OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Happiness Studies is 8. 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
Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism: Does the Tripartite Model of Meaning in Life Matter in Predicting Future Well-Being in Adults?	74
Revisiting the Factor Structure of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF): Evidence for a General Wellbeing Factor?	52
Sociodemographic Disparities in Positive Life Experiences	49
Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited: Social Comparison is Only Half the Story	43
“Humor A B C” Program: Specific Strength Intervention in Facilitating the Positive Development of Left-Behind Children	37
Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic	37
Informal Caregivers and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands	35
The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being	33
Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction	33
Alone in a Crowd: Is Social Contact Associated with Less Psychological Pain of Loneliness in Everyday Life?	32
The Paradox of Wealthy Nations’ Low Adolescent Life Satisfaction	32
Why Do We Feel so Time Poor? A Daily Diary Study of Time Poverty and Well-Being	32
When Humble is Humbled: The Moderating Role of Leader Underestimation in the Dual Relationship Between Employee Humility and Well-Being	32
Temperament in Middle Childhood: Relation to Childhood Happiness and to Happiness and Health Entering Middle Adulthood	30
State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19	30
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries	30
Energy Loss After Daily Role Stress and Work Incivility: Caring for Oneself with Emotional Wellness	29
Development of a Holistic Mental Health Item Bank for Use in the General Population	29
How to Flourish during the Menopausal Transition: A Scoping Review on Emotional, Social and Psychological Wellbeing	28
Heterogeneity in Prosocial Motivations and Well-Being: A Latent Profile Analysis	27
Lockdown, Infection, and Expressed Happiness in China	26
Who (Really) Wins with Basic Income: Personality and Values as Predictors of Happiness Trajectories	26
Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness	25
The Bright Eye and the Gleaming Coat? A Stoic Challenge to Haybron on Wellbeing and the Preconditions of Happiness	25
The Impact of Recognizing a Romantic Partner’s Character Strengths on Relationship Satisfaction	25

The Longitudinal Association Between Self-Esteem and Social Relationships Among Chinese Adolescents: Roles of Developmental Stages and Gender	24
Personal Growth Initiative: Relation to Coping Styles, Strategies, and Self-Efficacy	24
What You See is What You Get: The Effect of Perceived Inequality on Subjective Well-Being	24
How Does Automation in the Workplace Impact Workers’ Happiness? Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms Through Income Shock and Reduced Working Time	24
Life Satisfaction Differences Across Trust Profiles Among Dutch Adolescents	23
Developmental Trajectories of Students’ Life Satisfaction and Reciprocal Relations with Parental Autonomy Support in Elementary and Secondary School	23
Coping Strategies as a Predictors of Flow State Dimensions – Network Analysis Perspective	23
Interventions Based On Positive Psychology for Suicide Prevention: A Systematic Review	23
Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Regulation of Positive Affect: The Moderating Effects of Stressor Intensity and Perceived Controllability	21
The Convergence of Positivity: Are Happy People All Alike?	21
The Effect of Consumer Confidence and Subjective Well-being on Consumers’ Spending Behavior	20
The Prevalence of Positive Affect over Negative Affect in Adolescents’ Well-being: Moderating Role of Individualism	20
Development of a brief scale to measure discrete positive emotions in dementia family caregiving: the positive emotions in caregiving scale (PEC-S)	18
Well-being Monism Defended	18
The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study with German and Zambian Adolescents	18
Effectiveness of a Psycho-pedagogical Intervention on Spiritual Intelligence, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-being for Primary School Children: A Non-randomized Controlled Trial	18
Discovering Psychological Well-Being: A Bibliometric Review	18
Psychological Well-Being Across the Perinatal Period: Life Satisfaction and Flourishing in a Longitudinal Study of Young Black and White American Women	18
Self-compassion Predicts Higher Affective Well-being and Lower Stress Symptoms Through Less Dysfunctional Coping: A Three-wave Longitudinal Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic	17
From Emotion Beliefs to Regulatory Behavior: Gratitude Journaling Initiation and Outcomes	17
Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Contentment, and Affect. Implications for Income’s Relevance	17
The Effectiveness of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention in College Students from China and the Netherlands: A Cross-Cultural Study	17
The Association of Couplehood and Parenthood with the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being of Older Gay Men	17
Acting on Values: A Novel Intervention Enhancing Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being	17
Correction to: Evolutionary Conditions of Happiness	16
A Public, Open, and Independently-Curated Database of Happiness Coefficients	16
Understanding the Effect of Adult Children’s Education on Older Parents’ Subjective Well-being: Evidence from China	16
The Impact of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Chinese Formal Sector Workers	15
Pursuing Pleasure or Meaning: A Cross-Lagged Analysis of Happiness Motives and Well-being in Adolescents	15
How Self-Compassion Promotes Authentic Self-Expression: The Role of Self-Concept Clarity	15
The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions for Promoting Well-being of Adults Experiencing Depression Compared to Other Active Psychological Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analys	14
Pursuing Pleasure or Meaning: A Weekly Diary Study of Happiness Motives and Prosocial Behavior in Young Adults	14
Evolutionary Conditions of Happiness	14
Young Adults’ Relationship Happiness in England During COVID-19	14
Honey, There´s Something on My Mind… Adverse Consequences of Negative and Positive Work Rumination on Attention to the Partner, and the Advantage of Talking About it	14
The Determinants of Countercyclical Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector	14
Did Religious Well-Being Benefits Converge or Diverge During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany?	14
The Implications of Meaning in Life on College Adjustment Among Chinese University Freshmen: The Indirect Effects via Academic Motivation	14
The Quality of Society and Happiness: Fairness, Trust, and Community in China	14
Predictive Power of Positive Mental Health: A Scoping Review	14
Can Good Memories of the Past Instill Happiness? Nostalgia Improves Subjective Well-Being by Increasing Gratitude	14
Well-Being and Income Across Space and Time: Evidence from One Million Households	13
I Join, So I Enjoy: How Customer Participation Increases Wellbeing	13
Self-Compassion as a Means to Improve Job-Related Well-Being in Academia	13
One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling	13
Mindfulness and Subjective Well-being Among Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study and a Weekly Diary Investigation	13
Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being?	13
Eudaimonic and Uncertainty Metaphors About Life are Associated with Meaningfulness, Experiential Avoidance, Mental Health and Happiness	12
Responsiveness, Social Connection, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Everyday Social Interaction: An Experience Sampling Study	12
From Financial Assistance to Emotional Care: The Impact of Intergenerational Support on the Subjective Well-Being of China’s Elderly	12

Role of Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation in Well-being and Health: The Interplay between Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation Abilities is Linked to Mental and Physical Health	12
My Best Self in the Past or Future: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining Adherence, Engagement, Age and Mental Health in a Mobile-based BPS Intervention	12
“Inner Peace is the Good Life’’: Conceptualizations of Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults Aged 60 and Over in Rural Northern Ghana	12
Save Today for a Happier Tomorrow: Associations Between Happiness and Financial Preparation in Japan	12
Why is Intelligence not Making You Happier?	12
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Ostracism: Insights from a Four-Wave Cross-Lagged Study	12
Development and Evaluation of a Prospective Group Coaching Program: Increasing Well-Being and Openness to the Future in a Subclinical Sample	12
A Network Analysis of Social and Leisure Activities, Resilience, and Mental Health: Differences by Adverse Childhood Experiences	12
The Disruptive Long-Term Costs of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being	12
Flow and Flourishing During the Pandemic: The Roles of Strengths Use and Playful Design	12
Inequalities and Social Capital as Factors of Subjective Well-Being: Case Study from Western Province, Zambia	12
The Paradox of Job Retention Schemes: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach to Immediate and Prolonged Effects of Short-Time Work on Job Insecurity and Employee Well-Being	11
Conceptualizations of Happiness and Vegetarianism: Empirical Evidence from University Students in Spain	11
Importance Weighting in Subjective Well-Being Measures: Using Marginal Utilities as Weights for Domain Satisfaction	11
The Division of Labour Within the Household and Life Satisfaction	11
China’s Happiness in the New Century, 2003–2021	11
Pleasure or Meaning: Subjective Well-Being Orientations and the Willingness to Help Close Versus Distant Others	11
Spatial Heterogeneity and Subjective Wellbeing: Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Metropolitan Areas Using Multilevel Modelling	11
Seeking Pleasure is Good, but Avoiding Pain is Bad: Distinguishing Hedonic Approach from Hedonic Avoidance Orientations	11
Who Matters the Most? The Differential Role of Parents, Teachers, and Peers’ Supportive Relationships in Early Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being	11
Revisiting the Energy-Happiness Paradox in China: The Role of Housing Outcomes	11
Personal Well-Being Index (PWI) and its Association with Physical Health, Mental Health and Leisure Activities: Results from the Health and Lifestyle Survey	10
Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences with Eudaimonic and Hedonic well-being in Young Adults	10
Does Self-Transcendent Wisdom Mediate the Relation between Spirituality and Well-Being? A Test Across Six Nations	10
Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Optimism and Positive Affect in Older Women	10
Perceived Calling Enablement: Achieving Positive Work Outcomes Through Unanswered Calling	10
Interpersonal Media and Face-to-Face Communication: Relationship with Life Satisfaction and Loneliness	10
Beyond Income: Exploring the Role of Household Wealth for Subjective Well-Being in Germany	10
Feeling Important, Feeling Well. The Association Between Mattering and Well-being: A Meta-analysis Study	10
Disparities in Psychological Wellbeing by Sexual Orientation: Results from the 2022 National College Health Assessment	10
Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital	10
Reciprocal Relationships Between Daily Emotion Regulation Strategies and Basic Need Satisfaction and Frustration: A Dynamic SEM Approach	10
Character Strength-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Focusing on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients with Distress: A Randomized Control Trial of Positive Psychology	10
How Long do We Flourish? A Flourishing State or Trait? A Longitudinal Examination of the Diener Flourishing Scale	10
The Differential Effect of Training in Humor, Forgiveness, Savoring, and Meaning and Purpose on the Well-Being of Older Adults	10
Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life	9
Climbing the Career Ladder Does Not Make You Happy: Well-being Changes in the Years Before and After Becoming a Leader	9
Signature Strengths Use is More Strongly Associated with Well-being in Individualistic than in Collectivist Societies: Multilevel Evidence	9
Social Connection Constellations and Individual Well-Being Typologies: Using the Loglinear Modeling Approach with Latent Variables	9
Don’t Look Up! Individual Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being of Students in Thailand	9
The Soundtrack of a Crisis: More Positive Music Preferences During Economic and Social Adversity	9
20 Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review	9
Network Analysis of Ideal Life Pursuit and Food Addiction Among Chinese Adults	9
A Meta-Analysis of Religion/Spirituality and Life Satisfaction	9
The Unhappy Beliefs of Happiness: Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying the Links Between Negative Hedonic Beliefs and Diminished Well-Being	9
Evaluation of a Positive Psychological Intervention to Reduce Work Stress among Rural Community Health Workers in India: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study	9
Impact of Indirect Gratitude Experience on Life Satisfaction and Perceived Social Support	9
Psychometric Evaluation of the Strength-Based Parenting Questionnaire and Comparison of Perceived Strength-Based Parenting in Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures	9
The Effects of an Online Positive Psychology Course on Happiness, Health, and Well-Being	9
A Longitudinal Examination of Locus-of-Hope, Need Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction Through a Serial Mediation Model	9
Optimizing the Measurement of Life Satisfaction Beyond the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) Via the Development and Validation of the Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scale (SQLS)	8
How Can We Cope with Self-Control Demands and Enhance Proactive Vitality Management? The Role of Leisure Crafting and Supervisor Recreational Sports Support	8
Evaluation of a Virtual Group Gratitude Intervention for Older Adults	8
How Does Interpersonal Gratitude Relate to Adolescent Life Satisfaction? The Roles of Parent–Child Relationship and Attachment Insecurity	8
Developmental Patterns of Positive Affect Among Preadolescents in Primary School: A Two-Year Latent Growth Analysis of Peer, Teacher, and Family Influences	8
How Does (In)congruence in Perceived Adolescent–Parent Closeness Link to Adolescent Socioemotional Well-Being? The Mediating Role of Resilience	8
Relationship Status and Psychological Well-being: Initial Evidence for the Moderating Effects of Commitment Readiness	8
Profile Membership of Self-Worth Contingencies Predicts Well-being, Virtues, and Values	8
Assessing Measurement Invariance of Subjective Well-Being Across European Countries	8
Wage Structures, Fairness Perceptions, and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data	8
Adolescent Residential Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood	8