Hierarchical Structure of Depression Knowledge Network and Co-word Analysis of Focus Areas

Frontiers in Psychology

Xuejun Liu¹  Qingyue Yu¹  Zihao Wang²  Zeyu Li³  Xinxing Wang⁴  Fredrick Oteng Agyeman⁴ 

[1] College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China;College of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China;Jingjiang College of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China;School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China;

关键词: depression;    knowledge network;    hierarchical structure;    word frequency statistical analysis;    visualization network;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.920920

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Contemporarily, depression has become a common psychiatric disorder that influences people’s life quality and mental state. This study presents a systematic review analysis of depression based on a hierarchical structure approach. This research provides a rich theoretical foundation for understanding the hot spots, evolutionary trends, and future related research directions and offers further guidance for practice. This investigation contributes to knowledge by combining robust methodological software for analysis, including Citespace, Ucinet, and Pajek. This paper employed the bibliometric methodology to analyze 5,000 research articles concerning depression. This current research also employed the BibExcel software to bibliometrically measure the keywords of the selected articles and further conducted a co-word matrix analysis. Additionally, Pajek software was used to conduct a co-word network analysis to obtain a co-word network diagram of depression. Further, Ucinet software was utilized to calculate K-core values, degree centrality, and mediated centrality to better present the research hotspots, sort out the current status and reveal the research characteristics in the field of depression with valuable information and support for subsequent research. This research indicates that major depressive disorder, anxiety, and mental health had a high occurrence among adolescents and the aged. This present study provides policy recommendations for the government, non-governmental organizations and other philanthropic agencies to help furnish resources for treating and controlling depression orders.

【 授权许可】

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