Lee Jea Woog, Han Doug Hyun
Intelligent Information Processing Lab, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University Hospital, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Sep 22;13(10):787. doi: 10.3390/bs13100787.
This study identifies the topical areas of research that have attempted a psychological approach to soccer research over the last 33 years (1990-2022) and explored the growth and stagnation of the topic as well as research contributions to soccer development. Data were obtained from 1863 papers from the Web of Science database. The data were collected through keyword text mining and data preprocessing to determine the keywords needed for analysis. Based on the keywords, latent Dirichlet allocation-based topic modeling analysis was performed to analyze the topic distribution of papers and explore research trends by topic area. The topic modeling process included four topic area and fifty topics. The "Coaching Essentials in Football" topic area had the highest frequency, but it was not statistically identified as a trend. However, coaching, including training, is expected to continue to be an important research topic, as it is a key requirement for success in the highly competitive elite football world. Interest in the research field of "Psychological Skills for Performance Development" has waned in recent years. This may be due to the predominance of other subject areas rather than a lack of interest. Various high-tech interventions and problem-solving attempts are being made in this field, providing opportunities for qualitative and quantitative expansion. "Motivation, cognition, and emotion" is a largely underrated subject area in soccer psychology. This could be because survey-based psychological evaluation attempts have decreased as the importance of rapid field application has been emphasized in recent soccer-related studies. However, measuring psychological factors contributes to the study of football psychology through a new methodology and theoretical background. Recognizing the important role of psychological factors in player performance and mental management, as well as presenting new research directions and approaches that can be directly applied to the field, will advance soccer psychology research.
本研究确定了过去33年（1990 - 2022年）中尝试采用心理学方法进行足球研究的热门领域，并探讨了该主题的发展与停滞情况以及对足球发展的研究贡献。数据来自科学网数据库中的1863篇论文。通过关键词文本挖掘和数据预处理收集数据，以确定分析所需的关键词。基于这些关键词，进行了基于潜在狄利克雷分配的主题建模分析，以分析论文的主题分布并按主题领域探索研究趋势。主题建模过程包括四个主题领域和五十个主题。“足球教练要点”主题领域出现频率最高，但未被统计确定为一种趋势。然而，包括训练在内的教练工作预计仍将是一个重要的研究主题，因为这是在竞争激烈的精英足球领域取得成功的关键要求。近年来，对“表现发展的心理技能”研究领域的兴趣有所下降。这可能是由于其他学科领域占主导地位，而非缺乏兴趣。该领域正在进行各种高科技干预和解决问题的尝试，为定性和定量扩展提供了机会。“动机、认知和情感”在足球心理学中是一个很大程度上被低估的主题领域。这可能是因为随着近期足球相关研究强调快速现场应用的重要性，基于调查的心理评估尝试有所减少。然而，通过新的方法和理论背景来测量心理因素有助于足球心理学研究。认识到心理因素在球员表现和心理管理中的重要作用，并提出可直接应用于该领域的新研究方向和方法，将推动足球心理学研究。
