OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of British Journal of Clinical 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
Effect of compassion‐focused therapy on self‐criticism and self‐soothing: A meta‐analysis	59
Effects of social anxiety and self‐schemas on the impact and meaningfulness of positive versus negative social autobiographical memories	48
COVID ‐19 and mental health in the UK : Depression, anxiety and insomnia and their associations with persistent physic	35
Conflicted or close: Which relationships to the deceased are associated with loss‐related psychopathology?	31
A comprehensive group‐based cognitive behavioural treatment for blood‐injection‐injury phobia	30
Assessing mentalization in practice: Reliability of the mentalization‐based treatment research adherence and competence scale	29
Autobiographical memories as a window into affect, identity and relationship deficits in borderline personality disorder: A controlled investigation	26
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Treatment experiences of male and female youths with eating disorders	24
Associations between symptoms of prolonged grief disorder and depression and suicidal ideation	21
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Self‐compassion as a mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and psychotic symptoms in clinical and non‐clinical groups	20
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Emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: A longitudinal study disentangling components of flexibility in psychosis‐proneness	19
Are dysfunctional attitudes elevated and linked to mood in bipolar disorder? A systematic review and meta‐analysis	19
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Engagement with services in Black African and Caribbean people with psychosis: The role of social networks, illness perceptions, internalized stigma, and perceived discrimination	18
A new network analysis model in anorexia nervosa patients based on self‐reported eating disorder symptoms, psychological distress, and cognitive flexibility	16
Validation of a transdiagnostic measure of fears of recurrence and progression about mental health conditions	16
Aversive well‐being comparisons in dysphoria and the role of brooding rumination	16
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Differences in the diagnosis and treatment decisions for children in care compared to their peers: An experimental study on post‐traumatic stress dis	16
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Heterogeneous experiences of people with bipolar disorder during euthymia: Profiles of global remission and personal recovery	15
Editorial acknowledgement	15

Aspirational leaders help us change: Ingroup prototypicality enables effective group psychotherapy leadership	13
A single‐session feedback training modifies interpretation bias in individuals with high social anxiety: A randomized controlled trial	12
Subjective cognitive effort mediates the relationship between affective expectations and experienced pleasure in dysphoric and non‐dysphoric individuals	12
The delayed, durable effect of expressive writing on depression, anxiety and stress: A meta‐analytic review of studies with long‐term follow‐ups	12
Mediators of negative content and voice‐related distress in a diverse sample of clinical and non‐clinical voice‐hearers	11
Screening for psychosis risk in primary mental health care services – Implementation, prevalence and recovery trajectories	11
More than Body Appearance! Improving body image in young women through a functionality‐focused intervention combined with psychoeducation: A randomized controlled trial	11
Cumulative sociodemographic disadvantage partially mediates associations between childhood trauma and schizotypy	11
‘School‐based screen‐and‐treat’: An effective blueprint for expediating access to care in children experiencing PTSD following disasters	10
Earthquake exposure, cognitive integration, and psychiatric symptoms in bereavement: A moderated mediation with fulfilling daily activities	10
Predictive modelling of stress, anxiety and depression: A network analysis and machine learning study	10
Generality or specificity? Examining the mechanism of the transdiagnostic associations between different aspects of emotion dysregulation and various anxiety‐related disorders	10
The relationship between repetitive negative thinking, sleep disturbance, and subjective fatigue in women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder	9
The relationship between health worry, work distress, and affective symptoms during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of hopelessness and he	9
Effectiveness of a transdiagnostic emotion regulation training in an at‐risk sample: a randomized‐controlled trial of group‐based training versus self‐help bibliotherapy	9
Associations between posttraumatic cognitions and cannabis cravings among trauma‐exposed individuals using cannabis	9
Improving access to psychological therapies: Analysis of effects associated with remote provision during COVID ‐19	9
Editorial acknowledgement	9
The role of racial discrimination in medical care: A secondary analysis of the effect of culturally tailored, internet‐delivered CBT for insomnia in Black women	9
Social anxiety and accumulation of status loss events: The role of adulthood experiences	9
The enhancing effect of social reward on inhibitory control in smokers: Evidence from behaviour and ERP studies	8
Profiles of beliefs about emotions in treatment‐seeking adults: A person‐centred approach using the emotion beliefs questionnaire	8
Factorial invariance of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition, across the UK, US and Australia & New Zealand	8
An investigation of the dual continua model of mental health in the context of eating disorder symptomatology using latent profile analysis	7
The antecedents and consequences of stereotype threat in Parkinson's disease	7
Predictors of dropout in self‐guided internet‐delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive‐compulsive disorder: An exploratory study	7
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Improving access to psychological intervention in low‐middle income settings: Results from a waitlist‐controlled, proof‐of‐concept trial of the M em	6
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The roles of coalitional threat and safety in paranoia: A network approach	6
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A preliminary study of factors associated with accommodation of obsessive‐compulsive symptoms by romantic partners	6
Internet videoconferencing delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial	6
Fighting against self‐stigma in adults with self‐reported diagnosis of OCD : A single‐arm pilot study using a mobile app‐based intervention	6
Emotion regulation and psychopathology: Investigating differential associations between emotion regulation skills and psychological symptoms using a network approach	5
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Access to best‐evidenced mental health support for care‐experienced young people: Learnings from the implementation of cognitive therapy for PTSD	5
Sex and intelligence quotient differences in age of diagnosis among youth with attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder	5
Home‐based video assessment of children's autism‐related behaviours: Psychometric analysis and linkages with parental responsiveness and context	5
Video feedback parent‐infant intervention for mothers experiencing enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships: A randomised controlled feasibility trial	5
Associations between transient and chronic loneliness, and depression, in the understanding society study	5
The influence of attachment style on support and feedback seeking and depression severity among mothers during the COVID ‐19 pandemic	5
The association between maternal perinatal mental health and perfectionism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Affective and cognitive theory of mind in posttraumatic stress, major depressive, and somatic symptom disorders: Association with childhood trauma	4
How etiological beliefs contribute to the structure of depression symptom networks	4
Psychological well‐being in persons with dementia: The role of caregiver expressed emotion	4
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Threat, safety, safeness and social safeness 30 years on: Fundamental dimensions and distinctions for mental health and well‐being	4
Anhedonia and its sub‐component processes predict clinically significant symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and loneliness in young people	4
Components of emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: The association between psychosis‐proneness and context sensitivity	4

Patient experiences of behavioural therapy for bipolar depression: A qualitative study	4
Sleep dysfunction in social anxiety disorder	4
Is your pain my pain? A study exploring the relation between pain sensitivity, pain thresholds and empathy for somatic and psychological pain	4
Understanding the relationships between parenting, attachment, schemas and psychosis: A serial mediation analysis	4
Toward a causal link between attachment styles and mental health during the COVID ‐19 pandemic	4
Trauma in the courtroom: The role of prior trauma exposure and mental health on stress and emotional responses in jurors	3
A narrative review of factors affecting memory confidence in the context of compulsive checking: A search for evidence‐based potential therapeutic targets to improve memory confidence	3
A preliminary investigation of the relationships between attachment insecurity, fear of compassion, and OCD severity	3
Feared self and morality in obsessive‐compulsive phenomena	3
Comparing survival rates for clusters of depressive symptoms found by Network analysis' community detection algorithms: Results from a prospective population‐based study among 9774 cancer survivors fr	3
How does insecure attachment lead to paranoia? A systematic critical review of cognitive, affective, and behavioural mechanisms	3
Echoes of ease: Tracing the course of obsessive‐compulsive symptoms in the aftermath of a pandemic—Insights from a four‐year panel study	3
‘Not my mess’?: How do supporters of individuals with hoarding difficulties rate the quality of the support they offer?	3
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Interpersonal matching of autistic trait levels in typically developed individuals is associated with spontaneous gaze following and initiation during face‐to‐face social interaction	2
Implementing therapist‐guided internet‐delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder in the UK’s IAPT programme: A pilot trial	2
A pilot study of a brief and scalable psychosocial intervention for children and adolescents following disasters	2
Trauma and social pathways to psychosis: Examining the role of attachment, social rank and dissociation in a clinical sample	2
Developmental profiles of schizotypy in the general population: A record linkage study of Australian children aged 11–12 years	2
Pathways from developmental vulnerabilities in early childhood to schizotypy in middle childhood	2
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Group CBT for men with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who have harmful sexual behaviour	2
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Schematic beliefs, negative affect and paranoia in at‐risk youth	2
Training emotion recognition in depression—An experimental study	2
Using machine learning to increase access to and engagement with trauma‐focused interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder	2
Negative interpretation bias and repetitive negative thinking as mechanisms in the association between insomnia and depression in young adults	2
Reasons for seeking internet‐delivered treatment for individuals with obsessive‐compulsive disorder	2
Epistemic injustice amongst clinical and non‐clinical voice‐hearers: A qualitative thematic analysis study	2
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The ‘revolving door’ of mental illness: A meta‐analysis and systematic review of current versus lifetime rates of psychological disorders	2
Hooked on a memory: How rumination about past positive events might contribute to grandiose ideas?	2
Parenting and psychosis: An experience sampling methodology study investigating the inter‐relationship between stress from parenting and positive psychotic symptoms	2
Acknowledging religion in cognitive behavioural therapy: The effect on alliance, treatment expectations and credibility in a video‐vignette study	2
The impact of anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty on climate change distress, policy support, and pro‐environmental behaviour	2
Specificity of cost and probability biases in social anxiety: Comparing status and belongingness threats	2
A case series study of compassion‐focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis	2
Fluctuations in proximity seeking and paranoia	2
Using sleep to enhance exposure treatment for anxious children: A pilot study	2
Using a short‐term risk assessment and compassion focused staff support groups to reduce restrictive intervention use in a secure mental health service	2
The key components of a clinical psychology formulation: A consensus study	1
Initial evaluation of a therapist‐supported online cognitive therapy self‐help for patients with taboo obsessions	1
Implicit associations with non‐suicidal self‐injury: Examination in a clinical sample by borderline personality symptomatology	1
Experiences of imagery in obsessive‐compulsive disorder: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	1
Do you feel up when you go up? A pilot study of a virtual reality manic‐like mood induction paradigm	1
A systematic review of predictors and moderators of treatment response in psychological interventions for persisting forms of depression	1
Exploring the roles of compassion and post‐traumatic stress disorder on global distress after sexual trauma	1
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A replication and extension of bifactor modelling of perseverative thought in an at‐risk community sample: Exploring sex differences in the structure of PT	1
Listening quality leads to greater working alliance and well‐being: Testing a social identity model of working alliance	1
Sleep disruption and its psychological treatment in young people at risk of psychosis: A peer methods qualitative evaluation	1
Bouldering psychotherapy is not inferior to cognitive behavioural therapy in the group treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial	1
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Predicting optimal treatment allocation for cognitive analytic‐guided self‐help versus cognitive behavioural‐guided self‐help	1
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Applying the cultural adaption framework to the Early Youth Engagement ( EYE ‐2) approach to early intervention in psychosis	1
A systematic review and meta‐ethnography to explore people's experiences of psychotherapy for self‐harm	1
Known‐groups and convergent validity of the theory of mind task battery in children with autism spectrum disorder	1
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Direct and indirect effects of childhood adversity on psychopathology: Investigating parallel mediation via self‐concept clarity, self‐esteem and intolerance of uncertainty	1
Situational, emotional, and individual dispositions to weight gain in people with hoarding problems	1
Early intervention in post‐traumatic stress disorder without exposure to trauma memories using internet‐delivered cognitive therapy: A pilot case series	1
Imagining Futures: Evaluation of a blended programme of dialectical behaviour therapy and the creative arts for young women with a history of self‐harm	1
Reappraisal, social support, and parental burnout	1
Acceptability of internet‐delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with symptoms of obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A meta‐analysis	1
Emotion‐related impulsivity factors and intolerance of uncertainty are uniquely associated with interpersonal‐psychological risk factors for suicide	1
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Treating preschooler behavioural sleep problems via parent‐mediated telehealth: A randomized controlled trial	1
Evaluation of an adapted version of the International Trauma Questionnaire for use by people with intellectual disabilities	1
A longitudinal investigation of COVID‐19 pandemic experiences and mental health among university students	1
The development and validation of the Death Anxiety Beliefs and Behaviours Scale	1
Listening to a popular upbeat song can lead to more adaptive cognitive inferences for stressful events in non‐clinical adult populations	1
Recognizing and coping with suicidal thoughts: A mixed‐methods investigation of digital safety plan content	1
Self‐compassion promotes social safeness in patients with eating disorders: A 12‐week longitudinal study	1
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Psychometric properties of the Child Anxiety and Depression Life Interference Scale – Young Adult version	1
“When my mind hurts, my body hurts”: Complex PTSD and chronic physical health conditions—A qualitative study exploring the factors contributing to their relationship	1
Childhood trauma in children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A longitudinal study. The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study – VIA 7 and VIA 11	1
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A feasibility study of two variants of a blended functional remediation programme for euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder	1