Priyadarshini D Sandhiya, Jose Tony P
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 29;15:1397624. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1397624. eCollection 2024.
The study focuses on contemporary trends in the psychological well‑being of foster children residing in care homes over the past two decades. Moreover, it aims to predict future research directions by analyzing hotspots, offering valuable references for academics engaged in further studies in this field.
A quantitative analysis was conducted on nine hundred and twelve documents, including research papers and reviews, from 2003 to 2023. These publications focused on the psychological well‑being of foster children and were incorporated from the Scopus database. For visual analysis, we utilized the bibliometric analytical tool VOSviewer to generate a map of information on the authors, journals, organizations, nations, citations, and keywords. We also employed Microsoft Excel tables to record the essential details.
The psychological well‑being of children and adolescents residing in foster homes is an emerging area of research. The findings show that there has been an ongoing rise in relevant research publications over time. The United States (416) and Harvard Medical School (56) were the most active countries and organizations in this study. (91 articles) and (86 articles) are two prominent journals, while the had the most co-citations (630). Nelson (52 publications) and Zeanah (50 publications) are the top two leading authors based on citation counts. Institutional care, orphans, orphans, psychological well‑being, and mental health, resilience are popular research keywords in this study.
This study indicates the prevailing interest in the specified domains over the past two decades. Our findings primarily indicate that addressing mental health concerns, along with understanding the needs of children in foster care homes, can enhance their psychological well‑being. Developing effective interventions to enhance the psychological well‑being of children in foster care is bound to have a profound effect on them and will serve as a key focus for future research in this field.
本研究聚焦过去二十年中寄养在福利院的儿童心理福祉的当代趋势。此外，旨在通过分析热点来预测未来研究方向，为该领域的进一步研究提供有价值的参考。
对2003年至2023年的912份文献（包括研究论文和综述）进行定量分析。这些出版物聚焦寄养儿童的心理福祉，数据来源于Scopus数据库。为进行可视化分析，我们使用文献计量分析工具VOSviewer生成关于作者、期刊、组织、国家、引用和关键词的信息图。我们还使用Microsoft Excel表格记录基本细节。
寄养家庭中儿童和青少年的心理福祉是一个新兴研究领域。研究结果表明，相关研究出版物数量随时间持续增加。美国（416篇）和哈佛医学院（56篇）是本研究中最活跃的国家和组织。《儿童虐待与忽视》（91篇文章）和《儿童心理学与精神病学杂志》（86篇文章）是两份著名期刊，而《儿科学与青少年医学档案》的被引频次最高（630次）。基于引用次数，纳尔逊（52篇出版物）和泽纳（50篇出版物）是排名前两位的主要作者。机构照料、孤儿、寄养孤儿、心理福祉、心理健康、复原力是本研究中热门的研究关键词。
本研究表明过去二十年中人们对特定领域普遍感兴趣。我们的研究结果主要表明，解决心理健康问题以及了解寄养家庭中儿童的需求可以提高他们的心理福祉。制定有效的干预措施以提高寄养儿童的心理福祉必然会对他们产生深远影响，并将成为该领域未来研究的关键重点。
