2026 Oscar Ybarra: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	39	8379	7825	4464	4064	96	13991

Overview

Oscar Ybarra is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily within psychology and social sciences, with significant emphasis on sociology, political science, and social psychology. Their research also engages with experimental and cognitive psychology, literature and literary theory, and communication studies.

The main topics covered by their research include cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, the impact of technology on adolescents, media influence and health, social media and politics, identity, memory and therapy, as well as attachment and relationship dynamics.

Oscar Ybarra has contributed to various academic journals, with publications appearing in venues such as:

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Self and Identity
PLoS ONE
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Among recent papers by Oscar Ybarra are:

"Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps" (2020), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"Identity lost and found: Self-concept clarity in social network site contexts" (2021), published in Self and Identity
"The skills that help employees adapt: Empirical validation of a four-category framework" (2023), published in PLoS ONE
"Symbolic threat affects negative self-conscious emotions" (2020), published in Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
"Better to brag: Underestimating the risks of avoiding positive self-disclosures in close relationships" (2021), published in Journal of Personality

Oscar Ybarra frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Todd Chan
Qing Yang
Yufang Zhao
Kees van den Bos
Savannah Adams

Best Publications

Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults.

Ethan Kross;Philippe Verduyn;Emre Demiralp;Jiyoung Park

2111
Citations
Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review

Philippe Verduyn;Philippe Verduyn;Oscar Ybarra;Maxime Résibois;John Jonides

1173
Citations
Passive Facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence

Philippe Verduyn;David Seungjae Lee;Jiyoung Park;Holly Shablack

1065
Citations
Prejudice toward immigrants

Walter G. Stephan;Oscar Ybarra;Guy Bachman

1054
Citations
The Role of Threats in the Racial Attitudes of Blacks and Whites

Walter G. Stephan;Kurt A. Boniecki;Oscar Ybarra;Ann Bettencourt

924
Citations
Prejudice toward Immigrants to Spain and Israel: An Integrated Threat Theory Analysis

Walter G. Stephan;Oscar Ybarra;Carmen Martnez Martnez;Joseph Schwarzwald

754
Citations
A Warm Heart and a Clear Head The Contingent Effects of Weather on Mood and Cognition

Matthew C. Keller;Barbara L. Fredrickson;Oscar Ybarra;Stéphane Côté

607
Citations
White Americans' Genetic Lay Theories of Race Differences and Sexual Orientation: Their Relationship with Prejudice toward Blacks, and Gay Men and Lesbians.

Toby Epstein Jayaratne;Oscar Ybarra;Jane P. Sheldon;Tony N. Brown

426
Citations
How Priming the Private Self or Collective Self Affects the Relative Weights of Attitudes and Subjective Norms

Oscar Ybarra;David Trafimow

420
Citations
Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps

Ethan Kross;Philippe Verduyn;Gal Sheppes;Cory K. Costello

397
Citations
Intergroup Threat Theory

Walter G. Stephan;Oscar Ybarra;Kimberly Rios

374
Citations
Mental Exercising Through Simple Socializing: Social Interaction Promotes General Cognitive Functioning

Oscar Ybarra;Eugene Burnstein;Piotr Winkielman;Matthew C. Keller

345
Citations
Preferred Styles of Conflict Resolution: Mexico and the United States

Cristina Gabrielidis;Walter G. Stephan;Oscar Ybarra;Virginia M. Dos Santos Pearson

308
Citations
Young and old adults' concerns about morality and competence

Oscar Ybarra;Emily Chan;Denise C. Park

302
Citations
Predicting Whether Multiculturalism Positively or Negatively Influences White Americans’ Intergroup Attitudes: The Role of Ethnic Identification:

Kimberly Rios Morrison;Victoria C. Plaut;Oscar Ybarra

276
Citations
Cultural styles, relationship schemas, and prejudice against out-groups.

Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks;Richard E. Nisbett;Oscar Ybarra

257
Citations
Intergroup Threat Theory

Walter G. Stephan;Cookie White Stephan

227
Citations
Sexual Submissiveness in Women: Costs for Sexual Autonomy and Arousal

Diana T. Sanchez;Amy K. Kiefer;Oscar Ybarra

210
Citations
Group status, perceptions of threat, and support for social inequality

Kimberly Rios Morrison;Nathanael J. Fast;Oscar Ybarra

196
Citations
Life's recurring challenges and the fundamental dimensions: An integration and its implications for cultural differences and similarities

Oscar Ybarra;Emily Chan;Hyekyung Park;Eugene Burnstein

188
Citations
Cultural styles, relational schemas, and prejudice against out-groups.

Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks;Richard E. Nisbett;Oscar Ybarra

140
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter G. Stephan New Mexico State University

Ethan Kross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Philippe Verduyn Maastricht University

John Jonides University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jeffrey Kaye Oregon Health & Science University

Richard E. Nisbett University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Kees van den Bos Utrecht University

Diana T. Sanchez Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Linda A. Jackson Michigan State University

Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas

External Links

Personal website of Oscar Ybarra

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