Wellness and well-being in counseling research: A 31-year content analysis

Abstract

To examine wellness and well-being research in professional counseling journals, we completed a comprehensive 31-year content analysis of counseling research within 25 counseling journals. Of the sample of 374 publications that met the search criteria, wellness publications accounted for 222 (59.4%) of the articles, and well-being publications accounted for 152 (40.6%) of the articles. The authors examined publication patterns, topics, theoretical frameworks, and research methodologies within wellness and well-being counseling research.