OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Happiness Studies is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy Loss After Daily Role Stress and Work Incivility: Caring for Oneself with Emotional Wellness	52
State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19	37
Sociodemographic Disparities in Positive Life Experiences	35
Correction to: The Importance of the Neighbourhood Environment and Social Capital for Happiness in a Vulnerable District: The Case of the Pajarillos District in Spain	33
Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism: Does the Tripartite Model of Meaning in Life Matter in Predicting Future Well-Being in Adults?	32
Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic	31
Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction	29
Relative Effects on Life Satisfaction Revisited: Social Comparison is Only Half the Story	29
Informal Caregivers and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands	28
The Importance of the Neighbourhood Environment and Social Capital for Happiness in a Vulnerable District: The Case of the Pajarillos District in Spain	28
The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being	25
The Paradox of Wealthy Nations’ Low Adolescent Life Satisfaction	25
Alone in a Crowd: Is Social Contact Associated with Less Psychological Pain of Loneliness in Everyday Life?	24
Parental Happiness Associates With the Co-occurrence of Preschool-Aged Children’s Healthy Energy Balance-Related Behaviors	23
“Humor A B C” Program: Specific Strength Intervention in Facilitating the Positive Development of Left-Behind Children	23
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries	23
The Relationship Between Prosociality, Meaning, and Happiness in Everyday Life	23
How Does the Quiet Ego Relate to Happiness? A Path Model Investigation of the Relations Between the Quiet Ego, Self-Concept Clarity, and Well-Being	22
The Impact of Recognizing a Romantic Partner’s Character Strengths on Relationship Satisfaction	22
When Humble is Humbled: The Moderating Role of Leader Underestimation in the Dual Relationship Between Employee Humility and Well-Being	22
The Good Life Versus the “Goods Life”: An Investigation of Goal Contents Theory and Employee Subjective Well-Being Across Asian Countries	22
Who (Really) Wins with Basic Income: Personality and Values as Predictors of Happiness Trajectories	20
The Pursuit of Resilience: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Resilience-Promoting Interventions	20
Personal Growth Initiative: Relation to Coping Styles, Strategies, and Self-Efficacy	20
Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness	20

The Longitudinal Association Between Self-Esteem and Social Relationships Among Chinese Adolescents: Roles of Developmental Stages and Gender	20
Life Satisfaction Differences Across Trust Profiles Among Dutch Adolescents	19
Lockdown, Infection, and Expressed Happiness in China	19
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	19
What You See is What You Get: The Effect of Perceived Inequality on Subjective Well-Being	19
The Effect of Consumer Confidence and Subjective Well-being on Consumers’ Spending Behavior	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
Selflessness Meets Higher and More Stable Happiness: An Experience Sampling Study of the Joint Dynamics of Selflessness and Happiness	18
The Prevalence of Positive Affect over Negative Affect in Adolescents’ Well-being: Moderating Role of Individualism	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
Unique Ways in Which the Quality of Friendships Matter for Life Satisfaction	17
Acting on Values: A Novel Intervention Enhancing Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being	17
Well-being Monism Defended	16
The Influence of Experiential Avoidance, Humility and Patience on the Association Between Religious/Spiritual Exploration and Well-Being	16
Psychological Well-Being Across the Perinatal Period: Life Satisfaction and Flourishing in a Longitudinal Study of Young Black and White American Women	16
Lonely in a Crowd: Cohort Size and Happiness in the United Kingdom	16
The Convergence of Positivity: Are Happy People All Alike?	16
The Association of Couplehood and Parenthood with the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being of Older Gay Men	16
Discovering Psychological Well-Being: A Bibliometric Review	16
The Quality of Society and Happiness: Fairness, Trust, and Community in China	15
Psychological Interventions for Well-Being in Healthy Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	15
Unobserved Heterogeneity in the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Contentment, and Affect. Implications for Income’s Relevance	15
From Emotion Beliefs to Regulatory Behavior: Gratitude Journaling Initiation and Outcomes	15
A Public, Open, and Independently-Curated Database of Happiness Coefficients	15
Optimism and Longevity Among Japanese Older Adults	15
The Effectiveness of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention in College Students from China and the Netherlands: A Cross-Cultural Study	14
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 Cross-Lagged Analysis of Happiness Motives and Well-being in Adolescents	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	13
The Implications of Meaning in Life on College Adjustment Among Chinese University Freshmen: The Indirect Effects via Academic Motivation	13
I Join, So I Enjoy: How Customer Participation Increases Wellbeing	13
Predictive Power of Positive Mental Health: A Scoping Review	13
Did Religious Well-Being Benefits Converge or Diverge During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany?	13
The Impact of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Chinese Formal Sector Workers	13
One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling	13
Longitudinal and Age-Related Implications of Primary and Secondary Control for Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being	13
“Inner Peace is the Good Life’’: Conceptualizations of Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults Aged 60 and Over in Rural Northern Ghana	12
Mindfulness and Subjective Well-being Among Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study and a Weekly Diary Investigation	12
Can Good Memories of the Past Instill Happiness? Nostalgia Improves Subjective Well-Being by Increasing Gratitude	12
They are Doing Well, but is it by Doing Good? Pathways from Nonpolitical and Political Volunteering to Subjective Well-Being in Age Comparison	12
The Determinants of Countercyclical Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector	12
Nostalgia, Gratitude, or Optimism: The Impact of a Two-Week Intervention on Well-Being During COVID-19	12
Responsiveness, Social Connection, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Everyday Social Interaction: An Experience Sampling Study	12
Well-Being and Income Across Space and Time: Evidence from One Million Households	12
Self-Compassion as a Means to Improve Job-Related Well-Being in Academia	12
The Disruptive Long-Term Costs of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being	11
Why is Intelligence not Making You Happier?	11
Save Today for a Happier Tomorrow: Associations Between Happiness and Financial Preparation in Japan	11
Importance Weighting in Subjective Well-Being Measures: Using Marginal Utilities as Weights for Domain Satisfaction	11
From Financial Assistance to Emotional Care: The Impact of Intergenerational Support on the Subjective Well-Being of China’s Elderly	11

Eudaimonic and Uncertainty Metaphors About Life are Associated with Meaningfulness, Experiential Avoidance, Mental Health and Happiness	11
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	11
Who Matters the Most? The Differential Role of Parents, Teachers, and Peers’ Supportive Relationships in Early Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being	11
Pleasure or Meaning: Subjective Well-Being Orientations and the Willingness to Help Close Versus Distant Others	11
Flow and Flourishing During the Pandemic: The Roles of Strengths Use and Playful Design	11
Development and Evaluation of a Prospective Group Coaching Program: Increasing Well-Being and Openness to the Future in a Subclinical Sample	11
What Drives Happiness? The Interviewer’s Happiness	11
Revisiting the Energy-Happiness Paradox in China: The Role of Housing Outcomes	11
The Division of Labour Within the Household and Life Satisfaction	10
Inequalities and Social Capital as Factors of Subjective Well-Being: Case Study from Western Province, Zambia	10
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	10
Perceived Calling Enablement: Achieving Positive Work Outcomes Through Unanswered Calling	10
Spatial Heterogeneity and Subjective Wellbeing: Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Metropolitan Areas Using Multilevel Modelling	10
Conceptualizations of Happiness and Vegetarianism: Empirical Evidence from University Students in Spain	10
Seeking Pleasure is Good, but Avoiding Pain is Bad: Distinguishing Hedonic Approach from Hedonic Avoidance Orientations	10
The power of strength-oriented feedback enlightened by self-determination theory: a positive technology-based intervention	10
Character Strength-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Focusing on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients with Distress: A Randomized Control Trial of Positive Psychology	9
Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital	9
Don’t Look Up! Individual Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being of Students in Thailand	9
The Unhappy Beliefs of Happiness: Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying the Links Between Negative Hedonic Beliefs and Diminished Well-Being	9
Personal Well-Being Index (PWI) and its Association with Physical Health, Mental Health and Leisure Activities: Results from the Health and Lifestyle Survey	9
Interpersonal Media and Face-to-Face Communication: Relationship with Life Satisfaction and Loneliness	9
Network Analysis of Ideal Life Pursuit and Food Addiction Among Chinese Adults	9
20 Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review	9
Does Self-Transcendent Wisdom Mediate the Relation between Spirituality and Well-Being? A Test Across Six Nations	9
Beyond Income: Exploring the Role of Household Wealth for Subjective Well-Being in Germany	9
Feeling Important, Feeling Well. The Association Between Mattering and Well-being: A Meta-analysis Study	9
How Long do We Flourish? A Flourishing State or Trait? A Longitudinal Examination of the Diener Flourishing Scale	9
Impact of Indirect Gratitude Experience on Life Satisfaction and Perceived Social Support	9
Differentiating Optimists from Pessimists in the Prediction of Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Profile Analysis	8
Wage Structures, Fairness Perceptions, and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data	8
How Does Interpersonal Gratitude Relate to Adolescent Life Satisfaction? The Roles of Parent–Child Relationship and Attachment Insecurity	8
Well-being Changes from Year to Year: A Comparison of Current, Remembered and Predicted Life Satisfaction	8
The Mediating Effect of Gratitude on the Relation Between Religiosity and Well-being in Samples of Undergraduate Students and Adults Formerly Raised by Grandparent Caregivers	8
Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Optimism and Positive Affect in Older Women	8
Social Connection Constellations and Individual Well-Being Typologies: Using the Loglinear Modeling Approach with Latent Variables	8
Evaluation of a Positive Psychological Intervention to Reduce Work Stress among Rural Community Health Workers in India: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study	8
The Soundtrack of a Crisis: More Positive Music Preferences During Economic and Social Adversity	8
How Does (In)congruence in Perceived Adolescent–Parent Closeness Link to Adolescent Socioemotional Well-Being? The Mediating Role of Resilience	8
Profile Membership of Self-Worth Contingencies Predicts Well-being, Virtues, and Values	8
The Effects of an Online Positive Psychology Course on Happiness, Health, and Well-Being	8
Relationship Status and Psychological Well-being: Initial Evidence for the Moderating Effects of Commitment Readiness	8
Climbing the Career Ladder Does Not Make You Happy: Well-being Changes in the Years Before and After Becoming a Leader	8
Subjective Well-Being and Populist Voting in the Netherlands	8
Subjective Vitality: A Benefit of Self-Directed, Leisure Time Physical Activity	8
Lifestyle and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Delayed Gratification	8
Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life	8
A Meta-Analysis of Religion/Spirituality and Life Satisfaction	8
Cultural Nuances of Agency-Wellbeing Relationship: Testing the Person-Culture Match and Cultural Heterogeneity Hypotheses	7
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Satisfaction: Does Social Belonging Matter as a Mechanism and are There Differences by Age?	7
Adolescent Residential Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood	7
Helping Behavior Associated with Daily Creativity Through an Increased Sense of Competence: A Daily Diary Study	7
Household Consumption and the Discrepancy Between Economic and Subjective Poverty: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Social Status and Social Connectedness	7
What’s Your Humor Profile? A Latent Profile Analysis on the State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness as the Temperamental Basis of Humor	7
Correction: Running on the Hedonic Treadmill: A Dynamical Model of Happiness Based on an Approach–Avoidance Framework	7
Happy Moments between Children and Their Parents: A Multi-method and Multi-informant Perspective	7
How Do Late Adults Experience Meaning During the COVID-19 Lockdown? The Role of Intrinsic Goals	7
Study Burnout and Engagement During COVID-19 Among University Students: The Role of Demands, Resources, and Psychological Needs	7
Meditation Quality Matters: Effects of Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditations on Subjective Well-being are Associated with Meditation Quality	7
Linkage from Self-Sacrifice to Hope Through the Intervening Roles of Perceived Family Support and Attitudes to Aging in Chinese Older Adults	7
Correction to: Does Education Make People Happy? Spotlighting the Overlooked Societal Condition	7
Economic Crises, Subjective Well-Being, and Vote Switching: The Case of Brazil’s 2018 Presidential Election	7
Gender Equality and Life Satisfaction: A Mediation Model with Individual Autonomy, Income Per Capita and Trust	7
Objective Air Pollution and the Subjective Well-being of Chinese Residents	7
The Role of ‘Peace of Mind’ and ‘Meaningfulness’ as Psychological Concepts in Explaining Subjective Well-being	7
Stability and Change in Gratitude Expressions for the Fulfilment of Human Needs Categories	7
Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection	7
Scripts About Happiness Among Urban Families in South India	7
Does Being Globalized Matter for Happiness in African Countries?	7
How Can We Cope with Self-Control Demands and Enhance Proactive Vitality Management? The Role of Leisure Crafting and Supervisor Recreational Sports Support	7
Looking Beyond Linear: A Closer Examination of the Relationship Between Wisdom and Wellbeing	7
How Do Consumption Patterns Influence the Discrepancy Between Economic and Subjective Poverty?	7
In My Grasp or out of My Hands? Belief About Where Life Satisfaction Comes from Predicts Motivation to Seek it	7
Correction to: Emotion Crafting and Daily Psychological Functioning: A 7-Day Diary Study	7
Humor Styles, Perceived Threat, Funniness of COVID-19 Memes, and Affective Mood in the Early Stages of COVID-19 Lockdown	7
Dualfactor Model of Mental Health in Chinese Employees: A Latent Profile Analysis	7
Measuring Financial Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Instruments	7