OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Developmental Science is 3. 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
Growth of shared book reading in the first two years and its effects on children’s development	76
Educating teachers to enact the science of learning and development	34
Parental and contextual influences on religious transmission in adolescence	21
How does the family environment affect toddlerhood language and cognitive development? Evidence from peri-urban China	19
Longitudinal associations between teacher-student relationships and school engagement in early elementary school years: Gender differences	15
Empathy in an ecosystem: A longitudinal study examining contributions of summer camp and school experiences to empathy during early adolescence	14
Validation of a youth social capital scale Informed by positive youth development	14
Reliability of a child self-regulation measure within intensive longitudinal designs: MCFA and DSEM approaches	12
Paradox of aging: Differential effects of social network types on mental health in midlife and older adults	12
Do adults think talking to children about race is appropriate? Experimental evidence of the effects of race, age, and messaging	12
Does entering early childhood education as a toddler benefit language and social development until age seven? A propensity score analysis	11
Perceived discrimination and poor children’s executive function: the different roles of self-esteem and perceived social support	10
Latino caregivers’ culture-specific reasons and enacted language practices for raising bilingual children	10
The role of patience, religiosity, and spirituality in the search for purpose among young adults	8
An assessment of when moral stories promote children’s honesty	8
Deeper engagement with live theater increases middle school students’ empathy and social perspective taking	7
Delayed gratification predicts behavioral and academic outcomes: Examining the validity of the delay-of-gratification choice paradigm in Singaporean young children	7
Parental cultural socialization and critical consciousness in two samples of BIPOC and White adolescents	6
Program quality instrument for youth (PQI-youth): validation of a brief, self-report measure	6
The development and psychometric properties of a scalable digital measure of social and emotional wellbeing for middle childhood	5
Purpose development in the context of higher education	5
Promoting fourth-grade students’ autonomy, competence, and relatedness through service-learning	5
Don’t sleep on identity: Longitudinal associations between identity and sleep quality in adolescents with different cultural backgrounds	5
Back to school: Teachers’ initial perceptions of students’ executive function behaviors are important for teacher–student relationships and executive function development	5
Electronic media exposure, parental language input, and child vocalizations in rural and peri-urban China	5

Familismo , respeto , and caballerismo : Cultural values as buffers against links between psychological distress and U.	4
Rubbing off on each other: Applying a developmental science perspective to variance in primal world beliefs by family and culture	4
Children’s self-control as an antecedent of adolescent prosociality and adult civic engagement	4
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Longitudinal associations among American adolescents’ civic engagement and family and school characteristics	4
A qualitative exploration of Latinx immigrant young adults’ experiences with anti-immigration policies and the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Social-emotional learning intervention effects: the role of universal versus indicated implementation settings	4
The importance of both individual differences and dyadic processes in children’s emotion expression	4
Heterogeneity in the development of differential reinforcement: examining predictive power of definitions and differential association from a social learning perspective	4
The role of play partners for preschoolers’ observed emotion Regulation in dyadic play situations	3
The multidimensional online civic engagement for youth (MOCE-Y) scale: development and validation	3
From an asset-based approach: Prospective associations of strength-based parenting, gratitude, and adolescent friendship quality	3
Unraveling the complexity of children’s thinking about poverty: Upper elementary school children’s perspectives on its causes and solutions	3
A mixed methods study of natural mentoring relationships and loneliness in emerging adulthood	3
Late-adult fathers’ experiences of parenting across the lifespan	3
Direct and moderating impacts of the CARE mindfulness-based professional learning program for teachers on children’s academic and social-emotional outcomes	3
Profiles of youth’s values prior to postsecondary transitions: Associations with well-being and career decision-making	3
Promoting youth social-emotional development through animal-assisted interventions: A qualitative analysis of special education students’ perspectives	3
“The most important part of empathy is…being able to help”: Empathy definitions and teaching practices in middle school	3
Protective effect of parental monitoring on early-to-mid adolescents displaying high-level and increasing aggressive behavior	3
Longitudinal associations between critical consciousness, school racial climate, and belonging in school	3
The interactive roles of religion, parenting, and sex communication in adolescent sexual risk-taking	3