OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being is 5. 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
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Enhancing students' well‐being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science: A randomised experimental school‐based intervention	67
Effects of physical activity planning interventions on reducing sedentary behavior in parent–child dyads: A randomized controlled trial	53
Effects and mechanisms of an online short‐term audio‐based mindfulness program on positive affect: A randomized controlled trial including exploratory moderator analyses	46
Predicting alcohol consumption: Application of an integrated social cognition model of intentions, habits, and cue consistency	43
Associations of global and specific components of positive psychological well‐being with mortality risk: Findings from two cohort studies	43
Reducing intrusive memories and promoting posttraumatic growth with Traveler: A randomized controlled study	40
Why some people do not get vaccinated against COVID‐19: Social‐cognitive determinants of vaccination behavior	39
Acculturation to accumulation? Variation in the income‐subjective well‐being relationship by language among Latine respondents in the U.S.	36
Effectiveness of an educational program for reducing mental illness stigma targeting family medicine trainees in Tunisia: A quasi‐experimental study	33
Moving well‐being well: Using machine learning to explore the relationship between physical literacy and well‐being in children	29
Context effects on healthy food choice under situational modes of consumer thinking: A case study with poke bowls	29
Stability of subjective well‐being during the economic crisis: A four‐wave latent transition analysis in a national sample of Poles	28
Premenopausal and perimenopausal predictors of postmenopausal health and well‐being: Testing a disposition‐belief‐motivation framework	25
Cognitive‐affective responses to online positive‐psychological interventions: The effects of optimistic, grateful, and self‐compassionate writing	23
Effectiveness of an online positive psychology intervention among Tunisian healthcare students on mental health and study engagement during the Covid‐19 pandemic	23
Issue Information	23
Exploring occupational well‐being profiles, outcomes, and predictors among Chinese teachers: A mixed‐methods approach using latent profile and decision tree analysis	23
Understanding and overcoming challenges in times of personal or global crisis—Editorial on the Special Issue on Loneliness and Health	23
An integrated dual process model in predicting e‐cigarette use in undergraduate students	21
Socio‐demographic factors and mental health trajectories in Australian children and primary carers: Implications for policy and intervention using latent class analysis	18
Examining self‐affirmation as a tactic for recruiting inactive women into exercise interventions	18
A longitudinal study of societal resilience and its predictors during the Israel‐Gaza war	17
Shared social identity and perceived social support among stroke groups during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Relationship with psychosocial health	17
The value of believing in free will: A prediction on seeking and experiencing meaning in life	17

Interventions to reduce loneliness among Chinese older adults: A network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experimental studies	16
Navigating life's challenges: A randomized 6‐week online intervention study to enhance resilience in working‐age adults	16
Mainstreaming global mental health: Is there potential to embed psychosocial well‐being impact in all global challenges research?	16
Peer influence on adolescents' physical activity: A dual‐process perspective	16
Positive dementia caregiving in 30 days (PDC30): Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of a self‐guided automated online training program	16
Isolating the role of researcher observation on reactivity to the measurement of physical activity	16
Self‐esteem mediates the link between subjective family socioeconomic status and daily depressed mood during emerging adulthood: A daily diary study	15
Positive affect longitudinally buffers the negative effect of health anxiety on gastrointestinal symptoms	15
Mapping the factors behind ongoing war stress in Ukraine‐based young civilian adults	15
Efficacy of a theory‐based and setting‐based intervention in promoting strength training among older adults in Hong Kong: A clustered randomized controlled trial	15
Application of machine learning to discover interactions predictive of dietary lapses	15
Daily relationship satisfaction and markers of health: Findings from a smartphone‐based assessment	14
Bidirectional relationship between self‐compassion and psychological richness: A two‐wave longitudinal study	14
Can a web application foster emotional competence in children and adolescents? The case of PandHEMOT®	14
Issue Information	13
Antidote or poison: The relationship between “lying flat” tendency and mental health	13
To drink, or to exercise: That is (not) the question! Daily effects of alcohol consumption and exercise on well‐being	13
The benefits of physical literacy for human flourishing: A machine learning–based exploration of adolescents	13
Dramatic effects but fast adaptation: Changes in life satisfaction and different facets of affective well‐being around the death of a partner and death of a child	12
Effects of a self‐affirmation intervention among Chinese adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A large‐scale randomized controlled trial	12
Psychological well‐being and salivary markers of inflammation: The moderating effect of age	12
Coping with a global crisis—Changes in worries about the Russo–Ukrainian War	11
Starting school with purpose: Self‐regulatory strategies of first‐semester university students	11
From anticipation to action: A RCT on mental imagery exercises in daily life as a motivational amplifier for individuals with depressive symptoms	11
Personal willingness to receive a Covid‐19 vaccine and its relationship with intergroup psychology: Evidence from the Philippines and Pakistan	11
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Beyond prevention: Regulating responses to self‐regulation failure to avoid a set‐back effect	11
Issue Information	11
Using machine learning to explore the predictors of life satisfaction trajectories in older adults	10
Positively Pregnant: Development and piloting of a mobile app for social and emotional well‐being in pregnancy	10
Reciprocal associations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms among Chinese children and adolescents: Between‐ and within‐person effects	10
Individual and contextual predictors of young Ukrainian adults' subjective well‐being during the Russian–Ukrainian war	10
Loneliness predicts physical and mental health‐related quality of life over 9 months among patients with coronary heart disease	10
Supportive care needs and anxious–depressive symptoms in cancer patients: An interaction effect between emotional competence and the COVID‐19 pandemic?	10
Effect of healthy dietary intention‐behavior (in)consistency on depression and anxiety in the process of behavior change	9
A psychologically interpretable artificial intelligence framework for the screening of loneliness, depression, and anxiety	9
The positive effects of online group singing on psycho‐physiological variables during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A pilot randomized controlled trial	9
Intention to maintain and willingness to stop: Applying a dual‐process model to understanding the maintenance of COVID‐19 preventive behaviors	8
Are my wife's recovery activities related to my subsequent recovery activities at work?	8
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Reciprocal association between social support and psychological distress in chronic physical health conditions: A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model	8
The role of temporal distancing on the sense of meaning in life among individuals experiencing daily stressors	8
Threatened by others or by everything? The effects of momentary and trait loneliness on daily appraisals of social company and being alone in young adults	8
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Rooted in routine: Fostering higher order vegetable‐shopping habits using a randomised simple planning intervention	8
Enhancing student well‐being and focus: The role of playful study design and strengths use	8
The ‘healthy = sustainable’ heuristic: Effects of health and sustainability labels on perceived sustainability and healthiness of foods	8
The intersectional effects of motivational and affective factors on managers' performance	8
Daily stigma and daily emotional well‐being among people living with HIV: Testing a buffering hypothesis of social support during the COVID‐19 pandemic	8

Issue Information	7
Habit substitution toward more active commuting	7
Who still suffers? Effects of COVID‐19 stressful experiences on somatic symptoms and anxious mood moderated by diurnal cortisol: A daily diary study	7
Identifying as someone who avoids virus transmission strengthens physical distancing habit‐behaviour relationships: A longitudinal multi‐national study during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Empowering moms: Supervised HIIT vs. self‐performed moderate intensity physical activity during pregnancy and the battle against depression and poor mental health in the postpartum period ‐ The follow	7
Comparing positive reappraisal and mindfulness in relation to daily emotions during COVID‐19: An experience sampling study	7
Increasing student well‐being through a positive psychology intervention: changes in salivary cortisol, depression, psychological well‐being, and hope	7
Social connectedness, emotional regulation, and health behaviors as correlates of distress during lockdown for COVID‐19: A diary study	7
Loneliness and mortality: The moderating effect of positive affect	7
Intrinsic motivation as a double‐edged sword: Investigating effects on well‐being and the role of flex place practices as moderator to buffer adverse effects	7
The acute effects of nonsleep deep rest on perceptual responses, physical, and cognitive performance in physically active participants	7
Didactic and narrative persuasion: An experiment to promote colorectal cancer screening	7
Sound mind, sound body, or vice versa? Mind–body beliefs shape health behaviors	7
Does the medium matter? Comparing the effectiveness of videos, podcasts and online articles in nutrition communication	7
Can the add‐on placebo effect augment the physical and mental health outcomes of exercise? A meta‐analysis	7
The association between sensory processing and stress in the adult population: A systematic review	7
Effects of experimental, network‐based social circle norm feedback on studying behavior and alcohol consumption	6
Promoting influenza prevention for older adults using the Health Action Process Approach: A randomized controlled trial	6
Interdependence, bonding and support are associated with improved mental wellbeing following an outdoor team challenge	6
Do nutrition knowledge, food preferences, and habit strength moderate the association between preference for intuition and deliberation in eating decision‐making and dietary intake?	6
Short‐term effects of a social media‐based intervention on the physical and mental health of remotely working young software professionals: A randomised controlled trial	6
Mindful bridge: Brief mindfulness practices alter negative emotion transmission and cooperative performance in parent–adolescent dynamics	6
Meaning in life following service among post‐9/11 military veterans: A latent growth mixture model analysis	6
Returning home: The role of expectations in re‐entry adaptation	6
The effectiveness of a positive psychological intervention for promoting preschool teachers' well‐being and professional competence: EASP intervention program	6
Effects of an intervention targeting social media app use on well‐being outcomes: A randomized controlled trial	6
The robotic companion's choice encourages sustainable food choices: The moderating role of anthropomorphism	6
Can psychological distress account for the associations between COVID‐19 vaccination acceptance and socio‐economic vulnerability?	6
Momentary solitude and affective experiences: The moderating role of trait mindfulness	6
The roles of stress mindset and personality in the impact of life stress on emotional well‐being in the context of Covid‐19 confinement: A diary study	6
School principals' mental health and well‐being under threat: A longitudinal analysis of workplace demands, resources, burnout, and well‐being	6
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Taking advantage of multiple identities to reduce defensiveness to personally threatening health messages	6
Longitudinal associations between well‐being, hair cortisol, and self‐reported health	6
Evaluating the impact of a nationwide educational policy on adolescent mental health in China: A longitudinal network analysis	6
Erratum	5
Unfounded beliefs, distress and powerlessness: A three‐wave longitudinal study	5
Communicating diagnostic uncertainty reduces expectations of receiving antibiotics: Two online experiments with hypothetical patients	5
Do beliefs in the malleability of well‐being affect the efficacy of positive psychology interventions? Results of a randomized placebo‐controlled trial	5
Development and testing of the nightscape affect index	5
The co‐benefits of biodiversity citizen science for well‐being and nature relatedness	5
A study on acute expectation effects on affective state and intention after a brief full‐body workout in a student sample	5
Social axioms and psychological toll: A study of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses across 35 cultures during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
A virtual reality‐based study of color contrast to encourage more sustainable food choices	5
Imager—A mobile health mental imagery‐based ecological momentary intervention targeting reward sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial	5
Psychosocial determinants of handwashing compliance intention among physicians and nurses in Taiwan: A theory‐driven comparison using the Health Belief Model	5
Associations between affective temperament, perceived stress, and helping among Ukrainians and Poles in the context of the war in Ukraine	5
Exploring the relationship between coping styles and well‐being among Chinese university students: A longitudinal study based on the transactional stress model	5
Social support and family resilience among Chinese people receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A polynomial regression and response surface analysis explaining psychological resilience	5
The potential of Future Event Specificity Training (FEST) to decrease anhedonia and dampening of positive emotions: A randomised controlled trial	5
Social distancing‐induced deceleration can enhance subjective well‐being	5
Applying machine learning to understand the role of social–emotional skills on subjective well‐being and physical health	5
A full‐factorial test of motivational and volitional intervention strategies for promoting exercise habit formation and exercise maintenance among new users of an online exercise class platform	5