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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity	63
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	61
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research	29
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence	25
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children	25
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale	23
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study	22
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study	21
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations	21
Sleep quality among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 reopening period in China: the interplay of SARS-CoV-2 infection, mental distress, and physical activity	19
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults	18
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma	18
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans	17
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers	16
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.	15
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator	15
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD	14
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length	14
A secondary analysis examining the performance of the State Optimism Measure (SOM) compared to the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) in measuring optimism over time	14
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study	13
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention	13
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types	13
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men	13
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs	13

We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options	12
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report	12
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-18	12
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis	12
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?	12
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease	11
The CENTS program: promoting healthy eating by addressing perceived barriers	11
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment	11
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study	11
Risk factors for momentary loss of control and subsequent abandonment of self-devised dietary restraint plans in adults with weight-loss goals: a behaviour sequence analysis approach	10
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood	10
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease	10
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy	9
Self-affirmation inductions to reduce defensive processing of threatening health risk information	9
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)	9
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)	9
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention	9
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives	9
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study	8
A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: highlighting the roles of enjoyment, emotion and social engagement	8
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame	8
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives	8
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?	8
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV	8
Quantity and specificity of action-plans as predictors of weight loss: analysis of data from the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)	8
Longitudinal comparison of health locus of control and subjective well-being in older women with breast cancer	8
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies	8
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study	8
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	8
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies: the example of the empCARE training to reduce burnout and distress symptoms in health care providers	7
Evaluating the sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters, depression, quality of life, cognitive status, physical activity, and Mediterranean diet adherence of older adults in pre- and	7
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing	7
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt	7
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information	7
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age	7
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time	7
Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors: a differentiated perspective and associations with psychosocial functioning	7
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?	7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems	7
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise	6
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US	6
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China	6
Development process, clinical utility, and preliminary psychometric evidence of a new tool for screening psychological distress in renal care settings: the Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer (HD-DT)	6
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception	6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study	6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect	6
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success	6
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study	6
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population	6

The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study	6
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States	6
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance	6
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being	5
Patient-driven decisions and perceptions of the ‘safest possible choice’: insights from patient-provider conversations about how some breast cancer patients choose contralateral prophylactic mastectom	5
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study	5
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity	5
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis	5
Self- and other-efficacy are related to current smoking during a quit attempt: a daily diary study in single-smoking couples	5
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants	5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial	5
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis	5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices	5
Examining the role of voluntary reciprocal altruism and collectivism interventions in enhancing intentions to donate blood among young non-donors: an experimental study	5
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive	5
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests	5
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers	5
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care	5
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study	5
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance	5
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour	5
Naturalistically observed interpersonal problems and diabetes management in older adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes	5
Health professionals interface with cultural conflict in the delivery of type 2 diabetes care	5
Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: a prospective cohort study	5
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls	5
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults	5