Lachowicz Milena, Xing Yang, Chamera Tomasz
Department of Social Sciences, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Mar 11;13(6):608. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13060608.
The mental health of youth sailors has garnered increasing attention from both coaches and researchers, as evidenced by the growing appearance of related keywords in scientific literature. Despite this rising interest, no studies have yet specifically focused on the mental health of this population. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of 315 articles retrieved from the Web of Science database. These articles were analyzed to identify trends, influential authors, institutions, and regions in the field of youth sailor mental health. The analysis yielded several key findings: (1) Depression, anxiety, and mental health disorders are the primary areas of focus in the literature on youth sailors' mental health; (2) Rosemary Purcell is identified as the most influential author in this domain; (3) the University of Melbourne, Orygen, and Deakin University are the top three contributing institutions; (4) Australia, the USA, Canada, China, and England are the five most prominent regions involved in this research. This study provides a comprehensive overview of current research on the mental health of young sailors. By emphasising the most influential contributors and research trends, it aims to raise awareness amongst coaches and researchers, eventually supporting efforts to improve the mental health of young sailors.
青少年水手的心理健康已越来越受到教练和研究人员的关注，科学文献中相关关键词的不断出现就证明了这一点。尽管对此兴趣日益浓厚，但尚未有研究专门聚焦于这一人群的心理健康。本研究对从科学网数据库检索到的315篇文章进行了文献计量分析。对这些文章进行分析，以确定青少年水手心理健康领域的趋势、有影响力的作者、机构和地区。分析得出了几个关键发现：（1）抑郁、焦虑和心理健康障碍是青少年水手心理健康文献的主要关注领域；（2）罗斯玛丽·珀塞尔被确定为该领域最有影响力的作者；（3）墨尔本大学、奥里金和迪肯大学是贡献最大的前三所机构；（4）澳大利亚、美国、加拿大、中国和英国是参与这项研究的五个最突出的地区。本研究全面概述了当前关于青少年水手心理健康的研究。通过强调最有影响力的贡献者和研究趋势，旨在提高教练和研究人员的认识，最终支持改善青少年水手心理健康的努力。
