OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning	85
Am I a Science Person? A Strong Science Identity Bolsters Minority Students’ Sense of Belonging and Performance in College	57
Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	53
National Narcissism predicts the Belief in and the Dissemination of Conspiracy Theories During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From 56 Countries	51
Can Conspiracy Beliefs Be Beneficial? Longitudinal Linkages Between Conspiracy Beliefs, Anxiety, Uncertainty Aversion, and Existential Threat	40
Intergroup Contact Reduces Dehumanization and Meta-Dehumanization: Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Quasi-Experimental Evidence From 16 Samples in Five Countries	40
Disrupting Beliefs in Racial Progress: Reminders of Persistent Racism Alter Perceptions of Past, But Not Current, Racial Economic Equality	40
Stability and Change in Personality Traits and Major Life Goals From College to Midlife	36
Social Class Predicts Emotion Perception and Perspective-Taking Performance in Adults	35
Singles’ Sexual Satisfaction is Associated With More Satisfaction With Singlehood and Less Interest in Marriage	34
Is Touch in Romantic Relationships Universally Beneficial for Psychological Well-Being? The Role of Attachment Avoidance	31
Stepping Outside the Echo Chamber: Is Intellectual Humility Associated With Less Political Myside Bias?	31
Seeking Solitude After Being Ostracized: A Replication and Beyond	30
The Psychology of Entrenched Privilege: High Socioeconomic Status Individuals From Affluent Backgrounds Are Uniquely High in Entitlement	30
The Association Between Threat and Politics Depends on the Type of Threat, the Political Domain, and the Country	30
Anticipated and Experienced Ethnic/Racial Discrimination and Sleep: A Longitudinal Study	27
Why a Simple Act of Kindness Is Not as Simple as It Seems: Underestimating the Positive Impact of Our Compliments on Others	26
Beyond Self-Control: Mechanisms of Hedonic Goal Pursuit and Its Relevance for Well-Being	25
Two Ways to Stay at the Top: Prestige and Dominance Are Both Viable Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Social Rank Over Time	24
Social Class Competence Stereotypes Are Amplified by Socially Signaled Economic Inequality	23
Implicit Transgender Attitudes Independently Predict Beliefs About Gender and Transgender People	23
Cognitive-Affective Inconsistency and Ambivalence: Impact on the Overall Attitude–Behavior Relationship	23
Gendered White Lies: Women Are Given Inflated Performance Feedback Compared With Men	23
Does Cross-Race Contact Improve Cross-Race Face Perception? A Meta-Analysis of the Cross-Race Deficit and Contact	22
Cross-Cultural Comparisons in Implicit and Explicit Age Bias	22

Generalizability of Results From Dyadic Data: Participation of One Versus Two Members of a Romantic Couple Is Associated With Breakup Likelihood	22
Religiosity Moderates the Link Between Environmental Beliefs and Pro-Environmental Support: The Role of Belief in a Controlling God	22
The Nature of Islamophobia: A Test of a Tripartite View in Five Countries	21
Perceived Partner Responsiveness Forecasts Behavioral Intimacy as Measured by Affectionate Touch	21
Happiness Singled Out: Bidirectional Associations Between Singlehood and Life Satisfaction	21
Beliefs About Self-Compassion: Implications for Coping and Self-Improvement	20
The Language of Inequality: Evidence Economic Inequality Increases Wealth Category Salience	20
Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations	19
Perceived Responsiveness Increases Tolerance of Attitude Ambivalence and Enhances Intentions to Behave in an Open-Minded Manner	19
Assumptions About Algorithms’ Capacity for Discrimination	18
How Does Collectivism Affect Social Interactions? A Test of Two Competing Accounts	18
Low Self-Control: A Hidden Cause of Loneliness?	18
How Does Nostalgia Conduce to Global Self-Continuity? The Roles of Identity Narrative, Associative Links, and Stability	18
A Meta-Analytic Review of Hypodescent Patterns in Categorizing Multiracial and Racially Ambiguous Targets	18
Restless in an Unequal World: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status	18
Dynamics of Moral Repair: Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and the Restoration of Value Consensus as Interdependent Processes	18
The Influence of Daily Events on Emotion Regulation and Well-Being in Daily Life	18
Two-Sided Messages Promote Openness for Morally Based Attitudes	17
A Small Price to Pay: National Narcissism Predicts Readiness to Sacrifice In-Group Members to Defend the In-Group’s Image	17
Meta-Analytic Use of Balanced Identity Theory to Validate the Implicit Association Test	17
Do Grittier People Have Greater Subjective Well-Being? A Meta-Analysis	16
Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood	16
Daily Coping With Social Identity Threat in Outgroup-Dominated Contexts: Self-Group Distancing Among Female Soldiers	15
Eavesdropping on Missing Data: What Are University Students Doing When They Miss Experience Sampling Reports?	15
Inequality and Social Rank: Income Increases Buy More Life Satisfaction in More Equal Countries	15
Emotional Empathy in the Social Regulation of Distress: A Dyadic Approach	15
How Fair is Economic Inequality? Belief in a Just World and the Legitimation of Economic Disparities in 27 European Countries	15
Contrasting Effects of Finding Meaning and Searching for Meaning, and Political Orientation and Religiosity, on Feelings and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic	15
Educators’ Beliefs About Students’ Socioeconomic Backgrounds as a Pathway for Supporting Motivation	14
Who are “We”? Couple Identity Clarity and Romantic Relationship Commitment	14
Desperately Seeking Status: How Desires for, and Perceived Attainment of, Status and Inclusion Relate to Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism	14
Narcissism in Political Participation	14
How Rice Fights Pandemics: Nature–Crop–Human Interactions Shaped COVID-19 Outcomes	14
The Quality Versus Quantity Trade-Off: Why and When Choices for Self Versus Others Differ	14
Is Conscientiousness Always Associated With Better Health? A U.S.–Japan Cross-Cultural Examination of Biological Health Risk	13
The Impact of Laws on Norms Perceptions	13
Within-Couple Associations Between Communication and Relationship Satisfaction Over Time	13
A Polarized Discourse: Effects of Opinion Differentiation and Structural Differentiation on Communication	12
My True Self is Better Than Yours: Comparative Bias in True Self Judgments	12
Prosperous But Fearful of Falling: The Wealth Paradox, Collective Angst, and Opposition to Immigration	12
Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity	12
Neither an Optimist Nor a Pessimist Be: Mistaken Expectations Lower Well-Being	12
Rule Following Mitigates Collaborative Cheating and Facilitates the Spreading of Honesty Within Groups	12
Helpful or Harmful? The Role of Personality Traits in Student Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis and School Closure	12
The Possession of High Status Strengthens the Status Motive	12
Meaning in Life and Coping With Everyday Stressors	12
Ambivalent Effects of Positive Contact Between Women and Men on Collective Actions for Women’s Rights	12
The Stability of Moralized Attitudes Over Time	11
Sacrificing Animals in the Name of Scientific Authority: The Relationship Between Pro-Scientific Mindset and the Lethal Use of Animals in Biomedical Experimentation	11
Person-Message Fit: Racial Identification Moderates the Benefits of Multicultural and Colorblind Diversity Approaches	11

A Diffusion Model Approach for Understanding the Impact of 17 Interventions on the Race Implicit Association Test	11
The Development of Materialism in Emerging Adulthood: Stability, Change, and Antecedents	11
Cultural Differences in Rumination and Psychological Correlates: The Role of Attribution	11
Precarious Manhood Predicts Support for Aggressive Policies and Politicians	11
Too Stressed to Help? The Effects of Stress on Noticing Partner Needs and Enacting Support	11
Beyond Aesthetic Judgment: Beauty Increases Moral Standing Through Perceptions of Purity	11
Leaving the Loners Alone: Dispositional Preference for Solitude Evokes Ostracism	11
Extraversion as a Moderator of the Efficacy of Self-Esteem Maintenance Strategies	11
Whose Words Hurt? Contextual Determinants of Offensive Speech	11
On the Disposition to Think Analytically: Four Distinct Intuitive-Analytic Thinking Styles	11
Identity Expression Through Collective Action: How Identification With a Politicized Group and Its Identity Contents Differently Motivated Identity-Expressive Collective Action in the U.S. 2016 Presid	11
Accuracy in Facial Trustworthiness Impressions: Kernel of Truth or Modern Physiognomy? A Meta-Analysis	11
Support Processes Predict Declines in Attachment Avoidance Across the Transition to Parenthood	10
The Effect of Perceived Social Support on Personal Resources Following Minor Adversity: An Experimental Investigation of Belonging Affirmation	10
Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status	10
Welcome to Be Like Us: Expectations of Outgroup Assimilation Shape Dominant Group Resistance to Diversity	10
Toward a Better Understanding of the Reciprocal Relations Between Adolescent Psychological Need Experiences and Sleep	10
Secrets, Psychological Health, and the Fear of Discovery	10
The “Big Two” in Hiring Discrimination: Evidence From a Cross-National Field Experiment	10
Difference-Education Improves First-Generation Students’ Grades Throughout College and Increases Comfort With Social Group Difference	10
“Be a Man”: The Role of Social Pressure in Eliciting Men’s Aggressive Cognition	10
Common Ingroup Identity, Perceived Similarity, and Communal Interracial Relationships	10
The Reasons People Think About Staying and Leaving Their Romantic Relationships: A Mixed-Method Analysis	10
Culture and Patterns of Reciprocity: The Role of Exchange Type, Regulatory Focus, and Emotions	9
Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance	9
Science for Others or the Self? Presumed Motives for Science Shape Public Trust in Science	9
The Gender Gap: Who Is (and Is Not) Included on Graduate-Level Syllabi in Social/Personality Psychology	9
Ostracism Disrupts Self-Continuity	9
Outside the Eye of the Storm: Can Moderate Hurricane Exposure Improve Social, Psychological, and Attachment Functioning?	9
Examining Christians’ Reactions to Reminders of Religion–Science Conflict: Stereotype Threat versus Disengagement	9
From Individual Anxiety to Collective Narcissism? Adult Attachment Styles and Different Types of National Commitment	9
The Measurement of Racial Colorblindness	8
Enjoying Each Other’s Company: Gaining Other-Gender Friendships Promotes Positive Gender Attitudes Among Ethnically Diverse Children	8
The Contribution of Peer Values to Children’s Values and Behavior	8
An Alternative Account of Anti-Effeminacy Bias: Reputation Concerns and Lack of Coalitional Value Explain Honor-Oriented Men’s Reluctance to Befriend Feminine Men	8
To Lead, or to Follow? How Self-Uncertainty and the Dark Triad of Personality Influence Leadership Motivation	8
Action and Inaction in Moral Judgments and Decisions: Meta-Analysis of Omission Bias Omission-Commission Asymmetries	8
Is Seeing Believing? A Longitudinal Study of Vividness of the Future and Its Effects on Academic Self-Efficacy and Success in College	8
Mind Your Goals, Mind Your Emotions: Mechanisms Explaining the Relation Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Action Crises	8
When Polarization Triggers Out-Group “Counter-Projection” Across the Political Divide	8
Dealing With Increasing Negativity Toward Refugees: A Latent Growth Curve Study of Positive and Negative Intergroup Contact and Approach-Avoidance Tendencies	8
Influences of Position Justification on Perceived Bias: Immediate Effects and Carryover Across Persuasive Messages	8
The Drunk Utilitarian Revisited: Does Alcohol Really Increase Utilitarianism in Moral Judgment?	8
In a Class on Their Own: Investigating the Role of Social Integration in the Association Between Social Class and Mental Well-Being	8
Attitude Moralization Within Polarized Contexts: An Emotional Value-Protective Response to Dyadic Harm Cues	7
Temporal Stability of Moral Dilemma Judgments: A Longitudinal Analysis Using the CNI Model	7
Does Respect Foster Tolerance? (Re)analyzing and Synthesizing Data From a Large Research Project Using Meta-Analytic Techniques	7
Halfway to My Request Is Not Halfway to My Heart: Underestimating Appreciation for Partial Help	7
The Equality Paradox: Gender Equality Intensifies Male Advantages in Adolescent Subjective Well-Being	7
You and I Both: Self-Compassion Reduces Self–Other Differences in Evaluation of Showing Vulnerability	7
Subjective Identity Concealability and the Consequences of Fearing Identity-Based Judgment	7
Evaluating Research in Personality and Social Psychology: Considerations of Statistical Power and Concerns About False Findings	7
Victim Number Effects in Charitable Giving: Joint Evaluations Promote Egalitarian Decisions	7
Cheating at the Top: Trait Dominance Explains Dishonesty More Consistently Than Social Power	7
Cultural Differences in the Perception of Daily Stress Between European Canadian and Japanese Undergraduate Students	7
Curvilinear Sexism and Its Links to Men’s Perceived Mate Value	7
Mixing Misery and Gin: The Effect of Alcohol Administration on Ostracism Response	7
Political Ideology and Moral Dilemma Judgments: An Analysis Using the CNI Model	7
Do You Feel Better When You Behave More Extraverted Than You Are? The Relationship Between Cumulative Counterdispositional Extraversion and Positive Feelings	7
Moral Judgments of COVID-19 Social Distancing Violations: The Roles of Perceived Harm and Impurity	7
Understanding Side-Effect Intentionality Asymmetries: Meaning, Morality, or Attitudes and Defaults?	7
Loudness Perceptions Influence Feelings of Interpersonal Closeness and Protect Against Detrimental Psychological Effects of Social Exclusion	7
Connection Heals Wounds: Feeling Listened to Reduces Speakers’ Loneliness Following a Social Rejection Disclosure	7
Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email?	7
Trustworthiness and Ideological Similarity (But Not Ideology) Promote Empathy	7