OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Profiles of bullying, cyberbullying, and disinterest in reading among primary school learners in Spain	26
Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies	23
No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults	22
Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model	19
Reducing HIV public stigma through news information engagement on social media: A multi-method study of the role of state empathy	16
Reducing transphobia with the narratives of transgender YouTubers	16
Identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups on mourning	16
To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours	15
The relationships among relatedness frustration, affiliation motivation, and WeChat engagement, moderated by relatedness satisfaction	15
An initial investigation of the role of depressive and anxious syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in adolescence and young adults	14
Adolescents’ ethnic hate speech exposure and ethnic bullying perpetration: The moderating role of tolerance towards diversity and gender	14
Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use	13
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions	13
Unveiling the depths of Tinder: Decoding the dark tetrad and sociosexuality in motives behind online dating	13
The use of online social network sites during the COVID-19 pandemic as a protective or risk factor for well-being of university students	13
User experience of mixed reality applications for healthy ageing: A systematic review	12
Childhood risks and problematic smartphone use: Dual processes of life history strategy and psychological distress	12
Problematic internet use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Attachment style and social media fatigue: The role of usage-related stressors, self-esteem, and self-concept clarity	11
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use	11
The effect of neuroticism on problematic smartphone use: A mediation model of self-control for males and females	10
Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis	10
Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study	10
When feeling positive is being “in the zone”: How challenge optimality causes changes in positive affect and flow	10
(Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults	10

Profiles of problematic social networking site use: A cross-cultural validation of a scale with Spanish and Mexican adolescents	10
How to shop online: The construct and measurement of consumer competency in online shopping	9
Online stress and offline stress: Uniqueness, differences, and cumulative effect on multiple well-being outcomes	9
“You want to know that you’re safe”: Experiences of risk, restriction and resilience online among people with an intellectual disability	9
Understanding the relations between exposure to the positive self-portrayals of others on social media and emerging adults’ mental health during a COVID-19 imposed lockdown	9
Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality	9
Is undergraduates’ adoption of the Internet of Things rational? The role of risk perception	8
What is the post-game depression? A narrative inquiry	8
The association of motives with problematic smartphone use: A systematic review	8
Can time flow differently if you are a virtual reality newcomer?	8
Predicting individual differences to cyber attacks: Knowledge, arousal, emotional and trust responses	8
Double blue ticks: Reframing ghosting as ostracism through an abductive study on affordances	8
The effect of emotion background on pathological internet users’ comments on online news: Evidence from online text analysis	7
Problematic use of social media in adolescents or excessive social gratification? The mediating role of nomophobia	7
How it feels to be “left on read”: Social surveillance on Snapchat and young individuals’ mental health	7
The effects of age-morphing technology on older adult issue campaigns: The interplay of construal level, perceived probability, and message appeal	7
Autonomy vs. control: Associations among parental mediation, perceived parenting styles, and U. S. adolescents’ risky online experiences	7
An exploratory study of selfie motivations and their relation to sociability and shyness among youth	7
“Hang in there mama!” The role of online parenting forums in maternal mental health	6
They shouldn’t be richer than me: How visual wealth exposure on social media increases relative deprivation	6
Internalizing personality traits and coping motivations for gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel mediation analysis	6
You teach me and I’ll teach you: The role of social interactions on positivity elicited from playing Pokémon GO	6
Is that Insta worthy? Predicting content sharing behavior on social media through interpersonal goals	6
Acceptance and self-protection in government, commercial, and interpersonal surveillance contexts: An exploratory study	6
Are you always ignoring attitude-challenging messages? Eye-tracking selective exposure on Chinese’ lowly involved news consumption	6
Behind the screens: Proposing a mentalization-based theoretical model of problematic Internet use	5
The socially poor get richer, the rich get poorer: The effect of online self-disclosure on social connectedness and well-being is conditional on social anxiety and audience size	5
Peer cyber-victimization and addictive phone use: Indirect effects of depression and anxiety among college students	5
Trust in algorithmic decision-making systems in health: A comparison between ADA health and IBM Watson.	5
Celebrity appearance-shaming: Innocent bashing forms or reconfirming gender norms? A study into the explanations of adolescents’ celebrity appearance-shaming intentions	5
The psychological impacts of content moderation on content moderators: A qualitative study	5
Self-disclosure on social networks: More than a rational decision-making process	5
No secrets between the two of us: Privacy concerns over using AI agents.	5
Social media use does not increase individual-based relative deprivation: Evidence from a five-year RI-CLPM	4
Relationship between passion for playing video games and behavioral school engagement: Mediation through time spent playing	4
Dysfunctional risks of the internet and their overlap in the different stages of adolescence	4
Exploring the dimensionality of Fear of Missing Out: Associations with related constructs	4
The sense of responsibility and bystanders’ prosocial behavior in cyberbullying: The mediating role of compassion and the moderating roles of moral outrage and moral disgust	4
Do the offline and social media Big Five have the same dimensional structure, mean levels, and predictive validity of social media outcomes?	4
The temporality and accessibility of message types (TAMT) model: Examining social media message types and the associations between exposure to alcohol and binge drinking	4
You can’t judge me! Virtual observers do not influence moral judgments in virtual environments	4
Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents	3
Solitary and joint online pornography use during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal: Intrapersonal and interpersonal correlates	3
Willingness to self-disclose cyber victimization to friends or parents: Gender differences in cyber victimization a year later	3
The use of artificial intelligence in mental health services in Turkey: What do mental health professionals think?	3
Latent profiles of problematic smartphone use severity are associated with social and generalized anxiety, and fear of missing out, among Chinese high school students	3
Until the shaken snowglobe settles: Feeling unsettled when using social media during COVID-19	3
Working conditions and cybersecurity: Time pressure, autonomy and threat appraisal shaping employees’ security behavior	3
Fit and fun: Content analysis investigating positive body image dimensions of adolescents’ Facebook images	3
Online dating apps and the association with emotional reactions: A survey on the motivations, compulsive use, and subjective online success of Chinese young adults in online dating	3

Big Five personality dimensions and disintegration as antecedents of vertical and horizontal internet privacy concerns	3
Motives for using social networks and social network addiction in a time of pandemic	2
The selfie production model: Rethinking selfie taking, editing, and posting practices	2
Problematic TikTok use severity, self-control, and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study	2
Instant messaging and relationship satisfaction across different ages and cultures	2
Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation	2
Can mediated communication moderate the relationship between being in isolation and quarantine for COVID-19 and loneliness?	2
Association between social network sites use and mental illness: A meta-analysis	2
“It's just more complicated!”: Experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities when navigating digital sexual fields	2
Moral disengagement mechanisms predict cyber aggression among emerging adults	2
Active and passive selfie-related behaviors: Implications for body image, self-esteem and mental health	2
The impact of nomophobia and smartphone presence on fluid intelligence and attention	2
Understanding the intention to donate online in the Chinese context: The influence of norms and trust	2
From restrictions to awareness: Examining the varied relationship between mediation strategies and parental awareness of adolescents online sexual experiences across age groups	2
Servant by default? How humans perceive their relationship with conversational AI	2
Drivers and social effects of the decision to turn on one’s camera during videoconferencing in groups	2
Why do we trust in online reviews? Integrative literature review and future research directions	2
Family communication patterns and internet addiction among Iranian female high school students: The mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction	2
Effects of social comparison direction, comparison distance, and message framing on health behavioral intention in online support groups	2