OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Anxiety Stress and Coping 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Cumulative stressful life events and Australian women’s depressive symptom trajectories: a longitudinal study of potential non-additive effects	30
Understanding coping with the climate crisis: an experimental study with young people on agency and mental health	22
The effect of social anxiety on social attention in naturalistic situations	20
Marriage and health: exploring the role of stress overload	18
Global prevalence of technostress among users of information and communication technologies: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis	18
Is fear of missing out (FOMO) differentially related to underlying dimensions of negative affectivity? Analyzing latent factors of rumination, depression, and negative affect	17
A longitudinal person-centered investigation of the multidimensional nature of employees’ perceptions of challenge and hindrance demands at work	16
Single-session expressive writing interventions for test anxiety: a meta-analysis	15
The relationship between momentary experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms	14
Vagal flexibility moderates stress and burnout facets link in early childhood educators	13
Cognitive reappraisal, emotional expression and mindfulness in adaptation to bereavement: a longitudinal study	13
A qualitative investigation of elite athletes’ coping insight patterns from self-distanced and self-immersed stressor reflections	12
Aging and subjective cognitive difficulties during COVID-19: stress and positive experiences	12
Integrating appraisal processes in the study demands-resources framework – a diary study	12
Facial infrared thermography as an index of social anxiety	11
Perfectionism, wellbeing, and coping among Filipino university students: a multi-study test of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism	11
Social anxiety is related to reduced face gaze during a naturalistic social interaction	10
Cross-sectional and longitudinal influences of stress mindset on adolescent depressive symptoms and cannabis use	10
Nobody’s “Prfect”! The effect of manipulating perfectionism on social anxiety symptoms	9
Bidirectional relations between avoidant coping and dependent stressors in college students	9
Big ideas series: avoidance-to-embrace: the death discontinuity continuum between panic disorder and acute suicidal affective disturbance	9
Associations between birth-related stressors, social reward responsiveness, and postpartum internalizing symptoms	9
Hearing laughter: a prescription for anxiety relief	9
Cumulative genetic effects of HPA axis on social phobia scrutiny fear: psychoticism and social face as mediators	8
To reappraise or not to reappraise? Emotion regulation strategies moderate the association of loneliness during COVID-19 with depression and anxiety	8

Brief adjunctive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy via Telehealth for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Implicit and explicit COVID-19 associations and mental health in the United States: a large-scale examination and replication	8
Reappraising stress-related arousal enhances prosocial behavior in individuals perceiving the intervention as effective	8
The influence of unfinished tasks on subjective ease of falling asleep via negative emotions at work: a diary study	7
Ultra-brief training in cognitive reappraisal or mindfulness reduces anxiety and improves motor performance efficiency under stress	7
The associations between repetitive negative thinking, insomnia symptoms, and sleep quality in adults with a history of trauma	7
Brief mindfulness meditation based on Buddhist Anapanasati regulates stress response in young Chinese males	7
Effects of cognitive flexibility on dynamics of emotion regulation and negative affect in daily life	7
Birthing during the stress of war: mode of birth and flow state	6
Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms and daily social behavior predict hair cortisol concentration	6
Coping strategy-situation fit vs. present control: relations with perceived stress in U.S. college students	6
Within-person associations of optimistic and pessimistic expectations with momentary stress, affect, and ambulatory blood pressure	6
The past and future of uncertainty in advanced illness: a systematic scoping review of underlying cognitive processes	6
Modeling micro- versus macro-level processes on the path to common psychiatric disorders: a replication in emerging adults	6
Perceived posttraumatic growth: positive change occurring because of or despite the trauma?	6
The development of anxiety and depression in Chinese high school students and associated factors: a latent transition analysis	6
How is variability in physiological responses to social stress related to punishment and reward sensitivities? Preliminary findings from the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality per	6
The role of intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety on compulsive exercise in adolescents	5
Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic distress relationship across time: a change dynamics approach	5
Understanding job demands and resources through network analysis: insights into workplace interconnectivity	5
Cognitive predictors of stress-induced mood malleability in depression	5
Examining worry and secondary stressors on grief severity using machine learning	5
The cortisol awakening response: predicting self-reported daily stress reactivity	5
Associations between mindfulness and mental health after collective trauma: results from a longitudinal, representative, probability-based survey	5
Reflection impulsivity in patients with panic disorder	5
A cognitive-behavioral approach to teacher burnout: A randomized controlled trial of a group therapy program	5
Value changes during war: coping with direct and indirect threats	5
The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on romantic couples’ physiology and behavior during conflict	5
A brief nonattachment intervention based on the three marks of existence: development, rationale, and initial evidence	5
Boosting positive mood during stress: a Daily Coping Toolkit replication in college undergraduates	5
The efficacy of a stress mindset intervention on psychosocial health and daily stress processes in college students	4
Resting respiratory sinus arrythmia and cognitive reappraisal moderate the link between political climate stress and anxiety symptoms in Latina and Black mothers	4
A laboratory-based examination of a standardized sexual assault script	4
A longitudinal model of emotion pathways to growth, depreciation, and health outcomes after life stress	4
A multilevel analysis of the links between daily emotional labor, daily spiritual experiences, and daily stress during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Dynamic links between daily anxiety symptoms and young adults’ daily well-being	4
Antenatal anxiety symptoms outperform antenatal depression symptoms and suicidal ideation as a risk factor for postpartum suicidal ideation	4
Investigating profiles of positive and negative imagery ability with stress-related outcomes	4
Bidirectional associations between negative relationship events and suicidal ideation: an EMA study of stress exposure and generation	4
Emotional processing of math-related words in people with math anxiety	4
Test anxiety and reading comprehension: the key role of fluid reasoning	4
Nothing means anything if everything means something: exploring the issues of coping profiles and the person-centered approach	4
Associations of specific emotion and symptom mindsets with clinical symptoms, treatment attitudes, and treatment preference	4
The impact of moral injury on trajectories of depression: a five-year longitudinal study among recently discharged Israeli veterans	4
When talking goes awry: association between co-rumination and trait anxiety, test anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity in early and late adolescents	4
Disengagement coping and sleep problems among trauma-exposed adolescents	3
The association between procrastination in academic writing and negative emotional states during the COVID-19 pandemic: the indirect effects of stress coping styles and self-efficacy	3
The role of meaning in life in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Hindrance demands as a boundary condition to the appraisal of challenge demands	3
Posttraumatic stress disorder in the aftermath of the Turkey earthquake: exploring the role of demographics, level of exposure, and personality traits	3

Media exposure related to COVID-19 is associated with worse mental health consequences in the United States compared to Italy	3
Unfinished work tasks and work-related thoughts during off-job time: meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik effect in a work-recovery context	3
The mediating role of hope in the relationship between benefit finding and anxiety: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Looking back and moving forward: dimensions of coping flexibility divergently predict long-term bereavement outcomes	3
Emotion regulation and high social anxiety: spontaneous and instructed use of cognitive reappraisal to regulate anger	3
Future time perspective and depression, anxiety, and stress in adulthood	3
The contribution of combat exposure, sexist hostility, PTSD symptoms, and psychological strengths to satisfaction with life and flourishing among Israeli women veterans	3
Autonomic reactivity during acute social stress: exploratory investigation of an interaction by threat interpretation bias and emotion regulation difficulties	3
Evidence that specific personal relationships evoke maladaptive personality expression	2
Lower socioeconomic status is related to poorer emotional well-being prior to academic exams	2
Self-compassion as a shield? Investigating self-compassion’s prospective role in buffering the effects of traumatic and negative life events	2
Psychological distress and negative life events among university students: mapping patterns of exposure and impact	2
Improving stress mindset through education and imagery	2
Investigating the effectiveness of instructing emotion regulation flexibility to individuals with low and high anxiety	2
Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and reckless/self-destructive behaviors among firefighters: the roles of negative and positive affect	2
Coping profiles across adulthood: findings from a 3-wave longitudinal study using latent profile transition analysis	2
A coping self-insight scale for adults: development and preliminary psychometric properties	2
Social and psychological resources and COVID-19 related fear, threat and worry	2
Cognitive flexibility and resilience measured through a residual approach	2
Life meaning and mental health in post-9/11 veterans: the mediating role of perceived stress	2
Perceived and behavioral distress tolerance: links with avoidance and anxiety	2
Hopelessness mediates the relationship between self-perceptions of aging and negative affect: within-person results from the health and retirement study	2
Psychological distress and everyday discrimination among Chinese international students one year into COVID-19: a preregistered comparative study	2
Social anxiety and weight interact with body salience to affect experiences of social exclusion	2
There’s no place like dorm: actual-ideal dorm ambiance as a unique predictor of undergraduate mental health	2
An experimental examination of the situational variables that influence the traumatic stress response	2
Virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials	2