Spirituality and Well-Being of Children, Adolescent, and Adult Students: A Scientific Mapping of the Literature

J Relig Health. 2021 Dec;60(6):4296-4315. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01435-y. Epub 2021 Sep 27.

Abstract

This study aims to map the selected literature on students' spirituality and well-being to reveal the current and historical research trends in the relevant literature. Bibliographic coupling of the journals, countries, authors, and organizations, and co-occurrences of author keywords were illustrated through VOSviewer. Moreover, citation analysis was done, and h-classics publications were reviewed. The researchers did the initial search on January 5, 2020, and updated all the records on August 14, 2021. Most of the studies showed that students' spirituality was positively associated with their well-being. Most of the researchers preferred to work on samples of adult and adolescent students rather than children. The current and historical trends in the relevant literature are discussed in the paper.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Religiosity; Spirituality; Students; Well-being.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bibliometrics
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Publications*
  • Research Personnel
  • Spirituality*
  • Students