OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Psychology in Africa 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Social anxiety and problematic social network site use: The sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity	15
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction	12
Gratitude to nature and pro-environmental behaviour: A moderated mediated model	11
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective	11
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)	10
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic	9
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control	9
Mental health literacy in black South African communities	9
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour	9
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana	9
Adult attachment: Its mediation role on childhood trauma and mobile phone addiction	8
Impact of workplace adversity on well-being of Ghanaian bankers: Do resilience and psychological safety matter?	8
Loneliness and psychological well-being among the elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa	8
Disasters are not cute: Cute expressions increase dehumanisation	8
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness	7
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study	7
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective	7
The quality of care in correctional facilities in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of literature	7
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study	7
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa	6
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students	6
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university	6
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow	6
Obstacle course soldiers’ reaction and perception time: Combat equipment load effects	6

Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model	6
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability	5
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy	5
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review	5
Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa , Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards	5
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation	5
Influence of ego resilience on school adaptability among primary school lower-grade children	5
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership	5
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students	5
Prevalence and psychological correlates of anxiety symptoms in subthreshold depressive adolescents with a high level of rumination response style	5
Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors	4
The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement	4
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents	4
Validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index in the Arab context: Results and implications of a Moroccan study	4
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions	4
A fortunate self-actualised man: A psycho-biographical study of Yuan Longping	4
Problem drinking among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors	4
The experience machine: How our minds predict and shape reality	4
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact	4
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents	4
Cultural identity, cultural confidence, and folk activities: An empirical study of the folk culture of Moon-cake Gambling at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xiamen, China	4
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation	4
Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness	4
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy	4
Business organisation performance behaviour indicators in Ghana and Kenya: A comparative analysis	4
Call centre support staff job crafting and employee engagement: Controlling the effects of sociodemographic characteristics	4
Factor structure in Raven’s Progressive Matrices Plus in sub-Saharan Africa – Benin and Djibouti	4
Defender self-efficacy and defender behaviour in school bullying of primary school pupils: The role of perceived responsibility and sex	3
Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives	3
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure	3
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity	3
Validation of Learning Transfer Inventory System (LTIS) in Cameroon teachers: Measurement invariance and latent mean difference across sex	3
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion	3
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use	3
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model	3
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model	3
Physical exercise and aggressive behaviour among rural children: Cognitive flexibility mediation and peer relationship quality moderation	3
Areas of work–life and psychological reward satisfaction among new Chinese graduate nurses: The moderating role of psychological capital	3
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets	3
Cultural Models of Emotions	3
“It’s just like a waiting room”: The lived experiences of psychology students seeking professional training programme admission in South Africa	3
Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius	3
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept	3
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger	3
Transition experiences of candidate attorneys in South African law firms	2
Correlates of job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers in Ghana: A mediation model	2
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity	2
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability	2
Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students	2
Corporate ethical values and ethical work climate influences on employees’ helping behaviour in a developing country’s banking sector setting	2

Effects of materialism and perceived social support on the mental health of college students	2
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre	2
Employee turnover intention: The predictive role of work-related burnout and psychosocial climate among university workers	2
Exploring educators’ and support staffs’ experiences regarding crises containment management in South African schools	2
Influence of career orientations and career guidance need on students’ employability attributes	2
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa	2
Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness	2
Cumulative risk and school bullying experiences: Effects of moral disengagement and gender	2
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students	2
Academic researchers’ work stress and work engagement: Hindrance stress appraisal mediation and psychological resilience moderation	2
Proactive personality and career success of higher education teachers: The mediating effects of job crafting	2
Sense of power and online trolling among college students: Mediating effects of self-esteem and moral disengagement	2
Teaching and researching motivation	2
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students	2
Childhood traumatic grief counselling: A South African case study	2
Self-control mediation on the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students	2
Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa	2
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships	2
Business innovation intent among college students: Contributions of psychological capital and entrepreneurial self-efficacy	2
Alexithymia and mobile phone addiction among college students: Mediation by boredom proneness and anxiety	2
The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago	2
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism	2
Understanding general pedagogical knowledge influences on sustainable teacher well-being: A qualitative exploratory study	2
Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability	2
Overqualification perception and employee voice: Mediation by dual path autonomous and controlled motivation	2
Humble leadership and work fatigue: The roles of self-efficacy and perceived team autonomy-support	2
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study	2
The psychological well-being of schoolteachers in South Africa: A critical review	2
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences	2
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation	2
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour	2
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support	2
Inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behaviours: Testing a psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange moderated-mediation model	2
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice	2
Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study	2
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences	2
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana	2
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model	2
The qualitative methodology: Preparedness and experiences of journal reviewers	2
Online risk exposure and mental health in Chinese junior high school students: A latent profile analysis	2
“Just smile and wave”: Workplace requirements and emotional labour of academic staff at a South African university	2
Is happiness based on psychological harmony? Exploring the mediating role of psychological harmony in the relationship between personality characteristics and occupational well-being	2
“I’m angry with my mother”: Lived psychosocial experiences of adolescents with peri-natal-acquired HIV in Limpopo, South Africa	2
Authenticity, self-control, and smartphone dependence in adolescence: Path analysis and latent profile analysis	2