Art Therapy as an Intervention for Children: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications from 1990 to 2020
This bibliometric study analyzed characteristics of publications related to art therapy for children from 1990 to 2020, based on the datasets taken from Web of Science (WoS) core collections. The results indicate that the USA, Israel, Germany, UK, Australia, and Canada were six leading countries in...
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| Published in: | SAGE open 2023-10, Vol.13 (4) |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | This bibliometric study analyzed characteristics of publications related to art therapy for children from 1990 to 2020, based on the datasets taken from Web of Science (WoS) core collections. The results indicate that the USA, Israel, Germany, UK, Australia, and Canada were six leading countries in this field of research interest. The Top 5 most influential journals were identified by the number of publications, TLCS, TGCS and by their impact factor. Five leading journals in the art therapy studies include Arts in Psychotherapy, American Journal of Art Therapy, Child & Family Social Work, Frontiers in Psychology, and Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. Core themes from the 87 articles focus on surrounding socialization and attachment relationship, art therapy for the well-being of children with learning disabilities, alternative intervention for art therapy, and parent-child art therapy. This bibliometric study portrayed the development of art therapy for children by means of visualization techniques. The potential issues emerging from the data will contribute to future studies in this field. Multiple methods of art therapy are applied for all children’s well-being; as such, children’s art therapy in schools can be seen as the potential trend for researchers and teachers.
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This study, based on a dataset from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection, analyzed the bibliometric characteristics of publications related to child art therapy from 1990 to 2020. Results showed that the United States, Israel, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada are the six leading countries in this research interest area. The five most influential journals in the field of art therapy research include Arts in Psychotherapy, American Journal of Art Therapy, Child & Family Social Work, Frontiers in Psychology, and Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, identified based on the number of publications, TLCS, TGCS, and their impact factors. The hotspots of the 87 articles focused on social and attachment relationships, art therapy for the well-being of children with learning disabilities, art therapy as an alternative intervention, and parent-child art therapy. Visualization techniques used in this study depict the development of child art therapy. Potential issues emerging from the data will be helpful for future research in this field, such as the adoption of a variety of art therapy approaches for the well-being of all children; therefore, child art therapy in sc |
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| ISSN: | 2158-2440 2158-2440 |