Gratitude research: Review and future agenda using bibliometric analysis of the studies published in the last 20 years

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Asian Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-30 DOI:10.1111/ajsp.12621

Naval Garg

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Abstract

Although there is an exponential rise in the literature on gratitude research, there is no attempt to systematically identify the historical development and recent trends in gratitude research. Gratitude has been defined diversely as an emotion, an attitude, a moral virtue, a habit, a personality trait or a coping response. As an emotion, people experience gratitude when they receive something valuable from someone else. As a trait, it is defined as a tendency to recognise and respond to goodness in others. The present study uses bibliometric analysis to review gratitude publications from the last 20 years, that is from 2001 to September 2023. WoS (Web of Science) identified 2982 publications referring to gratitude in title, abstract or keywords. It comprised 2860 articles and 122 review papers. The extracted data were analysed and visualised with the help of two analytical tools, that is the WoS analysis and VOSviewer (version 1.6.16). This study elicits the number of publications and citations from 2001 to September 2023, and most cited publications, and the most influential authors, articles, publishers, universities and countries as performance analysis. Furthermore, collaboration among countries, keyword co‐occurrence and recent trend analysis are employed through science mapping. The results reveal that the major research areas of gratitude research are psychology, social sciences, business economics, psychiatry and public environmental and occupational health. The keywords co‐occurrence suggest five major research clusters: evolutionary studies of gratitude, gratitude and health, gratitude and positive psychology, gratitude among children and adolescent and mediating and moderating studies of gratitude. Also, the analysis of recent 5‐year studies highlights a clear trend of scientific explorations of gratitude against earlier trends of articles on philosophical and religious connotations of gratitude.

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感恩研究：通过对过去 20 年发表的研究报告进行文献计量分析，回顾过去并制定未来议程

尽管有关感恩研究的文献急剧增加，但却没有人试图系统地确定感恩研究的历史发展和最新趋势。感恩被定义为一种情感、一种态度、一种美德、一种习惯、一种人格特质或一种应对反应，其定义多种多样。作为一种情感，当人们从别人那里得到有价值的东西时，就会产生感激之情。作为一种特质，它被定义为一种认识到他人的善意并做出反应的倾向。本研究采用文献计量学分析方法，回顾了过去 20 年（即从 2001 年到 2023 年 9 月）中有关感恩的出版物。WoS（Web of Science）发现了 2982 篇在标题、摘要或关键词中提及感恩的出版物。其中包括 2860 篇文章和 122 篇综述论文。在 WoS 分析和 VOSviewer（1.6.16 版）这两种分析工具的帮助下，对提取的数据进行了分析和可视化。本研究提取了 2001 年至 2023 年 9 月期间的论文数量和引用次数、被引用次数最多的论文，以及最有影响力的作者、文章、出版商、大学和国家作为绩效分析。此外，还通过科学图谱采用了国家间合作、关键词共现和近期趋势分析。结果显示，感恩研究的主要研究领域是心理学、社会科学、商业经济学、精神病学和公共环境与职业健康。关键词共现提示了五大研究集群：感恩的进化研究、感恩与健康、感恩与积极心理学、儿童和青少年的感恩以及感恩的中介和调节研究。此外，对最近 5 年研究的分析突出表明，与早先关于感恩的哲学和宗教内涵的文章相比，对感恩进行科学探索的趋势十分明显。

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Asian Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Asian Journal of Social Psychology publishes empirical papers and major reviews on any topic in social psychology and personality, and on topics in other areas of basic and applied psychology that highlight the role of social psychological concepts and theories. The journal coverage also includes all aspects of social processes such as development, cognition, emotions, personality, health and well-being, in the sociocultural context of organisations, schools, communities, social networks, and virtual groups. The journal encourages interdisciplinary integration with social sciences, life sciences, engineering sciences, and the humanities. The journal positively encourages submissions with Asian content and/or Asian authors but welcomes high-quality submissions from any part of the world.