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Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis

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Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis

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Purpose: Existing reviews clarify psychological safety in sport, but the connections among its intellectual foundations and research topics remain insufficiently mapped. This study examined that structure, treating psychological safety as the focal construct, athlete voice as expressing concerns or suggestions, and interpersonal climate as the surrounding relational conditions.

Method: Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus were searched on 1 October 2026 using psychological-safety, voice/silence, interpersonal-climate and sport terms. Of 774 records, 251 duplicates were removed. Screening for publication type, substantive relevance and sport context excluded 418 records; a final eligibility audit excluded nine, leaving 96 articles and reviews. Performance analysis described publication growth and contributions. Keyword co-occurrence mapped topics, reference co-citation examined intellectual foundations, bibliographic coupling explored research fronts, and country networks described collaboration.

Results: Seventy-three publications (76.0%) appeared in 2024–2026, indicating rapid recent growth within the retrieved corpus. Psychological safety was the leading author keyword (n=49), followed by mental health and wellbeing (n=11 each), coach-athlete relationship (n=10), and leadership (n=8). These connections locate the field at the intersection of relational processes and athlete welfare. Organizational psychological-safety research and sport-specific leadership studies formed prominent intellectual foundations. Explicit athlete-voice keywords had limited visibility at the selected threshold; this does not establish that voice is unimportant or absent from the studies.

Conclusion: The analysis adds a structural perspective to existing evidence syntheses. Psychological safety organizes the mapped literature; athlete voice and interpersonal climate are related perspectives, not equally developed independent domains. Relational keywords provide indirect indicators of climate rather than a validated climate measure. Research fronts remain exploratory and threshold-dependent. Future work should distinguish these constructs and examine their relationships through longitudinal and multilevel research.

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Destekleyen Kurum

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Proje Numarası

Not applicable

Etik Beyan

This study used publicly available bibliographic metadata and did not involve human or animal participants, identifiable personal data, or any intervention procedures. Therefore, ethics committee approval was not required.

Teşekkür

The author declares that there are no individuals or institutions requiring acknowledgement.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Spor Faaliyetleri Yönetimi, Spor ve Rekreasyon, Egzersiz ve Spor Bilimleri (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

29 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

1 Ekim 2026

Kabul Tarihi

28 Ekim 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2026

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ulukan, M. (2026). Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 9(2026), 1086-1107. https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY
AMA
1.Ulukan M. Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis. ÇOMÜSBD. 2026;9(2026):1086-1107. https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY
Chicago
Ulukan, Mahmut. 2026. “Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 9 (2026): 1086-1107. https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY.
EndNote
Ulukan M (01 Ekim 2026) Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 9 2026 1086–1107.
IEEE
[1]M. Ulukan, “Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis”, ÇOMÜSBD, c. 9, sy 2026, ss. 1086–1107, Eki. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY
ISNAD
Ulukan, Mahmut. “Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 9/2026 (01 Ekim 2026): 1086-1107. https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY.
JAMA
1.Ulukan M. Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis. ÇOMÜSBD. 2026;9:1086–1107.
MLA
Ulukan, Mahmut. “Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, c. 9, sy 2026, Ekim 2026, ss. 1086-07, https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY.
Vancouver
1.Mahmut Ulukan. Psychological Safety, Voice, and Interpersonal Climate in Sport: Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Emerging Research Fronts—A Bibliometric Analysis. ÇOMÜSBD [Internet]. 01 Ekim 2026;9(2026):1086-107. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA35BJ52FY

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