OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology & Health is 5. 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
COVID-19 related depression and anxiety among quarantined respondents	122
Struggling to breathe: a qualitative study of children’s wellbeing during lockdown in Spain	73
Effects of socio-structural variables in the theory of planned behavior: a mediation model in multiple samples and behaviors	46
Informal caregiver burden for solid tumour cancer patients: a review and future directions	34
Physical activity and stress management during COVID-19: a longitudinal survey study	32
Challenging mental illness stigma in healthcare professionals and students: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	28
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research	27
How has COVID-19 lockdown impacted smoking? A thematic analysis of written accounts from UK smokers	25
Understanding the predictors of medication adherence: applying temporal self-regulation theory	24
Does stress eat away at you or make you eat? EMA measures of stress predict day to day food craving and perceived food intake as a function of trait stress-eating	22
Is your health malleable or fixed? The influence of implicit theories on health-related attitudes and behaviour	21
A meta-analysis of the impact of point of view on narrative processing and persuasion in health messaging	20
Cancer patients’ participation and commitment to psychological interventions: a scoping review	20
Application of the trans-contextual model to predict change in leisure time physical activity	19
Exploring temporal self-regulation theory to predict sugar-sweetened beverage consumption	19
An intervention designed to investigate habit formation in a novel health behaviour	19
Symptom appraisal in uncertainty: a theory-driven thematic analysis with survivors of childhood cancer	18
Parenting styles and the dietary intake of pre-school children: a systematic review	18
COVID-19 fear mediates the relationship between perceived risk and preventive behaviors: the moderating role of perceived effectiveness	18
Relationships between social interactions, basic psychological needs, and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Predicting physical distancing over time during COVID-19: testing an integrated model	17
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model	17
Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours	17
Using decision aids to support self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Associations between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour: a meta-analysis	16

Anxiety as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of depression: a prospective examination of community-dwelling men (the MrOS study)	15
A combined health action process approach and mHealth intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in university students – a randomized controlled trial	15
Healthcare professional behaviour: health impact, prevalence of evidence-based behaviours, correlates and interventions	15
“We shouldn’t waste a good crisis”: the lived experience of working on the frontline through the first surge (and beyond) of COVID-19 in the UK and Ireland	15
Psychological predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among adults with a high-risk physical health condition: a systematic review	14
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis	14
An inductive qualitative content analysis of stigma experienced by people with rare diseases	14
Happy prenatal relationships, healthy postpartum mothers: a prospective study of relationship satisfaction, postpartum stress, and health	14
Determinants of weekly sitting time: construct validation of an initial COM-B model and comparison of its predictive validity with the Theory of Planned Behaviour	13
Vacation’s lingering benefits, but only for those with low stress jobs	13
Coping with COVID-19: social representations underlying blaming processes and fear	12
Predicting long-term healthy eating behaviour: understanding the role of cognitive and affective attitudes	12
Purposefulness and daily life in a pandemic: Predicting daily affect and physical symptoms during the first weeks of the COVID-19 response	12
Differential effects of mindfulness meditation conditions on repetitive negative thinking and subjective time perspective: a randomized active-controlled study	12
Predictors of protective behaviours during the Italian Covid-19 pandemic: an application of protection motivation theory	12
Psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the joint contribution of intolerance of uncertainty and cyberchondria	12
Proposing a new approach to funding behavioural interventions using iterative methods	11
“I’m actually pretty happy with how I am”: a mixed-methods study of young women with positive body image	11
Age-dependent associations among insomnia, depression, and inflammation in nurses	11
‘If they do it, so can I’: a test of a moderated serial mediation model of descriptive norms, self-efficacy, and perceived similarity for predicting physical activity	11
The mediating effect of media usage on the relationship between anxiety/fear and physician–patient trust during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame	11
Compliance with COVID-19 public health guidelines: an attitude-behaviour gap bridged by personal concern and distance to conspiracy ideation	11
Making sense of COVID-19: a longitudinal investigation of the initial stages of developing illness representations	11
Psychological outcomes, coping and illness perceptions among parents of children with neurological disorders	10
Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions: applying the behaviour change wheel to specify multi-levelled tailored intervention content	10
Effects of stress on eating behaviours in adolescents: a daily diary investigation	10
Perceived barriers and facilitators to attendance for cervical cancer screening in EU member states: a systematic review and synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	10
A systematic review and qualitative synthesis of the experience of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness	10
A longitudinal investigation of the efficacy of online expressive writing interventions for Hispanic students exposed to traumatic events: competing theories of action	10
Viral mitigation and the COVID-19 pandemic: factors associated with adherence to social distancing protocols and hygienic behaviour	10
Examination of the best cut-off points of PHQ-2 and GAD-2 for detecting depression and anxiety in Italian cardiovascular inpatients	10
Knowing how effective an intervention, treatment, or manipulation is and increasing replication rates: accuracy in parameter estimation as a partial solution to the replication crisis	9
Predictors of lapse and relapse in physical activity and dietary behaviour: a systematic search and review on prospective studies	9
Understanding breast cancer survivors’ information-seeking behaviours and overall experiences: a comparison of themes derived from social media posts and focus groups	9
An evaluation of goal setting in the NHS England diabetes prevention programme	9
Early life stress, subjective social status, and health during late adolescence	9
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)	9
Personal values and mortality: Power, benevolence and self-direction predict mortality risk	9
The role of disgust as an emotional barrier to colorectal cancer screening participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Personality, health behaviours and physical health in young adulthood	9
Understanding the predictors of hand hygiene using aspects of the theory of planned behaviour and temporal self-regulation theory	9
Identifying the outcomes of participating in peer mentorship for adults living with spinal cord injury: a qualitative meta-synthesis	9
The risk of empathy: longitudinal associations between empathy and burnout	8
Dynamic relations among COVID-19-related media exposure and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Think positive! Emotional response to assertiveness in positive and negative language promoting preventive health behaviors	8
Associations between partner’s diet undermining and poor diet in mixed-weight, older gay married couples: a dyadic mediation model	8
Embodying health behaviours in everyday life: the social and gendered practices of female senior managers	8
Public opinion in vaccine allocation priority: who comes first?	8
A virtual resiliency program for lymphoma survivors: helping survivors cope with post-treatment challenges	8

Bidirectional associations between meaning in life and the health, emotional ill-being and daily life functioning outcomes among older adults	8
Randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of expressive writing in reducing anxiety in first-year college students: the role of linguistic features	8
Psychometric evaluations of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), based on nine samples	8
Effects of a 12-week HIIT + group mediated cognitive behavioural intervention on quality of life among inactive adults with coeliac disease: findings from the pilot MOVE-C study	7
COVID-19-Related anxieties and parenting stress among first-time mothers and fathers in their first year of parenthood	7
The ‘sober eye’: examining attitudes towards non-drinkers in Australia	7
Clinical application of mindfulness-oriented meditation in children with ADHD: a preliminary study on sleep and behavioral problems	7
A qualitative analysis of people’s experiences with weight-based discrimination	7
Health literacy, resilience and perceived stress of migrants in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study	7
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
The Aussie-FIT process evaluation: feasibility and acceptability of a weight loss intervention for men, delivered in Australian Football League settings	7
‘You see the pictures the morning after and you’re like I wish I was in them’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of university student’s alcohol-related regrets	6
The role of perceived level of threat, reactance proneness, political orientation, and coronavirus salience on health behavior intentions	6
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease	6
Examination of the tripartite model of youth caregiving in the context of parental illness	6
Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours	6
Hassles predict physical health complaints in undergraduate students: a dynamic structural equation model analysis of daily diary data	6
Understanding sport coaches’ turnover intention and well-being: an environmental psychology approach	6
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)	6
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer	6
Is there a combined effect of depression and cognitive reserve on cognitive function? Findings from a population-based study	6
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception	6
Associations between physical activity and core affects within and across days: a daily diary study	5
Effects of a brief multimodal online intervention on the intention to conduct sun protective behaviours through targeting illness representations about skin cancer: a randomized controlled trial	5
Gender, sexual orientation, and mental health in the kink community: an application of coping self-efficacy theory	5
“I listen to my body now”: a qualitative exploration of positive body image in breast cancer survivors	5
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans	5
Self-care behaviors, drinking, and smoking to cope with psychological distress during COVID-19 among Chinese college students: the role of resilience	5
The role of executive functioning on the intention-behaviour relationship of health behaviours: a temporal self-regulatory perspective	5
Does it matter if a story character lives or dies?: a message experiment comparing survivor and death narratives	5
Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring the role of psychological flexibility and stress-related variables	5
Within-Person variations in mindfulness mediate effects of daily stressors on psychological distress in adolescence	5
Development and validation of the treatmentself-regulation questionnaire assessing healthcare professionals’ motivation for flu vaccination (TSRQ-Flu)	5
Socioeconomic status and medication adherence among youth with asthma: the mediating role of frequency of children’s daily routines	5
Changes in virus-transmission habits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national, repeated measures study	5
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review	5
Effect of depression and anxiety on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive with and without an infertility diagnosis	5
Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being	5
Improving adult eating behaviours by manipulating time perspective: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Psychometric evaluation of the Health-Risk Attitude Scale (HRAS-13): assessing the reliability, dimensionality and validity in the general population and a patient population	5
Self-affirmation inductions to reduce defensive processing of threatening health risk information	5
Security motives and negative affective experiences during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Cross-cultural comparison of the motivations for healthy eating: investigating the validity and invariance of the motivation for healthy eating scale	5
A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity	5
The role of emotion covariation and psychological flexibility in coping with chronic physical pain: an integrative model	5
Correlates of distress in young people with cystic fibrosis: the role of self-efficacy and metacognitive beliefs	5
An examination of potential mediators of the relationship between polygenic scores of BMI and waist circumference and phenotypic adiposity	5
Mindfulness and self-compassion in dermatological conditions: a systematic narrative review	5
What is it like to live with medically unexplained physical symptoms? A qualitative meta-summary	5
The StrokeCog study: development and description of a cognition-focused psychological intervention to address cognitive impairment following stroke	5
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions	5