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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
“I Was Taught to Think of My Body as Too Sexual”: Comparative Thematic Analysis of Parent and Peer Messages About the Body During Adolescence	38
“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	31
Understanding Adolescents’ Civic Identity From a Narrative Perspective	20
Describing an Online Co-development Process of VAWG Prevention Intervention Activities With Young High School Learners, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	20
Ambivalence in Adolescents’ Alcohol Expectancies: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study Among 12-to-18-Year-Olds	19
Individual, Social and Environmental Influences on Sleep in Latino Pre-Adolescents: A Qualitative Analysis	19
“My Story Started When I was Younger. . .”: A Qualitative Analysis of Youth’s Differential Journeys Away From School	18
Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working: A Mixed Methods Approach	17
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research: Identifying Notable Developments, Persistent Gaps, and Future Directions	17
“I Get to See Another Day”: Examining Where Black and Latinx Youth From Economically Disenfranchised Chicago Neighborhoods Find Happiness	16
The Role of Family Ethnic Socialization and Generational Status in White Adolescents’ Ethnic-Racial Identity Development	15
“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	14
Culturally and Contextually Relevant Definitions of the Five Cs	13
“Imagine Growing Up Thinking the US is the Best Opportunity”: Immigrant Origin Youth of Color Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement on Twitter	13
Perceptions of Service Efficacy Among Young Adults with Childhood Histories of Conduct Problems	13
Adolescence as a Key Period of Identity Development and Connectedness: A Comparative Autophotography Study in England and Japan	13
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK: A Qualitative Study	12
A Mixed Method Investigation of Associations Between Caregiver Attachment and Natural Mentoring Relationships Among Black Adolescents	11
Domesticating Paralinguistic Digital Affordances in Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Parent-adolescent Relationships: A Relational Perspective	10
Dance Impressions: The Power of Practice and Pedagogy on Adolescent Identity Formation	9
Feasibility of a Pilot Virtual National Young Adult Wellbeing Network: Using Art to Heal	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
Benefits and Challenges of Adolescents’ Participation in Organized Activities for Mexican-origin Families	8
“Making Choices for Yourself”: A Qualitative Visual Methods Study on Adolescent Boys’ Autonomy in Physical Activity	8
“He Knows Me as a Person”: Navigating Cultural Dynamics in Relational Pathways Towards Positive Youth-Adult Relationships in Youth Programs	8

Using PVEST as a Framework to Understand Minoritized Youths’ Perceptions of STEM Opportunities	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
“They will look at the shoes and make fun of them”: A Qualitative Investigation About Social Class Discrimination Among Adolescents	7
Adolescents’ Perception About the Relationship Between Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction and Emotional and Behavioral Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Shaping a Future of Purposeful Work: Three Factors Influencing Adolescent Career Purpose Exploration	6
Adolescent Perspectives on the Impact of Peers and Social Media on Active Travel and Physical Activity: A Mixed Methods Study	6
Identity Formation and Post-Traumatic Growth Among Central American Immigrant Youth	5
A Qualitative Inquiry of Associations Between Family Environment and Suicidality for Transgender Youth Experiencing Homelessness	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
You Have to Look at the Whole Picture: A Qualitative Examination of Critical Social Analysis Among Racially Minoritized Adolescents	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
Mentors’ Supporting Approaches of Mentees’ Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies	5
Envisioning Forward, Parenting Now: How Chinese Mothers’ Perceptions of Adolescents’ Possible Selves Motivate Their Current Parenting Practices	5
“Why wouldn’t I be able to do it?”: The Role of STEM Socialization in Nurturing Black Girls’ STEM Interest and Engagement	5
First-Generation College Students Talk About Social Class Socialization and Identity: A Focus Group Study	5
Exploring Late Adolescents’ Experiences with Career-Related Messages on Entertainment TV and in Social Media in Belgium: A Focus Group Study	4
The Sexual Landscape of Youth: How Adolescents From the U.S. Make Sense of Sexting	4
Digitally Mediated Racial-Ethnic Socialization Among Black/African American Emerging Adults and Their Caregivers	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
Adolescents’ Viewpoints on Fair and Unfair Ways to Address Peer Harm in Schools	4
“I Can’t Watch the Sunset With My Friends”: Developmental Tasks and Acculturation Dynamics Within Polish Families Living in Spain	4
Elevating Student Voices and Addressing Their Needs: Using Youth Participatory Action Research to Improve School Climate During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
“We cannot leave you a better inheritance than an education”: How Latinx Families Cultivate Youth’s College Persistence and Self-Efficacy	4
Understanding of Autonomy in Russian Youth: An Interview Study	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
Exploring Black and Latinx Adolescents’ Beliefs About Achievement, Resistance, and Activism	3
Exploring Youths’ Cannabis Health Literacy Post Legalization: A Qualitative Study	3
Social Media and Youth Sociopolitical Identity Development: Navigating Key Tensions with Marginalized Adolescent Organizers	3
Culture, Coping, and Racial Discrimination Stress Among Chinese American Youth: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods 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
Moving From Passion to Purpose: A STEM-Focused After-school Program’s Influence on Purpose Outcomes	3
The Relational Domains of Adolescence: Changes and Possibilities During COVID Era	3
Adolescents’ Experiences of Anti-Youth Ageism	3
Master Narratives surrounding Rural Emerging Adult Migration: Resources for Postsecondary Decision-making in Rural Communities	3
Engagement with Master and Alternative Narratives of Gender and Sexuality Among LGBTQ+ Youth in the Digital Age	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
Space for Self-Care? Adolescents’ Rationales for Being Physically Active	3
To Lead at 17: Teenage Girls Leadership in the Scouts	2
“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”: First-generation Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment Over the First Year of College	2
Adolescent Dilemmas About Viewing Pornography and Their Efforts to Resolve Them	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
What Protects At-Risk Young People in India From Using and Abusing Substances? A Photo-Led Study of Lived Experience	2
Strategies of Resistance: Empowering Transgender and Gender-Expansive Adolescents in Resisting Oppression and Cultivating Resilience	2
“You Should Always Check. . . Make Sure You’re Not Getting Fed Misinformation.” Somali American Adolescents’ Engagement and Preferences With Digital Health Information	2
The Experience of Maternity Group Homes: A Qualitative Study of Mothers and Providers	2
Challenges and Strategies in Working with Latine Adolescents in a Math Enrichment Afterschool Activity	2
Funds of Identity: Implications for Belonging Among Ethnically and Racially Minoritized Emerging Adult College Students	2
Parent-Child Conversations About Inequality: Perpetuating or Disrupting an Inequitable Status Quo	2
Intertwined Development of Adolescents’ Interest Pursuits	2

Now and Then: Examining Students’ Concerns About the Primary-Secondary School Transition	2
Gender Norms and Culture in Asian-Canadian Adolescent Boys’ Anticipating Dating Relationships	2
The Social Negotiations of “Girls Like Us”: What Text-Messaging Dyadic Interactions Reveal About the Lives of Queer, Lesbian, and Bisexual Girls Living in the United States	2
A mixed Methods Study of Multilevel Factors Influencing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls in Uganda	2
Mid-Adolescents’ Social Media Use: Supporting and Suppressing Autonomy	2
Volunteering Trajectories and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Persistent, Emergent, and Former Volunteers and Personal, Moral, and Prudential Reasoning	2
Understanding the Protective Role of Adolescent-Adult Relationships Among Minoritized Youths in Neighborhoods Impacted by Community Violence	2