OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Adolescent Research is 2. 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
“No Way! Like Only Hispanics are Illegal”: Examining the Racialized Psychosocial Development of Migrant “Illegality” Across Immigrant Groups in the United States	33
“I Was Taught to Think of My Body as Too Sexual”: Comparative Thematic Analysis of Parent and Peer Messages About the Body During Adolescence	24
“Like They’re My Same People. They’ve Probably Been in My Shoes. . .”: Community-Based Organizations’ Role in Fostering Social and Organizational Ties for Latino/x Immigrant Youth	21
Ambivalence in Adolescents’ Alcohol Expectancies: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study Among 12-to-18-Year-Olds	15
Describing an Online Co-development Process of VAWG Prevention Intervention Activities With Young High School Learners, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	15
Individual, Social and Environmental Influences on Sleep in Latino Pre-Adolescents: A Qualitative Analysis	15
Development of Youth leadership Through Community-Based Participatory Action Research During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Korean American Adolescents	15
Understanding Adolescents’ Civic Identity From a Narrative Perspective	15
“I Personally Wouldn’t Know Where to Go”: Adolescents’ Perceptions of Mental Health Services	13
“My Story Started When I was Younger. . .”: A Qualitative Analysis of Youth’s Differential Journeys Away From School	13
Taking a Critical Look at Adolescent Research on Black Girls and Women: A Systematic Review	13
What do Teachers do to Show They Care? Learning From the Voices of Early Adolescents	12
The Role of Family Ethnic Socialization and Generational Status in White Adolescents’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Development	12
“I Get to See Another Day”: Examining Where Black and Latinx Youth From Economically Disenfranchised Chicago Neighborhoods Find Happiness	12
Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working: A Mixed Methods Approach	12
Adolescence as a Key Period of Identity Development and Connectedness: A Comparative Autophotography Study in England and Japan	12
“It Just Felt Nice to be Able to Scream”: A Qualitative Examination of the Experiences of College Students Participating in the Black Lives Matter Movement	12
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research: Identifying Notable Developments, Persistent Gaps, and Future Directions	12
Culturally and Contextually Relevant Definitions of the Five Cs	11
“Imagine Growing Up Thinking the US is the Best Opportunity”: Immigrant Origin Youth of Color Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement on Twitter	11
Positive School Climate and Emotional Engagement: A Mixed Methods Study of Chinese Students as Ethnocultural Minorities in Malaysian Secondary Schools	10
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK: A Qualitative Study	10
Dance Impressions: The Power of Practice and Pedagogy on Adolescent Identity Formation	9
Domesticating Paralinguistic Digital Affordances in Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Parent-adolescent Relationships: A Relational Perspective	9
Perceptions of Service Efficacy Among Young Adults with Childhood Histories of Conduct Problems	9

Sociopolitical Development as Emotional Work: How Young Organizers Engage Emotions to Support Community Organizing for Transformative Racial Justice	8
“He Knows Me as a Person”: Navigating Cultural Dynamics in Relational Pathways Towards Positive Youth-Adult Relationships in Youth Programs	8
A Mixed Method Investigation of Associations Between Caregiver Attachment and Natural Mentoring Relationships Among Black Adolescents	8
“I Have Moments Where I Am Down, But It Has Made Me Resilient”: Mental Health Strengths Among Youth At-Risk for and Living with HIV	8
Concrete and Abstract Dimensions of Diverse Adolescents’ Social-Emotional Meaning-Making, and Associations With Broader Functioning	7
“Making Choices for Yourself”: A Qualitative Visual Methods Study on Adolescent Boys’ Autonomy in Physical Activity	7
Adolescents’ Perception About the Relationship Between Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction and Emotional and Behavioral Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Adolescent Perspectives on the Impact of Peers and Social Media on Active Travel and Physical Activity: A Mixed Methods Study	7
“It’s a window to the outside world. . .” Perspectives From Minority Youth in Aotearoa New Zealand on the Impact of Media and Technology on Their Wellbeing	7
Benefits and Challenges of Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Activities for Mexican-origin Families	7
“Why wouldn’t I be able to do it?”: The Role of STEM Socialization in Nurturing Black Girls’ STEM Interest and Engagement	6
You Have to Look at the Whole Picture: A Qualitative Examination of Critical Social Analysis Among Racially Minoritized Adolescents	6
Perceptions of School Life and Academic Success of Adolescents With Asthma	6
Feasibility of a Pilot Virtual National Young Adult Wellbeing Network: Using Art to Heal	6
A Qualitative Inquiry of Associations Between Family Environment and Suicidality for Transgender Youth Experiencing Homelessness	5
First-Generation College Students Talk About Social Class Socialization and Identity: A Focus Group Study	5
Mexican American Adolescents’ Conversations About Goals: The Centrality of Financial Aspiration to Career and Educational Pursuit	5
Full or Empty: Examining Perceptions and Implications of Solitude as a Psychological Space	5
“We’re not anti-police…We’re anti-police brutality”: An Exploration of Black College Freshmen’s Perception of Police Brutality on Social Media	5
Identity Formation and Post-Traumatic Growth Among Central American Immigrant Youth	5
Experiences of Puberty and Puberty Blockers: Insights From Trans Children, Trans Adolescents, and Their Parents	4
Age, Autonomy, and Authority of Knowledge: Discursive Constructions of Youth Decision-Making Capacity and Parental Support in Transgender Minors’ Accounts of Healthcare Access	4
“It Helped Me Feel Like a Researcher”: Reflections on a Capacity-Building Program to Support Teens as Co-Researchers on a Participatory Project	4
The Sexual Landscape of Youth: How Adolescents From the U.S. Make Sense of Sexting	4
Exploring Late Adolescents’ Experiences with Career-Related Messages on Entertainment TV and in Social Media in Belgium: A Focus Group Study	4
Digitally Mediated Racial-Ethnic Socialization Among Black/African American Emerging Adults and Their Caregivers	4
Understanding of Autonomy in Russian Youth: An Interview Study	4
Mentors’ Supporting Approaches of Mentees’ Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies	4
Adolescents’ Viewpoints on Fair and Unfair Ways to Address Peer Harm in Schools	4
Narratives of Puerto Rican Middle School Students Regarding School Context and Identity: Contradictions and Possibilities	3
Elevating Student Voices and Addressing Their Needs: Using Youth Participatory Action Research to Improve School Climate During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Establishing a Reciprocal and Recursive Relationship Between Sociopolitical Development and Wellbeing for Early Emerging Adult College Students When “There Was a lot Happening in Both the World. . . a	3
“We cannot leave you a better inheritance than an education”: How Latinx Families Cultivate Youth’s College Persistence and Self-Efficacy	3
Exploring Black and Latinx Adolescents’ Beliefs About Achievement, Resistance, and Activism	3
Master Narratives surrounding Rural Emerging Adult Migration: Resources for Postsecondary Decision-making in Rural Communities	3
Exploring Youths’ Cannabis Health Literacy Post Legalization: A Qualitative Study	3
“I Wanna at Least Give Back so They Could Have an Idea of Doing Right”: A Culturally Relevant Approach to Understanding Black Adolescent Males’ Moral Development	3
An Integrative Model for the Development of Anti-Racist Behavior in White Adolescents	3
Loneliness From the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations About Loneliness Between Adolescents and Childline Counselors	3
“There wasn’t any build up to it, it was just like, now you have to go over.” Disengagement during the Child to Adult Community Mental Health Service Transition	3
Culture, Coping, and Racial Discrimination Stress Among Chinese American Youth: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study	2
Strategies of Resistance: Empowering Transgender and Gender-Expansive Adolescents in Resisting Oppression and Cultivating Resilience	2
“Those are the Spaces Where I Feel Seen and Fully Understood”: Digital Counterspaces Fostering Community, Resistance, and Intersectional Identities Among Latinx LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults	2
Intertwined Development of Adolescents’ Interest Pursuits	2
Parent-Child Conversations About Inequality: Perpetuating or Disrupting an Inequitable Status Quo	2
“You Should Always Check. . . Make Sure You’re Not Getting Fed Misinformation.” Somali American Adolescents’ Engagement and Preferences With Digital Health Information	2
Moving From Passion to Purpose: A STEM-Focused After-school Program’s Influence on Purpose Outcomes	2
Space for Self-Care? Adolescents’ Rationales for Being Physically Active	2
Now and Then: Examining Students’ Concerns About the Primary-Secondary School Transition	2
What Protects At-Risk Young People in India From Using and Abusing Substances? A Photo-Led Study of Lived Experience	2

Understanding the Protective Role of Adolescent-Adult Relationships Among Minoritized Youths in Neighborhoods Impacted by Community Violence	2
Gender Norms and Culture in Asian-Canadian Adolescent Boys’ Anticipating Dating Relationships	2
Volunteering Trajectories and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Persistent, Emergent, and Former Volunteers and Personal, Moral, and Prudential Reasoning	2
The Relational Domains of Adolescence: Changes and Possibilities During COVID Era	2
Social Media and Youth Sociopolitical Identity Development: Navigating Key Tensions with Marginalized Adolescent Organizers	2
Mid-Adolescents’ Social Media Use: Supporting and Suppressing Autonomy	2
Motivating Positive Youth Outcomes Through Proximal, Relevant, and Attainable Inspirational Figures	2
Engaging Historically Marginalized Youth in Participatory Research: A Practical Guide to Promote Cultural Specificity in Measurement Validation	2
Funds of Identity: Implications for Belonging Among Ethnically and Racially Minoritized Emerging Adult College Students	2
Engagement with Master and Alternative Narratives of Gender and Sexuality Among LGBTQ+ Youth in the Digital Age	2