OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Happiness Studies is 25. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism: Does the Tripartite Model of Meaning in Life Matter in Predicting Future Well-Being in Adults?	78
Revisiting the Factor Structure of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF): Evidence for a General Wellbeing Factor?	53
Sociodemographic Disparities in Positive Life Experiences	51
Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited: Social Comparison is Only Half the Story	48
Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic	37
Informal Caregivers and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands	37
When Humble is Humbled: The Moderating Role of Leader Underestimation in the Dual Relationship Between Employee Humility and Well-Being	35
Energy Loss After Daily Role Stress and Work Incivility: Caring for Oneself with Emotional Wellness	34
Why Do We Feel so Time Poor? A Daily Diary Study of Time Poverty and Well-Being	34
State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19	34
Temperament in Middle Childhood: Relation to Childhood Happiness and to Happiness and Health Entering Middle Adulthood	34
How to Flourish during the Menopausal Transition: A Scoping Review on Emotional, Social and Psychological Wellbeing	33
Heterogeneity in Prosocial Motivations and Well-Being: A Latent Profile Analysis	32
“Humor A B C” Program: Specific Strength Intervention in Facilitating the Positive Development of Left-Behind Children	32
The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being	31
The Paradox of Wealthy Nations’ Low Adolescent Life Satisfaction	30
Development of a Holistic Mental Health Item Bank for Use in the General Population	30
Alone in a Crowd: Is Social Contact Associated with Less Psychological Pain of Loneliness in Everyday Life?	29
Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction	29
Lockdown, Infection, and Expressed Happiness in China	27
Who (Really) Wins with Basic Income: Personality and Values as Predictors of Happiness Trajectories	27
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries	27
How Does Automation in the Workplace Impact Workers’ Happiness? Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms Through Income Shock and Reduced Working Time	25
Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness	25
The Longitudinal Association Between Self-Esteem and Social Relationships Among Chinese Adolescents: Roles of Developmental Stages and Gender	25

The Impact of Recognizing a Romantic Partner’s Character Strengths on Relationship Satisfaction