OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Black Psychology 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness WilsonD. J. (2023). Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness. Ubuntu Publishing. 257 pp. $30.99 (paperback)	24
Book Review: Solution to Double Consciousness and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man	20
Correlates of Psychological Distress Among African American Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	19
Beyond Code of the Street and Psychopathic Features: Black Masculinity and Self-Compassion	19
W. Curtis Banks: The Second Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	15
It’s More Than Skin-Deep: Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Skin Tone Satisfaction, and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women	13
Racialized Traumatic Media and Black Young Adults’ Health: The Moderating Relationship of Race-Based Traumatic Stress and Black Lives Matter Support	13
Black Identity in Action: Examining Ethnic and Racial Identity, Racial Discrimination, and Collective Action Among Black Individuals	13
Fifty Years (1974–2024) of the Journal of Black Psychology: A Brief History and Reflection of Its Significance	13
Seeing One Another: The Creation of the Sawubona Healing Circles	12
Processes Underlying Black American Emerging Adults’ Mental Health: Examining the Roles of Mental Health Literacy, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Self-Care	12
In This Together? Exploring Moderating and Mediating Effects of Shared Racial Fate on the Predictive Role of Racial Socialization and Discrimination on Black Activism	12
Trauma, Help-Seeking, and the Strong Black Woman	11
Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women	10
African-Centered Spirituality as a Buffer of Psychological Symptoms Related to Specific Forms of Racism for African Americans	9
Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males	9
Sankofa: Using Topic Models to Review the History of the Journal of Black Psychology	8
“The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother”: Black Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Intergenerational and Bidirectional Racial Socialization	8
‘It Just Feels Like an Invasion’: Black First-Episode Psychosis Patients’ Experiences With Coercive Intervention and Its Influence on Help-Seeking Behaviours	7
A Legacy of Sacred Spaces: Translating Contributions of Black Women in Psychology to Culturally Informed Clinical Practices at Predominantly White Institutions	7
Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Motivation: Examining the Antecedent Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Stereotype Threat Among African American STEM Majors	7
Attentional Control Moderates the Relationship Between Race-Related Stress and Emotion Dysregulation in a Highly Trauma-Exposed Population of Black Women	6
Associations Between Family Factors, Social Integration, and Suicidal Ideation Across the Life Course of an Urban African American Cohort	6
Seeing Black Girls in Their Glory: Cultivating Spaces that Facilitate Black Girls’ Psychological Safety	6
“Hard to Remember, then Hard to Forget”: A Qualitative Exploration into the Attitudes and Lived Experiences of Black People With Black Names	6

Book Review: Healing as Liberation: A Review of Prentis Hemphill’s What It Takes to Heal, Through a Black Psychological Lens Healing as Liberation: A Review of Prentis Hemphill’s What It Takes to Heal	6
Black Students’ Mental Help-Seeking Processes During College Matriculation	6
Stay out of the Sun: Exploring African American College Women’s Thoughts on the Dynamics Between Colorism and Sun-related Behavior	6
Black Love, Activism, and Community (BLAC): The BLAC Model of Healing and Resilience	5
The Relationship Between Africentrism, Mental Health Outcomes, and Academic Self-Concept Among Black College Students	5
Experiences of Black Women Understanding Racial Microaggressions and Identifying Replenishing Healing Practices	5
My Journey as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	5
“I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening	4
“They Do Us Wrong”: Bringing Together Black Adolescent Girls’ Voices on School Staff’s Differential Treatment	4
Special Issue on Black Youth Suicide and Beyond	4
Divine Direction: How Religion and Spirituality Inform Political Efficacy and Critical Action Among Black Emerging Adult Women	4
Body Satisfaction and Disordered Eating Among Black Women Student Athletes: An Examination of Resilience, Self-Compassion, and Social Support	4
Peer Ethnicity as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Ethnic Identity and Body Appreciation in Black College-Aged Women	4
Lawyering While Black: Perceived Stress as a Mediator of Impostor Feelings, Race-Related Stress and Mental Health Among Black Attorneys	3
Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health Among Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Meta-synthesis	3
A Past Editor’s Retrospective and Future Perspectives on the Journal of Black Psychology: The Third Editor of the Journal	3
Black/Africana Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stressors and the Role of Support	3
Growing but Not Grown: Adolescent Black Girls’ Reasoning About a Hypothetical and Challenging Social Situation	3
Vicarious Experiences with Police Violence: Examining Psychosocial Factors that Predict Black Individuals’ Negative Affect and Intentions to Engage in Collective Action	3
Special Issue Call for Papers: Black Men and Mental Health	3
COVID-19 Pandemic and Education: Nigerian Parents’ Approach and Perception of Children’s Education Based on Socioeconomic Indicators	3
Identifying Risk and Protective Factors in Research on Mental Health and Black American Adolescents: 1990 Through 2022	3
The Influence of Gendered Racial Identity Centrality on Gendered Racism and Identity Shifting Among Black Undergraduate Women at a HBCU	3
Sociocultural Factors Related to COVID Vaccine Status in African Americans	2
A Psychological, Historical Analysis of Post-Slavery Trauma and Post-Slavery Growth: Are They Viable Constructs?	2
Ethical Standards of Black Psychologists: Revised 2021	2
Racial Identity Moderates Cultural Congruence and Healthy Eating Intentions in Black Emerging Adults	2
Half-Connecting Theory: Developing African Psychology Theory in a “Radical Beginnings” Direction	2
(Un)availability of Social Provisions and the Framing of Loneliness by Black Older Adults in Canada: A Qualitative Narrative Study	2
Conceptualizations of Effective Parenting: Perspectives of Religious Counselors in Ghana	2
A Content Analysis of Cultural Mistrust Among African Americans in Therapy Settings	2
Attachment Neuroscience and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nonviolence Philosophy: Implications for the 21st Century and Beyond	2
Experiences of Black Men: Forms of Masculinity and Effects on Psychological Help-Seeking Variables	2
A Single-Session Wellness Initiative for Black College Women: Integrating Expressive Arts, Spirituality, and Political Resistance	1
Racial Regard and Physical Health Among Low-Income Black Caregivers of Children With and Without Asthma	1
The Strong Black Woman Concept: Associated Demographic Characteristics and Perceived Stress Among Black Women	1
An Exploratory Examination of the Ubiquity of the “Strong Black Woman” Schema	1
End of the Year: 50th Anniversary Reflections	1
Exploring the Experiences of Black Men Through the Decision-Making Process in Secure Settings: A Qualitative Study	1
The Association of Sleep Disturbance, Depression, and Kin Social Support With the College Adjustment of African American Students: A Moderated Mediation Model	1
Life Stressors and Mental Well-Being: Experiences of African American Women Navigating Perinatal Loss and Pregnancy Subsequent to Loss	1
Black Parents’ Rationales for Using Specific Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices With Their Young Children	1
Racial Regard and Internalizing Symptoms Among Black Youth: Indirect Effects Through Expressive Suppression	1
The Strong Black Woman Schema and Mental Health: Examining the Role of Personal Mastery	1
COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors and Black Mothers’ Mental Health	1
Black Women’s Sexual Assertiveness and Satisfaction: The Role of the Superwoman Schema	1
Black Racial Identity, Perceived Support, and Mental Health Within Dyadic Relationships	1
Siasa na Jamii: Pressing Social Concerns and Civic Engagement Among Secondary School Students in Tanzania	1
Black Women’s Body Image: Implications for Identity Formation and Well-Being	1
“They Need to Hear Our Voices”: A Multidimensional Framework of Black College Women’s Sociopolitical Development and Activism	1