A CiteSpace-based analysis of the status and trends of recruit mental health research
Objective To explore and discover the current research status,hotspots,and future trends in the field of mental health of recruits in China.Methods Retrieve 681 published documents in CNKI in the field of mental health of recruits and visualize and analyze the number of articles issued,authors and institutions,and the co-occurrence and mutability of keywords in this field with the help of the scientific metrology software.Results In terms of the number of publications,the research in this field is divided into three stages:slow start(1992-2002),rapid development(2003-2015),and gradual retreat(2016-2023);In terms of authors and institutions,there was a great lack of communication and cooperation between authors and institutions;In terms of the research hotspots,it mainly includes four aspects,namely,the subject group,the mental health-related manifestations,the factors affecting the mental health,and the psychological interventions.In terms of research frontiers,subject to the development of the discipline and the influence of policies,different research frontiers are presented at different time stages,and the recent keywords of psychological resilience,perceptual stress,and sleep quality are still the research hotspots.Conclusion Future research is interdisciplinary to introduce emerging research methods and techniques and to enhance author-institutional collaboration to better serve the mental health of recruits.