OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Psychology in Africa 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Mental health literacy in black South African communities	20
Social anxiety and problematic social network site use: The sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity	15
Gratitude to nature and pro-environmental behaviour: A moderated mediated model	13
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective	13
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana	12
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)	12
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective	11
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study	11
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction	11
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness	10
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic	9
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour	9
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study	8
The quality of care in correctional facilities in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of literature	8
Impact of workplace adversity on well-being of Ghanaian bankers: Do resilience and psychological safety matter?	8
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control	7
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university	7
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy	6
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability	6
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model	6
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership	6
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow	6
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students	6
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents	6

Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa , Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards	6
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation	6
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa	6
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review	5
The experience machine: How our minds predict and shape reality	5
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents	5
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact	5
Prevalence and psychological correlates of anxiety symptoms in subthreshold depressive adolescents with a high level of rumination response style	5
Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness	5
Business organisation performance behaviour indicators in Ghana and Kenya: A comparative analysis	5
Validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index in the Arab context: Results and implications of a Moroccan study	5
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students	5
The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement	5
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation	5
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy	5
Call centre support staff job crafting and employee engagement: Controlling the effects of sociodemographic characteristics	4
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model	4
Defender self-efficacy and defender behaviour in school bullying of primary school pupils: The role of perceived responsibility and sex	4
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use	4
Physical exercise and aggressive behaviour among rural children: Cognitive flexibility mediation and peer relationship quality moderation	4
Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives	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
“It’s just like a waiting room”: The lived experiences of psychology students seeking professional training programme admission in South Africa	4
Factor structure in Raven’s Progressive Matrices Plus in sub-Saharan Africa – Benin and Djibouti	4
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions	4
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger	4
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets	4
Cultural Models of Emotions	4
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion	4
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept	4
Areas of work–life and psychological reward satisfaction among new Chinese graduate nurses: The moderating role of psychological capital	4
Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius	4
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study	3
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation	3
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure	3
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity	3
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability	3
Transition experiences of candidate attorneys in South African law firms	3
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support	3
Overqualification perception and employee voice: Mediation by dual path autonomous and controlled motivation	3
Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability	3
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model	3
“I’m angry with my mother”: Lived psychosocial experiences of adolescents with peri-natal-acquired HIV in Limpopo, South Africa	3
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students	3
Correlates of job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers in Ghana: A mediation model	3
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences	3
Validation of Learning Transfer Inventory System (LTIS) in Cameroon teachers: Measurement invariance and latent mean difference across sex	3
The psychological well-being of schoolteachers in South Africa: A critical review	3
Sense of power and online trolling among college students: Mediating effects of self-esteem and moral disengagement	3
Cumulative risk and school bullying experiences: Effects of moral disengagement and gender	3

Corporate ethical values and ethical work climate influences on employees’ helping behaviour in a developing country’s banking sector setting	3
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students	3
Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa	3
Teaching and researching motivation	3
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model	3
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity	3
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa	3
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre	3
Online risk exposure and mental health in Chinese junior high school students: A latent profile analysis	3
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism	3