Use of Animal-Assisted Interventions and Children's Field: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Aim This study aimed to present a world panorama of published articles on animal-assisted interventions in children and to highlight the characteristics of studies on animal-assisted interventions in children. Method In this study, a bibliometric analysis of the studies was conducted to analyze the trends of publications in the fields of "Animal Assisted Interventions" and "Child". The articles analyzed in this study were obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) database with search keywords. Inclusion criteria included English-language articles in journals published in the Science Citation Index Expanded or Social Science Citation Index. Results It has been determined that the trends of research on "Animal Assisted Interventions" and "Child" increased between 2020-2023. It has been determined that 80% of the research on "Animal Assisted Interventions" consists of research articles. It was determined that the most cited article (n=213) in studies related to "Animal Assisted Interventions" and "Child" was "Animal Assisted Intervention for Autism Spectrum disorder A Systematic Literature Review" and was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Conclusions The results of this bibliometric analysis showed that there has been a growing interest in the topic of animal-assisted interventions in the children's field over the last 10 years. This study thought that the results of this study would contribute to the evaluation of the status of studies on animal-assisted intervention and guide future research in this field.

Keywords

• Animal-asissted interventions
• child
• bibliometric analysis

Hayvan Destekli Müdahaleler ve Çocuk Alanında Kullanımı: Bibliyometrik Bir Analiz

Abstract

Amaç Bu çalışmanın amacı çocuklarda hayvan destekli müdahalelere ilişkin yayınlanmış makalelerin dünya panoramasını sunmak ve çocuklarda hayvan destekli müdahalelere ilişkin yapılan çalışmaların özelliklerini vurgulamaktır. Yöntem Bu çalışmada, “Hayvan Destekli Müdahaleler” ve “Çocuk” alanında yapılan yayınların eğilimlerini analiz etmek amacıyla araştırmaların bibliyometrik analizi yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmada analiz edilen makaleler, arama anahtar kelimeleri ile Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) veri tabanından elde edilmiştir. Dahil etme kriterleri, Science Citation Index Expanded veya Social Science Citation Index'te yayımlanan dergilerdeki İngilizce makaleleri içerir. Bulgular "Hayvan Destekli Müdahaleler" ve “Çocuk” ile ilgili araştırmaların eğilimlerinin 2020-2023 yılları arasında artış gösterdiği saptanmıştır. “Hayvan Destekli Müdahaleler” ile ilgili yapılan araştırmaların %80’ini araştırma makalelerinin oluşturduğu saptanmıştır. "Hayvan Destekli Müdahaleler" ve “Çocuk” ile ilgili çalışmaların en çok alıntı yapılan (n=213) makalenin “Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu için Hayvan Destekli Müdahale: Sistematik Bir Literatür Taraması” olduğu ve Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders’da yayımlandığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar Bu bibliyometrik analizin sonuçları, çocuk alanında son 10 yılda hayvan destekli müdahaleler konusuna artan bir ilgi olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu çalışmanın sonuçlarının, hayvan destekli müdahalelere ilişkin çalışmaların mevcut durumunun değerlendirilmesi ve bu alanda yapılacak araştırmalara rehberlik etmesiyle katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

• Hayvan destekli müdahaleler
• çocuk
• bibliyometrik

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