policy on Wellbeing	12
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
From “Learn to Return” to “Learn to Leave”: How Urbanization Shapes the Socialization Process of Chinese Rural Youth	10
From Context to Perception to Behavior: Predicting Delinquency With the Parental Support-Perceived Parental Competence Cross-Lag	9
Relations Between Developmental Assets and Youth Gun Violence	9
Academic Self-esteem as a Buffer Between Negative Youth Experiences and Academic Achievement in African American Adolescents	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	9
Youth Mental Health Help-Seeking Information Needs and Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Posts	9
Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors	9
“I Feel Like You Don’t Need Dysphoria to be Trans.”: Emerging Understandings of Gender Dysphoria Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	8
Bidirectional Associations Between Perceived Social Support and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Lower Secondary School	8
High School Extracurriculars and Altruistic Behavior in Crises: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
“It Makes Them Want to Suffer in Silence Rather Than Risk Facing Ridicule”: Youth Perspectives on Mental Health Stigma	8
Active Citizens and Passive Learning: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perspectives on Citizenship Education Across England and Wales	7

Mediation Analysis of Internalized Homophobia, Self-esteem and Mental Health in Adolescent Sexual Minority Men: A Repeated Measures Study	7
School-Based Discrimination and Social-Emotional Learning Among Latinx Youth: The Moderating Role of School Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	7
Discrimination and Risky Health Behaviors: Examining the Association between Sources of Gender Discrimination and Tobacco Use Among Adolescent Girls	7
Distal and Proximal Stressors Associated With Substance Use among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: The Influence of Race	7
Introduction to the Special Issue: European Rural NEETs: A Snapshot	7
A study Comparing Text-Based WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Interviews to Understand Early School Dropout	6
From Adolescence to Adulthood: Examining Future Orientation Trajectories and Their Influencing Factors Among Serious Juvenile Offenders	6
Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context	6
Contributions of Violence Exposure and Traumatic Stress Symptoms to Physical Health Outcomes in Incarcerated Adolescents	6
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
A Sociological Approach to the Adolescent Pregnant in Low-Income Population of the Gran Mendoza, Argentina	5
Community Gender Norms and Gender Gaps in Adolescent Agency in Nepal	5
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence: Examining Math Interest, Science Interest, and STEM Identity at Informal Science Learning Sites	5
The Age of the Smartphone: An Analysis of Social Predictors of Children’s Age of Access and Potential Consequences Over Time	5
Adolescent Perceptions of Teen Suicide: Implications from Focus Groups	5
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emerging Adults’ Education and Employment	4
Civic Participation and Meaning in Life: Similarities and Differences Across Diverse Youth	4
Rehabilitating Beyond Walls: The Role of Informal Spaces in Formal Programs among Young Rehabilitators	4
The Mediation of Family Context and Youth Depressive Symptoms by Adolescent Emotion Regulation	4
From Nature to Nurture: How Does Environmental Education Link With Adolescent Problem Behaviors Through Nature Connectedness and Self-Control	4
Self-Disclosure, Self-concept, and Friendship’s Perceived Functions among Aggressive and Popular Adolescents	4
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Adolescent Social Network Positions and Lifetime Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence	4
Do You Know What Fake News Is? An Exploration of and Intervention to Increase Youth’s Fake News Literacy	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Wellbeing of Young Australian Sport and Physical Activity Participants	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
Chinese Adolescents’ Belief in a Just World: Social Class and Age Disparities	4
Navigating Intersectionality and Positionality Within Black and Latinx Youth Organizing Spaces	4
Social Norms of Pregnancy and Pregnancy Attitudes Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness	4
“They Slow Me Down”: Peer Relationships, School Fights, and the Criminalization of Black Adolescent Development Through School Discipline Policies	4
The Associations of Sociocultural Pressure, Emotional States, Self-control, and Emotional Eating in Adolescents	3
“Being Open About Struggle”: Youth Practices and Perspectives on Resilience	3
Do Gender-Based Pathways Influence Mental Health? Examining the Linkages Between Early Child Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence, and Psychological Well-being among Young Ethiopian Women (18–24 years	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
The Impact of Education on Youth Employability: The Case of Selected Southeastern European Countries	3
The Adolescent Self-System and Academic Achievement: Youth Predictors of College Enrollment	3
Cyber-Ostracism, Depression, and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	3
Promotive Factors Within Neighborhood, Family, and School Contexts for Adolescents Living in an Urban, High-Burden Community	3
Analysis of Police Intake Data of First-Time and Repeat Runaway Youth	3
Wealth and Health: On the Relationship Between Housing Prices and Children’s Mental Health	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
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
Assessing Longitudinal Impacts of Mentor Role on Youth Outcomes	3
Fostering Youth-Enabling Environments: A Participatory Affordance-Capability Framework for the Development and Use of Youth-Engaged Environmental Assessments	3
A Sense of Security and Cohesion: Exploring Social Support and Mental Health in Adolescence	3
Shifting Culture and Minds: Immigrant-Origin Youth Building Critical Consciousness on Social Media	3

The Problematization of Violence Against Trans and Gender-Diverse People: Gender-Bashing and its Structural Relations With Cis-Heteronormativity in Spanish Adolescents	3
Initiating an Intrauterine Device: How Adolescent and Young Adult Women Exercise Autonomy in the Decision-Making Process	3
Parental Modeling and Normative Influence in Shaping Teenagers’ Phubbing: An Exploratory Study	3
Exploring the Situational Contexts of Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Adolescent Suicidality: A Partial Test of Minority Stress Theory	3
An Examination of Ecological Factors Predicting Depressed Mood Among Adolescents	3
The Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Problematic Social Media Use	3
Social Interaction Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Rural-Urban Adolescents in China: A Moderated Moderated-Mediation Model	3
Addressing Students’ Educational Aspirations Through Information Provision: Evidence From Ecuador	3